does the mk3 have side impact protection / bars?

[andycupra]

hi all,

can anyone confirm if the mk3 leon, (2013 in this case) has side impact intrusion protection / side impact bars.

Bit embarrassed i have not been able to find this out myself!

A friend has damaged there rear door and has two garages telling them the other is lying regards the bar being broken or "it doesnt have impact bars"

thanks

 

[Damo H]

hi all,

can anyone confirm if the mk3 leon, (2013 in this case) has side impact intrusion protection / side impact bars.

Bit embarrassed i have not been able to find this out myself!

A friend has damaged there rear door and has two garages telling them the other is lying regards the bar being broken or "it doesnt have impact bars"

thanks

I suppose it depends what they mean, I wonder if they're arguing of whether it has a separate bar that can be replaced, or if the construction is effectively makes it 1 piece from a crash structure point of view.

 

[SRGTD]

Not specifically relating to the Leon, but side impact protection on Seats in general - from the Seat website;

https://www.seat.com/car-terms/s/side-impact-protection.html

There is specific reference to Seat cars using side impact bars, and they can be seen in cutaway diagram (Seat Alhambra?).

I’d be very surprised if the Leon didn’t have side impact bars. The mk3 Vauxhall Astra I had in the early 1990’s had side impact bars in the doors. Not fitting them would surely have a significant detrimental impact on Euro NCAP crash test scores for side impacts.

 

[robby71]

Here's a link to a MK3 Leon on ebay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-201...l:Leon&hash=item340bbb395e:g:zVEAAOSw3JBc779R can't see a bar on this although there are MK2s on there where you can see them?

 

[LouG]

Any 5 star crash rating must have side impact protection now.

 

[lfc84]

see what you can find out on here

https://www.euroncap.com/en

 

[Deathjam]

for the leon: https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/seat/leon/10946

for the crash test video:

at the end of the video, why does the crash dummy need those shoes to be that shiny

 

[Legojon]

Well, the passenger whacked the back of his head off the door pillar. So that's reassuring.

 

[andycupra]

Here's a link to a MK3 Leon on ebay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-2016-MK3-SEAT-Leon-REAR-DOOR-LH-Passenger-Side-Phantom-Black-5-Door-Hatch/223535118686?fits=Car+Make:Seat|Model:Leon&hash=item340bbb395e:g:zVEAAOSw3JBc779R can't see a bar on this although there are MK2s on there where you can see them?

mmm... plot thickens. nothing clear there indicating a bar is there..
thanks for the link