bulb Seat Mii 2012 User Guide

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Practical information
Changing the bulbs in the rear lights
Fig. 153 On the side of the luggage compartment: TO:
Remove the cover, B: Removing the tail light units
Fig. 154 Tail light unit: C: Remove the bulb holder, D:
Remove the bulbs
Complete operations only in the sequence given. Removing the tail light units
1.Always take the checklist into account and take the necessary ac-
tions
⇒ page 265.
2.Open the rear lid ⇒ page 40. 
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3.Carefully remove the cover 1 towards the lever
⇒ Fig. 153 A.
4.Pull the release 3 in the connector 2 in the direction of the arrow
⇒ Fig. 153 B. Use the screwdriver in the vehicle tool kit.
5.Press position 4 and remove the connector 2 ⇒ Fig. 153 B.6.Unscrew the wing nut 5 ⇒ Fig. 153 B.
7.Remove the tail light from the bodywork by carefully pulling back-
wards.
8.Disassemble the tail light unit and place it on a flat, clean surface.
To change the bulb
9.Unlock the bulb holder locking tab (arrow)
⇒ Fig. 154 C and remove
the bulb holder from the tail light.
10.Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb ⇒ Fig. 154 D.
11.Place the lamp holder in the tail light unit. The attachment tabs (ar-
row) should audibly click into place ⇒ Fig. 154 C.
Assembling the tail light units
12.Carefully insert the tail light unit into the opening in the bodywork.
13.Support the tail light with one hand in the assembly position and
securely screw the wing nut with the other 5 ⇒ Fig. 153 B.
14.Ensure that the tail light unit has been correctly fitted and is firmly
secured.
15.Insert the connector 2 into the bulb holder and press the lock 3on the connector in the opposite direction to the arrow ⇒ Fig. 153
B.
16.Insert the cover. The cover should lock into place.17.Close the rear lid ⇒ page 40.Changing the number plate light
Fig. 155 On the rear
bumper: Remove number
plate light
Fig. 156 Number plate
light: Remove the lamp
holder
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Only carry out the operations in the sequence indicated:
1.Always take the checklist into account and take the necessary ac-
tions ⇒ page 265.
2.With one hand, press on the number plate light from left to right
and remove it from the bumper ⇒ Fig. 155.
3.Detach the number plate light carefully from the bumper.
4.Turn the bulb holder with the bulb anticlockwise and remove it in
the direction of the arrow ⇒ Fig. 156.
5.Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb.
6.Place the bulb holder in the number plate light and press in the op-
posite direction to the arrow as far as possible ⇒ Fig. 156.
7.
Insert the number plate light carefully into the left edge of the open-
ing on the bumper. During this process, check that the assembly di-
rection of the number plate light is correct, i.e. the spring must be
on the right.
8.Insert the number plate light into the bumper until it audibly clicks
into place.Changing the side turn signal bulb
Fig. 157 Removing the
side turn signal
Fig. 158 Side turn sig-
nal: Changing the bulbs
Only carry out the operations in the sequence indicated:
1.Always take the checklist into account and take the necessary ac-
tions
⇒ page 265.
2.With one hand move the side turn signal backwards ⇒ Fig. 157 1.
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Only carry out the operations in the sequence indicated:3.Remove the side turn signal from the chassis by leverage 2.
4.Remove the bulb holder with the bulb in the direction of the arrow
⇒ Fig. 158 1.5.Remove the bulb holder bulb in a straight direction.6.Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb.7.Install the lamp holder.
8.Place the side turn signal on the chassis on the side situated to-
wards the rear of the vehicle until the spring clicks into the other
side of the side turn signal.
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malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
starting on a slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
stopping on a slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
B
BAS see Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Battery Change in the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
See Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Before consulting a specialised workshop . . . 238
Belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Bonnet Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Bottle capacity Windscreen washer water bottle . . . . . . . . . 94
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Brakes
Assisted braking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Emergency brake indicator in case of sud-den braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Running-in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 139
Brake system Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Brake systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Breakdown Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Bulb fault See changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
C
Capacities Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Care See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Care of your vehicle Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Caring for paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
central locking Deadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
locking and unlocking from the exterior . . . 34
locking and unlocking from the inside . . . . 36
Central locking system After airbag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13 Bottom part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Top part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Changing Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Initial operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
in the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Sea changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
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Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Engaging gears (automatic gearbox) . . . . 129
Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . 128
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
with Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Changing gears Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Changing the bulbs Side turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Changing the wheel After changing the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Checking Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Checklist Before working in the engine compart-ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
In case of an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Check list Journey preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Preparations for changing a wheel . . . . . . 251
Raising the vehicle with the jack . . . . . . . . 254
Checklist Refuelling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Check list Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Checklist
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tire Mobility Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . 77
Check list Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Child safety seat Securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child seat ISOFIX child seat on rear seats . . . . . . . . . . 80
Mounting child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Mounting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
On rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
On the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Securing using a Top Tether retaining strap 83
Securing using ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Securing using LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . 77
Weight categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Disabling the front passenger airbag . . . . . 73
Chromework care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
City Safety Assist function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Close Sliding/tilting electric panoramic sunroof . 44
Closing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
from the exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Collection of end-of-life vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Compartments Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110, 111
Other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . 112
Passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110, 111
Sunglasses storage compartment . . . . . . 110
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Conformity certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Consumer disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Consumption How it is determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
control lamp on the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Index

Initial operationsChanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
InSP Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Display control functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
In the event of an emergency Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 see Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Journey preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
K
Kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
key see vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Key
see vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Key switch Deactivating the front passenger airbag . . 73
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
L Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Laser sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 see Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Controls lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Instruments lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parking light remains on both sides . . . . . . 87
Reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
turning on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Load
Driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 General tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Loading luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 100
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Locking from the exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Luggage compartment Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
M
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Main panel Turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . 85
Malfunction automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 see also Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Manufacturer identification plate . . . . . . . . . . 281
mechanical locking locking and unlocking from the exterior . . . 34
locking and unlocking from the inside . . . . 36
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