2018 Seat Mii maintenance

Maintenance
If your SEAT vehicle is immobilised due to a
f ault or an accident, our assist
ance services
will help you k
eep moving.
Take into account that the SEAT Mobility
Service differs depending on the country in
which the vehicle was purchased. For further
information ask your SEAT dealership or the
SEAT website in your country.
Warranty
Fault-fr
ee operation warrantySEAT Authorised Services ensure the perfect
condition of ne
w v
ehicl

es. Check the pur-
chase agreement or complementary addi-
tional documentation provided by your Tech-
nical Service to see the conditions and the
terms of the warranty. Consult further infor-
mation in this regard in your SEAT Official
Service. Vehicle maintenance
Maint enance and cl
eaning
Basic consider

ations Regular and careful care helps to maintain
the value of your v
ehicl

e. In addition, it may
become a prerequisite to demand the war-
ranty in the event of corrosion damage and
deficiencies in the paint coat of the body-
work.
Specialised workshops have the necessary
care products. Please follow the instructions
for application on the packaging. WARNING

Vehicle maintenance
Do not use a nozzle that sprays the water out
in a dir ect str
eam or one that has a r
otating
jet for forcing off dirt.
The water temperature must not exceed
60

Maintenance
special questions or parts that are not listed.
T ak
e he gener
al considerations into account

Vehicle maintenance
Decoration slides Problem Solution
Dirt Soft sponge with neutral soap
solutiona) a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litre of w at
er
Interior cleaning Windows
Problem Solution
Dirt Apply windscreen cleaner and
then dry with a clothCovers / Trims
Problem Solution
Dirt Neutral soap solutiona)a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
at

er
Plastic parts Problem Solution
Dirt Damp cloth
Encrusted dirt Neutral soap solution a)
, if pos-
sible solv
ent-free plastic clean-
er a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
at

er Displays/instrument panel Problem Solution
Dirt Soft cloth with a liquid crystal
display cleaner Control panels
Problem Solution
Dirt Soft brush, then soft cloth with
neutral soap solutiona) a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litre of w at

er
Seat belts Problem Solution
Dirt Neutral soap solutiona)
, al-
l o

wed to dry before retracting a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
at

er
Fabrics, artificial, Alcantara leather Problem Solution
Dirt particles ad-
hered t o the sur

-
face Vacuum cleaner
Water-based dirt,
e.g. coff ee

, tea,
blood etc. Absorbent cloth and neutral
soap solution
a) Problem Solution
Grease-based
dirt, e.g. oil , mak

e-
up, etc. Apply a neutral soap solution
a)
.
Absorb the dissolved gr ease
and paint particles drying with
an absorbent cloth, in case you
must treat it with water after-
wards
Special dirt, e.g.
pens, nail polish,
dispersion paint,
shoe cream et c.Special st

ain remove: dry with
an absorbent cloth, if applica-
ble
, apply neutral soap solution
afterwards a) a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
at

er
Natural leather Problem Solution
Recent dirt Cotton cloth with neutral soap solutiona)
Water-based dirt,
e.g. coffee
, tea,
blood etc. Recent stains: absorbent cloth
Dry stains: leather cl
eaner
Grease-based
dirt, e.g. oil , mak

e-
up, etc. Recent stains: absorbent cloth
and leather cleaner
Dry st
ains: grease dissolving
spray
Special dirt, e.g.
pens, nail polish,
dispersion paint,
shoe cream et c.St

ain remover suitable for
leather

Maintenance
Problem Solution
Care Apply preservative cream regu-
larly to pr
otect from sunlight.
Use a colour preservative if re-
quired a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litre of w at

er
Carbon fibre parts Problem Solution
Dirt Clean like plastic partsTake special care with...
Headlights/tail lights

Vehicle maintenance
Fabrics/artificial leather/Alcantara leath-
er

Index
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 22, 103 audibl e w
arnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
103
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 104
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 23
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 104
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
light controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 23
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
parking light remains on both sides . . . . . . . . 104
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 103
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 22
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 122
Loading general advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
transporting the load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 122 driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Loading the vehicle
class N1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 126
f
astening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Locking and unlocking in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 122
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 99, 122 closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 100
cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 124
driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . 125
manual release mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 100
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
100
see also Loading the luggage compart-ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 122
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . 125
M Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Main panel turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . 105
Maintenance see Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Malfunction air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
131
automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
rain and light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
adjusting the temperat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 31
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 30
cooling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 31
fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . . 31
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . 141 external data storage device connected toa USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
143
smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
147
Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 110
Mobile phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
145
Mobile telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 use without an exterior aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
N Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 187 fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 192
smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 188
Navigation smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
147
Noises brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 150
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 50
O
Octane rating (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
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Index
Odometer partial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 88
t ot
al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 88
Open and close panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 92 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 12
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 192
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
101
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 92 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 12
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 98
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 102
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 11
tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
191
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Original SEAT Spare Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Overview Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
P Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 102 anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 102
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 102 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 151, 153
downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 153
uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . .
153
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 173 optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
sensors and camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 174
see also Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Parking light remains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ParkPilot see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Passenger door emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 49, 53
Petrol fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 190
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 186
Phone management Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
145
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Positioning the seat belt for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 14
Power brake system anti-lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Power outlet 12 volts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 120
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Puncture action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 36
Pushing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 R
Radio-operat ed remote control
see Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 92
Radio DISPLAY: clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Radio Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 139
Radio reception antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 228
operating faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Rain and light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 110
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 lift platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Rear headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
52
Rear backrest folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 123
lifting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 123
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . . 11 emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 12
see also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
123
Rear view mirror adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rear vision mirror interior anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rear windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 228
refuelling Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 186 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 190
mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
189
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