MK6 Seatbelt safety issue

[Fr2013]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/103454/seat-and-volkswagen-seatbelt-safety-issue-identified

I presume this is just MK6 and the MK5 isn't also affected?

 

[Scrogg]

Posted on here yesterday.

Only affects current Ibiza and Arona.

Strangely, nothing announced to the dealer network by SEAT UK yet...

 

[camelspyyder]

Mods. Combine with existing thread please.

 

[nokiauk]

Anyone actually had a recall notice in for this? I know ours is part of the recall as I checked on the gov/dvla website but heard nothing from Seat or the selling dealership.

 

[Rowan83]

Am sure someone on here has taken their car in for this..... the solution was a cable tie so I believe!

 

[Dillon Lawrence]

Mine is listed as recalled but was delivered last week?

 

[ayrshiredude]

I received my letter a couple of weeks ago and had it done yesterday

 

[nokiauk]

Got letter today says may only take a half hour or so to fix, going to call to book it in tomorrow.

 

[McSwanky]

I've still had nothing from SEAT or dealer, pretty shoddy considering this is a safety issue. Sent SEAT UK an email to find out why I was never informed, and what I need to do to fix.

has everyone else but me had a direct communication?

 

[Scrogg]

...has everyone else but me had a direct communication?

No.

 

[Seriously?]

This makes interesting reading; I wonder what the World did before the invention of the cable tie?

https://www.aronaforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=433

 

[McSwanky]

No.

Thanks for the reply!

Do you know why some have had a letter and some haven't? Given that the advice is not to use the middle seat for safety reasons, you'd have thought a letter would have gone out quick smart to anyone with an affected model? Seems a bit strange, and could turn into a PR disaster if an incident occurred, and SEAT hadn't sent out letters when they were made aware of the fault...

 

[nokiauk]

I’ve had 2 letter and car is going in to get the work done as part of the 1st service. I guess it’s possibly not all cars are affected depending on batch of the part and batch of the cars.

 

[rustyd0g]

I haven't had a recall letter yet either despite my car having an active recall listed here: https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk. Will follow up with my dealer this week.

 

[McSwanky]

I haven't had a recall letter yet either despite my car having an active recall listed here: https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk. Will follow up with my dealer this week.

Yep, mines on that list too. I'll see what SEAT UK have to say when they finally respond to my email!

 

[rustyd0g]

Speak of the devil... Just received a letter from SEAT UK today. It advises that the current solution (I assume the cable tie fix mentioned in the Arona forum) is only an interim solution until a permanent solution is put in place.

 

[Dillon Lawrence]

Yep, mines on that list too. I'll see what SEAT UK have to say when they finally respond to my email!

Mine is listed as being recalled, yet was delivered after the recall was announced.

 

[Rowan83]

I received my letter today aswell!

My car is already booked into the garage on Friday but not sure if I want them to 'fix' this until a better solution is found... never use the middle seat anyway.

 

[McSwanky]

Ha! My letter dropped through the door yesterday. Some sort of timescale on a permanent fix would be nice - not sure there's any point in getting the temporary fix done as the advice is still not to use the middle seat even after it's been completed...

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[Rowan83]

Bit of a major flaw though if you used all the seats all the time.... could you potentially reject the car?