Seat Arosa 2003 User manual

arosa
Owner’s manual

INTRODUCTION –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1
ON BOARD LITERATURE
This oowner’s MManual
and the Su lements rovided should be
read carefully so that you can quickly
become familiar with the controls and
o eration of your vehicle.
As well as care and regular maintenance,
correct handling hel s maintain the car’s
value.
For ssafety rreasons lease nnote aalso
the iinformation oon ““Accessories,
modifications aand rre lacement oof
arts”.
One ffinal rrequest:
Please ass the com lete vehicle wallet
on to the new owner of your vehicle if you
should sell it, as the vehicle literature
belongs to the vehicle.

Range oof eequi ment
It describes the largest ossible range of
equi ment envisaged at the time of going
to ress. Some of the equi ment may not
be available until later or will only be
available in certain markets.
✱
Items of equi ment marked with
this symbol are only available
on certain model versions or are
only available as o tional extras on cer-
tain models or are only available in cer-
tain markets.
Environmental nnotes
❀
Texts ffollowing tthis ssymbol
and rinted iin iitalics aare iim or-
tant nnotes oon eenvironmental
rotection.
Contents
On the next few ages you will find a con-
tents list which lists all of the oints
detailed in this Owner’s Manual in order.
Al habetical iindex
At the end of the manual you will find a
com rehensive al habetical index.
You can find desired information quickly
by looking for the key in the index.
Notes oon ddirection
A art from exce tions, all notes on the
direction (left, right, front, rear) in this
manual always refer to the vehicle’s direc-
tion of travel.
Exce tion: ossible s ecific steering
descri tions.
Warning nnotes
All bblocks oof ttext iin bbold rint, wwith
this ccolour bbackground aand tthe
title ““Warning” rrefer tto otential
accident oor iinjury rrisks.
Text iin bbold rint wwarns aagainst os-
sible ddamage tto tthe vvehicle oor nnotes
articularly iim ortant iinformation oon
how tto ttreat yyour vvehicle ccorrectly.
Official SSEAT sservice
The SSEAT DDealers, WWorksho s aand
Official SService CCentres hhave tthe mmost
suitable ssecific ttools aand sstate-of-
the-art ttechnology aand ssecialised
staff tto ddeal wwith aand rre air aany rob-
lem oor ffault tthat mmay bbefall yyour SSEAT
vehicle, gguaranteeing rre airs iinside
or ooutside wwarranty, aand uusing oonly
genuine ssares.
Do nnot hhesitate tto ccontact yyour
Official SSEAT SService CCentre ffor aany
question tthat aarises iin tthe aalica-
tion oor iinter retation oof tthe ooera-
tions aand rrevisions rreferred tto iin tthis
manual.
You sshould nnote tthese oints bbefore rreading tthis OOwner’s MManual
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STRUCTURE OF THIS MANUAL

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Below
we offer a brief summary of the contents
of the cha ters that this Instructions
Manual is divided into.
Contents
1. Safety ffirst
This cha ter rovides information on your vehicle’s
assive safety fittings such as seat belts, Air Bags,
child seats and safety and head rests.
2. Handling iinstructions
This cha ter rovides information on the layout of
the driver’s controls, the different seat adjustments,
how to create a comfortable atmos here inside the
car, and how to start the engine.
3. Ti s aand mmaintenance
Advice on environmentally friendly driving, care and
u kee of your car and certain breakdowns (such as
changing bulbs) that you can do yourself.
4. Technical ddata
Numbers, values, dimensions and amounts (fuel
consum tion, for instance) of your vehicle.

INDEX
Introduction to the subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3
Air Bag system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.22
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.29
Head restraints* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.30
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You will find im ortant information, ti s
and notes on assive safety in your new
AROSA in this cha ter.
We have detailed everything you need to
know about, for exam le, seat belts, Air
Bags, child seats, safety for children and
head restraints.
Please ay articular aattention tto tthe
notes aand wwarnings iin tthis ccha ter ––
in yyour oown iinterest aand iin tthe iinter-
est oof aall assengers.
Please ddrive ccarefully.
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SAFETY FIRST
Introduction tto tthe ssubject

Why hhave sseat bbelts?
It hhas bbeen roven tthat sseat bbelts
give ggood rotection iin aaccidents. IIn
most ccountries, ttherefore, tthe wwear-
ing oof sseat bbelts iis rrequired bby llaw.
Warning
•
The bbelts sshould bbe ut oon
before eevery jjourney –– eeven iin
town ttraffic. TThis aalso aalies tto
rear sseats.
Pregnant wwomen ttoo sshould
always wwear aa sseat bbelt. TThis iis tthe
only wway tto gguarantee rotection
for tthe uunborn cchild! FFor mmore
information oon tthis oint lease
see age 11.11.
•
The rrouting oof tthe bbelt iis oof
major iim ortance tto tthe rotective
effect oof tthe bbelt.
How tthe bbelt sshould bbe wworn iis
described oon tthe nnext ages.
This illustration shows a car driving
towards a wall. The vehicle occu ants are
not belted in.
The hysical rinci le of a frontal crash is
easy to ex lain.
As soon as the vehicle is moving, so-
called “kinetic energy” is created by the
movement of the vehicle , in the vehicle
itself as well as in the vehicle occu ants.
The extent of the “kinetic energy” effect
de ends largely on the s eed of the vehi-
cle and on the weight of the vehicle and
the vehicle occu ants.
The higher the s eed and the greater the
weight of the vehicle, the more energy
must be dis ersed should an accident
occur.
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SAFETY FIRST
Seat bbelts
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The s eed of the vehicle is, however, the
more im ortant factor. If, for exam le, the
s eed increases from 25 km/h to 50 km/h,
the kinetic energy increases fourfold!
As the vehicle occu ants in our exam le
are wearing no seat belts, their entire
kinetic energy can only be dis ersed
through the crash into the wall, should a
crash occur. The consequences would be
severe or ossibly even fatal injuries.
If you are driving at a s eed of only
30 km/h to 50 km/h, forces which can
easily exceed 1000 kg are exerted on the
body should an accident occur.
The forces exerted on the body will
increase further at higher s eeds, e.g. At
twice the s eed the forces increase four-
fold!
Vehicle occu ants not wearing their seat
belts are thus not “linked” to their vehi-
cle.
In a frontal crash, these eo le will con-
tinue to move forward at the same s eed
as the vehicle was travelling before the
vehicle crashed!
1.4 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SEAT BELTS
SAFETY FIRST
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