2019 Seat Mii electric brakes

Driving
At high speed and with the windscreen wipers
activ at
ed, the brake pads will briefly touch
the brake discs. This takes place, although
unnoticeable to the driver, at regular intervals
to improve the response time of the brakes
when they are wet.
The effectiveness of the brakes can also be
temporarily reduced if the vehicle is driven for
some distance without using the brakes when
there is a lot of salt on the road in winter. The
layer of salt that accumulates on the discs
and pads can be removed by gently apply-
ing the brakes a few times.
Corrosion
There may be a tendency for corrosion to
form on the discs and dirt to build up on the
brake pads if the vehicle is used infrequently
or the brakes are not used very often.
If the brakes are not used frequently, or if rust
has formed on the disks, it is advisable to
clean off the pads and disks by braking firmly
a few times at a moderately high speed ››› .
F ault in the br

ake system
If the brake pedal travel should ever increase
suddenly, this may mean that one of the two
brake circuits has failed. Drive immediately to
the nearest specialised workshop and have
the fault repaired. Drive there slowly and re-
member that you will have to apply more pressure on the brake pedal and allow for
longer st

opping distances.
Low brake fluid level
Malfunctions can occur in the brake system if
the brake fluid level is too low. The brake fluid
level is monitored electronically.
Brake servo
The electromechanical brake servo increases
the pressure that you exert when you press
the brake pedal. It only works when the vehi-
cle’s ignition or drive system is switched on. WARNING
Any anomaly in the brake system can in-
cr ease the br

aking distance, with the re-
sulting risk of an accident.

Braking and parking
firmly at intervals than to apply the brakes
continuously.
Note

Driving
WARNING
Observe the safety warnings ››
› in Con-
tr ol and w
arning lamps on page 70. Brake assist systems
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)*
The ESC helps t
o impr

ove safety. It reduces
the tendency to skid and improves the stabili-
ty and roadholding of the vehicle. The ESC
detects critical handling situations, such as
vehicle understeer or oversteer, or wheelspin
on the driving wheels. It stabilises the vehicle
by braking individual wheels or by reducing
the engine torque. The warning lamp will
flash on the instrument panel when the ESC is
intervening !.
The ESC includes the anti-lock brake system
(ABS), the hydraulic brake assist (HBA), the
traction control system (ASR) and the elec-
tronic differential lock (EDS)
ESC also helps stabilise the vehicle by
changing the torque.
Anti-lock brake system (ABS)
ABS prevents the wheels from locking up un-
der braking until the vehicle has reached a
virtual standstill. You can continue to steer the
vehicle even when the brakes are on full.
Keep your foot on the brake pedal and do not pump the brakes. You will feel the brake pedal
pul
sat

e while the ABS is working.
If the running gear or brake system is modi-
fied, the effectiveness of the ABS could be se-
verely limited.
Hydraulic Brake Assist (HBA)*
The brake assist system can reduce the re-
quired braking distance. The braking force is
automatically boosted if you press the brake
pedal quickly in an emergency. You must
keep pressing the brake pedal until the dan-
ger has passed.
Traction control system (ASR)
In the event of wheelspin, the traction control
system reduces the engine torque to match
the amount of grip available. This helps the
car to start moving, accelerate or climb a
gradient.
Electronic differential lock (EDL)*
When the EDL detects wheelspin, it brakes
the spinning wheel and directs the power to
the other driven wheel. This function is active
up to approximately 100 km/h (62 mph).
To prevent the disc brake of the braked wheel
from overheating, the EDL cuts out automati-
cally if subjected to excessive loads. The ve-
hicle can still be driven. The EDL will switch on
again automatically when the brake has
cooled down. Electronic brake pressure distribution
(EBV)
In all vehicl
es, when the brakes are applied,
the centre of gravity of the vehicle moves for-
ward. As a consequence, there is a danger
that the rear wheels may lock due to their low
traction. The electronic brake pressure distri-
bution controls the brake pressure for the rear
wheels and ensures that this pressure is dis-
tributed optimally between the front and rear
axles. Under normal circumstances it pre-
vents the rear part of the vehicle from skid-
ding due to excessive braking of the rear
wheels. The function of the electronic brake
pressure distribution is incorporated in the
ABS function.
Electromechanical brake servo (eBKV)
With the ignition switched on, the electrome-
chanical brake servo supports the force of
the foot by increasing the pressure that the
driver exerts on the brake pedal. After discon-
necting the ignition, the assistance of the
brake servo is progressively reduced. Once
stopped, immobilise the vehicle to prevent it
from moving ››› page 159.
If the electromechanical brake servo does
not work, the yellow control lamps

Index
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 brak
e fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
braking assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Braking assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Braking system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
C Camera Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Capacities windscreen washer water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
key by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
side turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
subsequent works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Changing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child-proof lock electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Child seats
group cl assification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 33
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
carbon fibre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 203
control panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
decoration slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
headlights / tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
high pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . . . 200
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
special care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
the radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
trims/covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 202
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
window wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Compartment for on-board documentation . 100
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Anti-lock brake system ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
drive system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
tyre pressure loss indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cooling system check the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
refilling coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
218

Index
MEDIA ext
ernal data media connected to USB
port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
MFD see Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Mobile telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130, 205
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
N Navigation smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Noises brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 193
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
O
Object holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 front centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
on-board documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
on the passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
other object holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Odometer total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
One-touch signalling function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
by r
emote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Operation in winter 12-volt batteryvoltios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
salt on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Overview (left hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
P
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Parking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
sensors and camera: clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 14
Power display and available power . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 12-volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Power steering see Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . 148
R Radio station name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 RADIO
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
R
adio-operated remote controlsee Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Radio DISPLAY: clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Radio reception antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Radio telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 TP (traffic information station) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Rear fog light control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 emergency closing and opening . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Rear seat folding down and raising the backrest . . . . . . 93
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 anti-dazzle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rear view mirrors adjust the exterior rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . 89
Rear windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Releasing the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Repair work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Reprogramming of control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Reverse (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Revolution counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rims changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
222