Vehicle recall R/2007/116

SEAT Ibiza recall: Head airbag may fail to activate under certain collision conditions.

DVSA recall R/2007/116 names the SEAT Ibiza and SEAT Cordoba. It was launched 25 September 2007. It covers vehicles built 1 March 2004 to 31 July 2007.

Recall data updated 22 September 2026

Recall: R/2007/116
Launched: 25 September 2007
Issued by: SEAT
Vehicles: DVSA lists 331 on each model line

What can go wrong

It has been identified that some SEAT vehicles fitted with right hand drive head airbag equipment due to an assembly error in the wiring may experience incorrect head airbag activation under certain collision conditions.

The fix

Recalled vehicles will have the subject wiring connections checked and corrected if necessary.

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. DVSA lists the same vehicle number on each line: 331. It may be a figure per line or for the whole recall.
Model	Built	Vehicles
SEAT Ibiza	1 March 2004 to 31 July 2007	331
SEAT Cordoba	not recorded	331
SEAT Cordoba	1 March 2004 to 31 July 2007	331

Is a specific car affected? A recall lists models and build dates, not individual vehicles, so these pages cannot tell you whether one car is included. Enter the registration on the DVSA vehicle recall checker on GOV.UK, or give the vehicle identification number (VIN) to the manufacturer or one of its dealers. Buying used? Ask the seller for proof that any recall work was done.

Other recalls for these models

R/2004/212 Bolts of the tandem fuel pump cover may break 18 February 2005, SEAT Toledo, SEAT Altea, SEAT Alhambra and others
R/2004/202 Tension cracks may occur on the vacuum pipe to the servo 2 February 2005, SEAT Leon, SEAT Ibiza, SEAT Toledo
R/2012/073 Bonnet may not close properly 29 June 2012, SEAT Ibiza
R/2014/148 Fuel may leak 5 December 2014, SEAT Ibiza
R/2016/180 Manual child lock may disengage without warning 5 August 2016, SEAT Leon, SEAT Ibiza, SEAT Toledo and others
R/2017/201 Air conditioning high pressure hose may be fitted incorrectly 29 June 2017, SEAT Ibiza

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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