Seat Mii 2018 Workshop Manual

Safe driving
Safety equipment Never put your safety or the safety of your
passengers in danger. In the e
v
ent of an acci-
dent, the safety equipment may reduce the
risk of injury. The following points cover part
of the safety equipment in your SEAT:

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Safe driving
an incorrect position means the seat belt
cannot off er its full pr
ot
ection. This could re-
sult in severe and even fatal injuries. The risk
of severe or fatal injuries is especially height-
ened when a deploying airbag strikes a vehi-
cle occupant who has assumed an incorrect
sitting position. The driver is responsible for all
passengers in the vehicle, particularly chil-
dren.
The following list shows just some examples
of incorrect sitting positions which can be
dangerous to all vehicle occupants.
When the vehicle is in motion:

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any part of your body in the area of the air-
bag or very cl
ose t
o it.

Seat belts
Pedal area P edal
s Do not allow floor mats or other objects to
obstruct the free passage of the pedal
s.
Fl
oor mats should leave the pedal area free
and unobstructed and be correctly secured
in the footwell zone.
In the event of failure of a brake circuit, the
brake pedal must be pressed harder than
normal to brake the vehicle. WARNING
Objects falling into the driver

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the trip. This also applies to other vehicle
occupants when driving in to
wn.

Seat belts
Several warning and control lamps light up
f or a f
e
w seconds when the ignition is switch-
ed on, signalling that the function is being
verified. They will switch off after a few sec-
onds.
An audible warning will be heard if the seat
belts are not fastened as the vehicle drives
off and reaches a speed of more then
25 km/h (15 mph) or if the seat belts are un-
fastened while the vehicle is in motion. The
seat belt warning lamp i will also flash.
The warning lamp i does not switch off until
the driver and front passenger fasten their
seat belts while the ignition is switched on.
Seat belt status display for rear seats
The seat belt status display on the instrument
panel informs the driver, when the ignition is
switched on, whether any passengers in the
rear seats have fastened their seat belts. The i symbol indicates that the passenger in this
seat has fastened “his or her” seat belt

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twisted inside the side trim after being wound
t oo quickly on unf
ast
ening:

Seat belts
Even at low speeds the forces acting on the
body in a collision ar e so gr
eat that it is not
possibl
e to brace oneself with one

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Unfastening the seat belt
The seat belt must not be unf ast
ened until the
v
ehicle has come to a standstill