MK6 Seatbelt safety issue

Scrogg

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Posted on here yesterday.

Only affects current Ibiza and Arona.

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

nokiauk

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Feb 9, 2003
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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

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

McSwanky

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Apr 16, 2018
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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? :sleepy:
 

McSwanky

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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

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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

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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.

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Rowan83

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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

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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

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