fold seats Alfa Romeo MiTo 2011 Owner handbook (in English)

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAR99
1LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT
Luggage compartment unlocking is electrically controlled and is dis-
abled with the vehicle in motion.
OPENING
When unlocked, the luggage compartment can be opened from out-
side the vehicle by pressing the electric logo fig. 59 until a click is
heard or by pressing button
Ron the remote control.
When the luggage compartment is opened the direction indica-
tors will flash twice and the internal light will come on: the light
will go out automatically when the luggage compartment is closed.
If the luggage compartment is left open, the light will go out au-
tomatically after several minutes.
fig. 59A0J0058m
Emergency opening from the inside
Proceed as follows:
❍remove the rear head restraints and completely fold back the
seats (see the paragraph on “Expanding the luggage com-
partment”);
❍press lever A-fig. 60.
fig. 60A0J0178m

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAR101
1
EXPANDING THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT
Removing the parcel shelf
Proceed as follows:
❍free the ends of the two links A-fig. 62 supporting the parcel
shelf B, releasing eyelets C from pins D;
❍free pins A-fig. 63 on the outside of the shelf from housings B
in the side mounts, then remove the parcel shelf.
❍after removal, the parcel shelf can be loaded sideways into the
luggage compartment or placed between the front seat back-
rests and the folded-back rear seats (with the luggage com-
partment completely expanded).
Folding back the seats
Proceed as follows:
❍raise the head restraints to the maximum height, press both
buttons A-fig. 64 to the side of the two supports, then remove
the head restraints by sliding them upwards;
❍move the seat belts to the side, making sure that they are
correctly extended and not twisted;
fig. 62A0J0080mfig. 63A0J0081m