2015 Seat Mii emergency towing

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The e s
senti
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior view (left guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SEAT information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Driving advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Correct position of the vehicle occupants . . . . 47
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Why wear a seat belt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . . . 55
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
In case of emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Vehicle tool kit* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 74
Tow-starting and towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Central locking* and locking system . . . . . . . . 92
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sliding/tilting electric panoramic sunroof . . . . 100 Lights and visibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Windscreen wiper and window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
R

ear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 108
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 110
Transporting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning sys-
tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Driv

ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Stopping and starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Engine management and exhaust gas purifica-
tion syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Driving along flooded roadways . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Parking distance warning system* . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cruise control* (Cruise control system -
CCS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Safety Assist* (City Safety Assist function) . . . . 152
Hill driving assistant* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Start-Stop System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
3

The essentials
Turn signal and main beam lever Fig. 30
Turn signal and main beam lever in
their initi al
po
sition More the lever to the required position:
Right t
urn s

ignal: Right-hand parking
light (ignition switched off).
Left turn signal: Left-hand parking light
(ignition switched off).
Main beam switched on: Control lamp 
lit up on the instrument panel.
Headlight flasher: lit up when the lever is
pushed. Control lamp  lit up.
Lever all the way down to switch it off.

››› in Turn signal and main beam lever
on page 103
››› page 102 1
2
3
4 Hazard warning lights
Fig. 31
See position on page 7 Switched on, for example:
● When approaching a traffic jam
● In an emergency
● The vehicle has broken down
● When towing or being towed

››› in Hazard warning lights on
page 104
››› page 103 Interior lights
But-
ton/Swit chFunction 
Switching off the reading light.

Switching on the reading light.

Switches door contact control on (central
position).
The reading light comes on automatically
when the vehicle is unlocked, a door is
opened or the key is removed from the ig-
nition.
The light goes off a few seconds after all
the doors are closed, the vehicle is locked
or the ignition is switched on.
Note
The reading lights go out when the vehicle is
lock ed, or a f

ew minutes after the key is re-
moved from the ignition. This prevents the
vehicle's battery from discharging. 22

The essentials
CAUTION
● Remo v
e the snow chains to drive on roads
without snow. Otherwise they will impair
vehicle handling, damage the tyres and wear
out very quickly.
● Wheel rims may be damaged or scratched if
the chain
s come into direct contact with
them. SEAT recommends the use of covered
snow chains. Note
Snow chains are available in different sizes
acc or

ding to the vehicle type. Emergency towing of the vehi-
c
l
e
T

owing Fig. 58
Right side of the front bumper: tow-
line anc hor
ag

e screwed in. Towline anchorages
Att
ac
h the b

ar or rope to the towline ancho-
rages.
It is located with the vehicle's tools
›››  page 69.
Screw the front towline anchorage into the
screw connection ››› Fig. 58 and tighten it
with the wheel brace.
Tow rope or tow bar
When towing, the tow bar is the safest and
vehicle friendly way. You should only use a
tow rope if you do not have a tow bar. A tow rope should be slightly elastic to avoid
damag

e to both vehicles. It is advisable to
use a tow rope made of synthetic fibre or sim-
ilarly elastic material.
● Only secure the tow rope or tow bar to the
towline anc
horage or specially designed fit-
ting.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
● Keep the ignition running to prevent the
steerin
g wheel from locking and also to allow
the use of the turn signals, horn, windscreen
wipers and washers.
● As the power assisted steering does not
work if
the engine is not running, you will
need more strength to steer than normally.
● The brake must be depressed much harder
as the br
ake servo does not operate. Avoid
hitting the towing vehicle.
● Note the instructions and information con-
tained in the Ins
truction Manual for the vehi-
cle to be towed.
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
● Accelerate gently and carefully. Avoid sud-
den manoeuvr
es.
● Brake well in advance than usual and brake
gently.
● Not

e the instructions and information con-
tained in the In s

truction Manual for the vehi-
cle to be towed. » 41

Emergencies
Fitting the front towline anchorage Fig. 80
On the right-hand side of the front
b umper: R
emo
ve the cover. Fig. 81
On the right-hand side of the front
b umper: Sc

rew in the towline anchorage. The location for the removable tow ring is on
the right
-h
and s

ide of the front bumper be-
hind a cover ››› Fig. 80.
The towline anchorage should always be kept
in the vehicle. Note the instructions for towing
›››
page 75.
Fitting the towline anchorage
● Take the towline anchorage from the vehi-
cle t
ool kit in the luggage compartment
››› page 69.
● Press the upper part of the cover ›››
Fig. 80
(arrow) to disengage and release the cover.
● Remove the cover and leave it hanging
from the v
ehicle.
● Screw in the tow ring into its housing anti-
clock
wise as far as it will go ››› Fig. 81 ››› .
U se a s
uit
able tool to firmly tighten the tow-
line anchorage in its location.
● After towing, remove the tow ring by turn-
ing it c

lockwise.
● Place the cover's upper tab on the opening
of the bumper and c
arefully guide the lower
tab on the edge of the opening. If necessary,
press the lower tab from below.
● Press the lower area of the cover until the
lower t
ab engages in the bumper. CAUTION
The towline anchorage must always be com-
pl et

ely and firmly tightened. Otherwise, it
could be released while towing and tow-start-
ing. Emergency locking and unlock-
in
g
Intr oduction The doors and rear lid can be locked manual-
ly and p
ar

tially opened, for example if the key
or the central locking is damaged. WARNING
Opening and closing doors carelessly can
cau se seriou

s injury.
● If the vehicle is locked from outside, the
doors and w
indows cannot be opened from
the inside.
● Never leave children or disabled people
alone in the car
. They could be trapped in the
car in an emergency and will not be able to
get themselves to safety.
● Depending on the time of the year, temper-
ature
s inside a locked and closed vehicle can
be extremely high or extremely low resulting
in serious injuries and illness or even death,
particularly for young children. WARNING
Getting in the way of the doors and the rear
lid is d

angerous and can lead to serious in-
jury.
● Open and close the doors and the rear lid
only when ther
e is nobody in the way.76

Index
for the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
f uel
l
evel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
general view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
indication of brake pad wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
on the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
control lamp refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Coolant checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Cooling system checking the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
topping up with coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 151 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Data registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Data storage during the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
De-icing the locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Diagnostics connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Dimension
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Direction of rotation tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Disabling the front passenger front airbag . . . . . 15
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Disposal belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Emergency closing or opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Driving automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
data storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
economical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
starting on a slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
stopping on a slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
through salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Driving abroad headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving in winter fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
tyre pr
essure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
windscreen washer bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Driving tips For a loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Dust and pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
E
EDL see Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
EDS see Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Electrical devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 118
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
see Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
first aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
replacing a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
219