2012 Seat Mii coolant capacity

190In the engine compartment
WARNING
If the warning lamps are ignored, the vehicle may stall in traffic, or may
cause accidents and severe injuries.
● Always observe any lit warning lamps.
● Never ignore the warning lamps.
● Stop the vehicle safely as soon as possible.
CAUTION
Failure to heed the warning lamps when they appear may result in faults in
the vehicle.
Note
On the display of the Portable Navigation System (supplied by SEAT)
⇒ page 222 an engine coolant temperature gauge can be seen. 
Engine coolant specifications
The engine cooling system is supplied from the factory with a specially trea-
ted mixture of water and, at least, 40 % of the additive G 13 (TLVW 774 J).
The engine coolant additive is recognisable by its purple colour. This mix-
ture of water and additive gives the necessary frost protection down to
-25 °C (-13 °F) and protects the light alloy parts of the cooling system
against corrosion. It also prevents scaling and considerably raises the boil-
ing point of the coolant.
To protect the engine cooling system, the percentage of additive must al-
ways be at least 40 %, even in warm climates where anti-freeze protection is
not required.
If greater frost protection is required in very cold climates, the proportion of
additive can be increased. However, the percentage of additive should not exceed 60 %, as this would reduce the frost protection and, in turn, de-
crease the cooling capacity.
When the coolant is topped up, use a mixture of
distilled water and, at
least, 40 % of the G 13 or G 12 plus-plus (TL-VW 774 G) additive (both are
purple) to obtain an optimum anticorrosion protection ⇒ 
. The mixture of
G 13 with G 12 plus (TL-VW 774 F), G 12 (red) or G 11 (green-blue) engine
coolants will significantly reduce the anticorrosion protection and should,
therefore be avoided ⇒ 
.
WARNING
If there is not enough anti-freeze in the coolant system, the engine may
fail leading to serious damage.
● Please make sure that the percentage of additive is correct with re-
spect to the lowest expected ambient temperature in the zone in which
the vehicle is to be used.
● When the outside temperature is very low, the coolant could freeze
and the vehicle would be immobilised. In this case, the heating would
not work either and inadequately dressed passengers could die of cold.
CAUTION
The original additives should never be mixed with coolants which are not
approved by SEAT. Otherwise, you run the risk of causing severe damage to
the engine and the engine cooling system.
● If the fluid in the expansion tank is not purple but is, for example,
brown, this indicates that the G 13 additive has been mixed with an inade-
quate coolant. The coolant must be changed as soon as possible if this is
the case! This could result in serious faults and engine damage.
For the sake of the environment
Coolants and additives can contaminate the environment. If any fluids are
spilled, they should be collected and correctly disposed of, with respect to
the environment. 

EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Electronic differential lock system (EDL) . 140
electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . 139
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . 150
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Parking distance warning system . . . . . . . 150
Safety Assist (City Safety Assist function) 155
TC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . 140
Traction Control (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
T Tank flap close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
TC see Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Technical data Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Bottle capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Manufacturer identification plate . . . . . . . 281
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Technical information Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Temperature display Liquid coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Driving advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
The rear lid Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Things to note Disconnecting the vehicle's battery . . . . . . 21
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . 150
Water underneath the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 168
Tightening torque Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tips for driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Before starting out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
tire mobility set Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Tire Mobility Set
Check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Do not use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tools see Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 276 Driving advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Front tow ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Special notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 277
Tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Tow starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Traction Control (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trailer coupling Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 77 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Transporting objects Driving advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 105
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Vehicle's batteryAutomatic consumer disconnection . . . . . 196
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Checking the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 194
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Running flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Vibrations Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
W Warning and control lamps Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Warning lamp Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
City Safety Assist function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Warning lamps Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
with high pressure cleaning apparatus . . 199
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250, 251
Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Beadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
See "Wheels and tyres" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Damaged tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Errors in wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Foreign bodies in the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Older tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Run-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219, 220
storing the replaced wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Storing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Tyre code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Tyre identification number (TIN) . . . . . . . . 219
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tyres with directional tread pattern . 211, 220
Valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Bolted trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Full hub caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Hub caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Wheel bolts caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Windscreen Heat-insulating glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Windscreen washer water Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Windscreen wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Windscreen wipers Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . 92
Lifting the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . 93
Windscreen with metal coating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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