warning Seat Mii 2014 Owner's manual

Index
Parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 106
Safety Assist (City Safety Assist function) . . . . 110
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
TC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction Control (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
T Tank flap close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
TC see Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Technical data Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Manufacturer identification plate . . . . . . . . . . 197
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Technical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Technical information Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Technical specifications Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Temperature display
Liquid coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Driving advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Things to note Disconnecting the vehicle's battery . . . . . . . . . 38
Long parking times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 106
Removing the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Water underneath the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Tightening torque Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Tips for driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Before starting out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tire Mobility Set Check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Do not use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Tools See Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 183 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Special notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 184
Tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tow starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction Control (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Trailer coupling
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Transporting Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transporting objects Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 79
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Treadwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Trip meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Tyre mobility set Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tyre Mobility System See tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tyre monitoring lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Tyre pressure Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 199
Tyre repair set See tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . 169
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Unfastening seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Index
Unlocking from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Fabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Padding cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
V Valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Vehicle Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
locking and unlocking from the exterior . . . . . . 46
locking or unlocking from the inside . . . . . . . . . 48
Parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Securing in case of a breakdown . . . . . . . . . . 171
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Automatic device disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Checking the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Explanation of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Starting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Vehicle care Aerial built into the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Airbag modules (dash panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Aluminium wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 188
Chrome wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cleaning compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cleaning wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cleaning windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 188
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
De-icing the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
High pressure cleaning apparatus . . . . . . . . . 127
Padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Protection of vehicle undercarriage . . . . . . . . 130
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 128
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . 61
Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle code Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle key assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vehicle mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Vehicle's battery
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Running flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Vibrations Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
W Warning and control lamps Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Warning lamp Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
City Safety Assist function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
with high pressure cleaning apparatus . . . . . 127
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 175, 199 Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer -
tain markets.
Because this is a general manual for the
ALTEA range, some of the equipment and
functions that are described in this manual
are not included in all types or variants of the
model; they may vary or be modied depend -
ing on the technical requirements and on the
market; this is in no way deceptive advertis-
ing.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment tted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex -
cept when otherwise indicated.
* The equipment marked with an aster -
isk* is tted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op -
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries. ®
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WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor -
mation on safety. They warn you about possi -
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
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nal information.
This manual is divided into ve large parts,
which are:
1. Safety
2. Operation
3. Tips
4. Technical data
5. Alphabetical index
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.