2017 Seat Mii seats

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 42
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Driving advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Correct position of the vehicle occupants . . . . 48
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Why wear a set belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 56
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
In case of emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Vehicle tool kit* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 75
Tow-starting and towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Central locking* and locking system . . . . . . . . 94
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Controls for the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Sliding/tilting electric panoramic sunroof . . . . 102 Lights and visibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Windscreen wiper and window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Mirr

or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 112
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 114
Transporting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning . . . . . 129
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Stopping and starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Engine management and exhaust gas purifica-
tion syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Parking distance warning system* . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cruise control* (Cruise control system -
CCS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Safety Assist* (City Safety Assist function) . . . . 156
Hill driving assistant* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Start-Stop System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
3

The essentials
● Con
v
enience position: Turn the switch to
position ››› Fig. 11 2 .
● Closing: Turn the switch to position
› ›
›

Fig. 11 1 .
● To tilt open: Push the switch to position
› ›
›

Fig. 12 4 . For an intermediate position,
ho l
d do
wn the switch until you reach the de-
sired position.
● Lowering: Pull the switch to position
›››
Fig. 12 5 . For an intermediate position,
ho l
d do
wn the switch until you reach the de-
sired position.

››› in Opening and closing the panor-
amic sunroof on page 102
››› page 102 Before driving
M anua
l

ly adjusting the seats Fig. 13
Front left seat controls The front seat head restraints are integrated
in the b
ac
k

rests and adjusting them is not
possible.
Forward/back: pull the lever and move
the seat forwards. The front seat must be
engaged when the lever is released!
Raising/lowering: pull the lever up or
push down (several times if necessary)
from its home position.
Tilting the backrest: pull the lever and
adjust the backrest seat angle until you
reach the desired position. The seat back-
rest must be engaged.
Folding/Raising (Easy Entry only in 3-
door vehicles): to fold, pull the lever and
at the same time move the seat forward.
1
2
3
3 To raise it, move the seat back until the
c
at
c

h engages. Pull the lever and tilt
open the backrest. The backrest must en-
gage in the upright position.

››› in Manual front seat adjustment on
page 112 12

The essentials
Seat belt adjustment Fig. 14
Positioning and removing the seat
belt b
uc
kle. Fig. 15
Correct seat belt and head restraint
pos ition

s, viewed from front and the side. To adjust the seat belt around your should-
er
s, a
dju

st the height of the seats.
The shoulder part of the seat belt should be
well centred over it, never over the neck. The
seat belt lies flat and fits comfortably on the
upper part of the body.
The lap part of the seat belt lies across the
pelvis, never across the stomach. The seat
belt lies flat and fits comfortably on the pel-
vis.

››› in Introduction on page 52
››› page 56 Seat belt tensioners
During a head-on, lateral or rear collision, the
seat
belts

on the front seats tighten automat-
ically.
The tensioner can be triggered only once.

››› in Service and disposal of belt ten-
sion devices on page 58
››› page 57 Adjusting the exterior mirrors
Fig. 16
In the driver door: rotary control for
the e xt
erior el

ectric mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors: Turn the knob
t
o the c
orr

esponding position:
Turning the knob to the desired posi-
tion, adjust the mirrors on the driver »
L/R 13

The essentials
››› in Manual disabling and enabling of
the front passenger front airbag with the
key switch on page 63
››› page 62 Side airbags
Fig. 21
On the side of the front seat: location
of the s
ide airb

ag Fig. 22
On the left side of the vehicle: deploy-
ment ar e

a of side airbag The side airbags are located in the outer
c
u
shion of

the driver and front passenger
seat backrests ››› Fig. 21. Their position is in-
dicated by the word “AIRBAG”. The area
marked in red ››› Fig. 22 indicates the side
airbag deployment zone.
In the event of a side-on collision, the side
airbag will deploy in the side of the vehicle
affected ››› Fig. 22, thus reducing the risk of
injuries to passengers on the side of the
body and the head facing the accident side.

››› in Side airbags* on page 62 Child seats
Impor t
ant

information regarding the
front passenger's airbag Fig. 23
Passenger's side sun visor: airbag
s tic
k

er. Fig. 24
On the rear frame of the passenger
s ide door: airb
ag s

ticker.16

The essentials
A sticker with important information about
the p a
s
senger airbag is located on the pas- senger's sun visor and/or on the passenger
side door frame.

››› in Important information regarding
the front passenger's airbag on page 65
››› page 64 Mounting systems
Fig. 25
On the rear seats: Possible installations
for the c hi

ld seat. Always secure child seats properly and safely
in the
v
ehic

le according to the child seat
manufacturer's installation instructions.
Mounted child seats must rest correctly on
the vehicle's seat and must not move or rock
more than 2.5 cm.
Child seats equipped for a Top Tether strap
must also be secured using the Top Tether re- taining strap in the vehicle
››› page 20. At-
tach the retaining strap to the corresponding
retaining rings only. Not all rings can be used
with the Top Tether system. Always tighten
the Top Tether retaining strap so that the
child seat fits snugly against the correspond-
ing seat in the vehicle. Specific mounting systems for each country
Attachment
variants ››› Fig. 25:
Europe: ISOFIX retaining rings and upper
retaining strap ››› page 18 and
››› page 20.
Three-point seat belt and upper retaining
strap ››› page 18. »
A B
17

The essentials
The systems include the child restraint sys-
t em mou
ntin
g with an upper retaining strap
(Top Tether) and lower anchoring points on
the seat.
Securing child seats with the seat belt The seat belt may be used to secure child
seats
w

ith the universal marking (on the or-
ange label) to the vehicle seats marked with
a u in the table below.
CategoryFront passen- gera)Rear seats
Group 0
Up to 10 kguu
Category 0+ Up to 13 kguu
Group 1
9 to 18 kguu
Group 2
15 to 25 kguu
Group 3
22 to 36 kguu
a) Compliance with current national legislation and the manu-
facturer's instructions is required when using or installing child
seats.
Securing the child seat using the seat belt
● Please read and observe the child seat
manufact
urer's handling instructions.
● Move the front passenger seat, or the rear
seat benc
h back as far as possible and, in
the case of an adjustable backrest, set it in
the upright position ›››
 page 48.
● Positioning the child seat on the seat ac-
cordin
g to the manufacturer's instructions.
● Fasten the seat belt or pass it around the
chil
d seat structure in the manner described
in the manufacturer's instructions.
● Make sure the seat belt is not twisted.
● Insert the latch plate into the buckle for the
appropri
ate seat and push it down until it is
securely locked with an audible click.
● Ensure that the upper belt web lies tightly
on the chil
d seat.
● Pull the belt (it must be no longer possible
to pu
ll the lower belt webbing out).
Removing the child seat
The seat belt must not be unfastened until
the vehicle has come to a standstill.
● Press the red button on the buckle. The
latc
h plate is released from the buckle.
● Guide the belt back by hand so that it rolls
up eas
ily and the trim will not be damaged.
● Remove the child seat from the vehicle. 
››› in Safety instructions on page 66 Fixing the child seat with the ISOFIX
syst

em Fig. 26
On the vehicle seat: identification var-
i ants
of

the anchor points for the child seats Each seat of the rear seat bench has
two
r
e-
tainers named lower anchor points.
Summary chart for assembly with the ISOFIX
system
The following table shows the assembly pos-
sibilities for ISOFIX or i-Size child seats on
the ISOFIX anchorage points of the different
vehicle seats. 18

The essentialsAge groupClass ac-
cording
to size a)Front pas-
sengerseatRear
seats
Group 0: up to 10 kgEXIL-SU
Group 0+:
up to 13 kgEX
IL-SUDX
CX
Group 1:
from 9 to
18 kg
DX
IL-SU IUFCX
BX
B1X
AX
Group 2:
from 15 to
25 kg–XIL-SU
Group 3:
from 22 to
36 kg–XIL-SU
i-Size child
restraint
system–XX
Age groupClass ac-
cording
to size a)Front pas-
sengerseatRear
seats
X: seat not suitable for securing an ISOFIX or i-Size child seat from this group.
IL-SU: seat suitable for installing an ISOFIX child seat
with semi-universal approval. Take the child seat manu-
facturer's vehicle list into account.
IUF: seat suitable for fixing an ISOFIX child seat with uni-
versal approval.
a) The indication of class according to size corresponds to the
authorised bodyweight for the child seat. In child seats with uni-
versal or semi-universal approval, the class according to size is
indicated on the ECE approval label. The indication of class ac-
cording to size is stated on the corresponding child seat.
Child seats with rigid mounting
For the installation of a child seat with rigid
mounting auxiliary introduction elements can
be used. These elements facilitate fitting and
protect the upholstery. They form part of the
supply volume of the child seat or can be ac-
quired at a SEAT dealership. If necessary,
these elements are inserted in both anchor
points of the vehicle ››› in Safety instruc-
tion s on p
ag

e 66.
● Observe the manufacturer's instructions
when inst
alling and removing the child seat
››› in Safety instructions on page 65.
● Press the child seat onto the retaining rings
› ›
›

Fig. 26 in the direction of the arrow. The
child seat must be safely engaged and click
audibly into place. ●
Pul
l on both sides of the child seat to en-
sure that it is secure.
Child seat with adjustable retaining straps
● Observe the manufacturer's instructions
when inst
alling and removing the child seat
››› in Safety instructions on page 65.
● Place the child seat on the seat cushion
and att ac
h the r

etaining strap hooks to the
retaining rings ››› Fig. 26.
● Tighten the straps evenly using the corre-
sponding a
djustment device. The child seat
must sit flush against the vehicle seat.
● Pull on both sides of the child seat to en-
sure th
at it is secure.

››› in Safety instructions on page 65 19

The essentials
Cruise control operating.›››
page
155 
Main beam on or flasher on.›››
page
103 
The natural gas engine coolant
temperature is too low.›››
page
192
Control lamps on the instrument panel 
A passenger in the rear seats
has fastened their seatbelt.›››
page
52 
A passenger in the rear seats
has not fastened their seat belt.›››
page
52 
flashes quickly:
the City Safety
Assist system function* brakes
automatically or has braked au-
tomatically. Or:
flashes slowly: City Safety Assist
function is not currently availa-
ble.
››› page
156  
The City Safety Assist* function
has been connected manually. It
switches off after 5 seconds.›››
page
156  
flashes: The City Safety Assist*
function has been manually dis-
connected.›››
page
156 
after the ignition is switched on:
indication that the end of the
period for an inspection to be
performed is approaching.›››
page
90 
it lights up:
the Start-Stop sys-
tem is enabled. ALTERNATIVELY:
flashes: the Start-Stop system is
not available.
››› page
160 
The Start-Stop system is ena-
bled but the engine cannot be
automatically stopped.

flashes in addition to the rest of
the segments of the fuel gauge:
Fuel tank almost empty.›››
page
183 WARNING
If the warning lamps are ignored, the vehicle
ma y

stall in traffic, or may cause accidents
and severe injuries.
● Never ignore the warning lamps.
● Stop the vehicle safely as soon as possible.
● Park the vehicle away from traffic and en-
sure th
at there are no highly flammable ma-
terials under the vehicle that could come into
contact with the exhaust system (e.g. dry
grass, fuel).
● A faulty vehicle represents a risk of acci-
dent for the driv
er and for other road users. If
necessary, switch on the hazard warning
lamps and put out the warning triangle to ad-
vise other drivers.
● Before opening the bonnet, switch off the
engine and al
low it to cool.
● In any vehicle, the engine compartment is a
hazar
dous area and could cause severe inju-
ries ›››
 page 187. CAUTION
Failure to heed the warning lamps when they
appe ar m

ay result in faults in the vehicle. Gearbox lever
Manua l

gearbox Fig. 35
Gear shift pattern of a 5-speed man-
ual g
e

arbox The position of each of the gears is shown on
the g
e
ar s

tick ››› Fig. 35.
● Keep the clutch pedal pushed all the way
down.
● Mov

e the gearbox lever to the required po-
sition ››

› in Manual gear change on
p ag
e 143
.
● Release the clutch pedal to engage clutch. 26