Seats

Front Seats
All Front Seats on MINI COOPER are of a manual type and are offered in two variants:

Basic Seat -MINI COOPER (Sports seats can be ordered on these models as an option)
Sports Seat - COOPER'S
Standard seating surface for all vehicles is Leatherette.

Leather is an available option in all vehicles. The sport seats include lumbar support. The front seats are secured to the body by four Torx bolts


NOTE: When removing the seats disconnect the electric connections on the underside of the seat at the front edge (Seat belt pre-tensioner, Side "Thorax" air bag and seat heating).

Front Seat Operation
All MINI COOPER front seats, regardless of type (Basic or Sports), have manual adjustment only. The various adjustment capabilities are achieved as follows:

- Forward/back adjustment of the seat
By operating the lever (1), the driver or passenger can move the seat, forward or rearward, to the desired position.
- Height adjustment of the seat - drivers seat only
By operating the lever (2), the seat cushion height can be raised or lowered to the drivers desired position.
- Backrest angle adjustment
By operating the lever (3),(pulling up) the backrest position can be altered to a more upright or reclined position.
- Backrest forward tilt (easy rear seat entry).

The front seats fitted to the MINI COOPER can be regarded as having an "Intelligent" seat position memory. There are no electronics involved in seat position recognition. Once the drivers and/or passengers seat have been set to the desired position, when levers 3 or 4 are operated (pushed down) the seat backrest and cushion will move fully forward. While in this position (easy rear seat entry), the back seat occupants will enter and exit the vehicle. When the seat is returned (manually) it will return to the exact previously set position and lock into place.

Seat Backboards
Regardless of seat variant, all the front seats have a back - board fitted to them. The available variations of back - boards are:
- Basic backboard - without stowage pocket- for both left and right front seats
- Backboard - with stowage pockets
The backboards are secured to the rear face of the front seats by four trim clips and two locking tabs on the bottom. Removal is possible only after removing the tilt levers on both sides of the seat.


Side 'Thorax' Airbags
Side 'Thorax' airbags are mounted on the outboard edge of the seat backrest frame.

Seat Belt Pre-Tensioners - Pyrotechnic
Both Driver and Passenger seat belt pre-tensioners are mounted to the seat cushion frame on the inboard edge (as shown below).

Seat Heating
The seat heating is activated via the seat heating switches, which are housed in the rear center console. Activation of the seat heating is achieved by depressing the seat heating switch. Upon activation the LED in the switch will illuminate.

Lumbar Support - Optional
The lumbar support can change the contour of the backrest by the operation of a rotational hand wheel located on the inboard side of the seat backrest. The lumbar support can be adjusted accordingly to adapt the lumbar support optimally to the anatomy of the person occupying the seat. Rotating the hand wheel in either a clockwise or counter clock-wise direction will either increase or decrease the amount of lumbar support provided.

Rear Seat
The rear seat configuration on all MINI COOPER derivatives is of a one piece seat cushion and 50/50 split, folding backrests. Removal of the cushion is achieved by lifting the front edge of the seat cushion and then pressing down on the rear edge to release from the rear edge body clips.

Seat Backrest Operation
The backrests can be folded horizontally by releasing either one (50% split) or both (100% split) of the backrest release catches (1) located in the rear face of the backrest (accessed via the luggage compartment). The rear seat latch (2) is located in the seat backrest and the striker (3) is secured to the body C post.





Backrest Removal

The rear seat backrests are secured by a central and two outer brackets secured to the body floor. To remove the rear seat backrests, loosen the screw on the center bracket and then pivot the clamp upwards (forward direction). This will enable the rear seat backrest to be released from the central mounting bracket.

To remove the backrest from the outer brackets, release the backrest from its latch, and then tilt the seat backrest forward to release the outer seat fixture from the body mounted outer bracket.


Head Rests
Both the backrests incorporate, as standard, manually adjustable head restraints. These are adjustable in a vertical direction only. Adjustment is achieved by lifting the head restraint pad to the correct position. There are only two setting positions for these headrests, fully down or fully raised (locked position). Lowering of the head restraint is achieved by depressing the release button on the guide bar collar.

ISOFIX Brackets
The MINI COOPER is equipped with ISOFIX points for child seat retention. The ISOFIX brackets are accessed through trim plugs in the rear of the seat cushion. These brackets (as shown) are attached directly to the body.


NOTE: HEad Restraint removal is only possible with the rear seat backrests folded forward.

Pillar Trim

A Pillar Trim
The A post trim is secured directly to the body A post by three snap fit clips. The upper two clips are designed with retaining straps. These straps retain the trim to the body in the event of AHPS deployment.


A Pillar/Sill Trim



The one piece A post lower trim/ door sill trim is secured by seven trim studs along its full length and a single trim stud securing the front edge to the body bulkhead.

This trim also incorporates the following:

- Fuse box access cover in the left hand trim regardless of drive hand
- Cut out for the hood interior release lever in the right hand trim regardless of drive hand
- Two location holes in the rear of the trim for alignment with the rear quarter trim panels


B Pillar Trim
The B post trim is secured directly to the body B post by a single upper retaining clip (1) and a single screw at the base of the B post trim (2). The B post trim also incorporates the front seat belt height adjuster trim. No part of the adjuster trim is serviceable separately.

C Pillar Trim
The C post trim is secured directly to the body C post by four "snap-fit" clips (1). Two of the clips (1a) include retaining straps.

Rear Quarter Trim
The rear quarter trim is of a one piece molded design which incorporate the following components:

- Storage Bin.
- Tail Lamp Access Panel.
- Provision for Power Socket in Left Side.
- Provision for CD Auto changer in Right Side.
- Parcel Shelf Side Support.
- Speaker Grills


The rear quarter trim panel is secured to the body by seven 'snap-fit' clips (1), three screws (2) and three clips on the lower body flange of the rear quarter glass (3). On the reverse side of the rear quarter trim panel, five screws (4) secure the stowage bin and 6 screws (5) and two clips (6) secure the rear speaker grills.





Luggage Compartment Lower Trim
The Luggage Compartment Lower Trim is secured to the tailgate opening lower edge by four trim clips on the horizontal face (1) and three plastic rivets on the vertical face (2).

Parcel Shelf



The mounting of the parcel shelf is via the rear quarter trim with lifting cords at each side, which are connected to two tailgate mounted clips on the side trim.


Headliner
The Headliner fitted in the MINI COOPER is of a one-piece molding and is available in two combinations; with sunroof or without sunroof.


Body Glass
The glazing system for MINI COOPER utilizes the now common industry practice of direct bonding of the glass to the body panels. The front/rear windshield and the 3/4 windows are fitted in the production process by robotic application, while the front doors use a frame-less window glass system.

The thickness for the front windshield is 4.5 mm, door and rear quarter glass panels are 4.0 mm and rear windshield glass is 3.0 mm. The tint color is green. The front windshield is of laminated construction while all other glass is of tempered construction.

Windshield
The front windshield as part of the visibility pack option, incorporates a heating element to enable rapid de-icing in cold climactic conditions. Also available as part of an option package, is the rain sensor for the automatic wiper system. This is bonded to the top of the front windshield.


Back Glass
There are two versions of the rear window. Both incorporate a heated rear window element; however when the aerial diversity system is specified the element also acts as the additional aerials. The two leads from the aerial amplifier unit attach to the connector points at the bottom left hand corner of the rear window.

Quarter Glass
When the optional shark fin antenna is fitted the right rear quarter glass will also contain the radio antenna.