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DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLSDASHBOARD ........................................................................ 5
INSTRUMENT PANEL ......................................................... 6
SYMBOLS ................................................................................. 7
THE FIAT CODE SYSTEM ................................................... 7
THE KEYS ................................................................................ 8
ALARM ..................................................................................... 12
IGNITION SWITCH.............................................................. 17
INSTRUMENTS ....................................................................... 18
SEATS ........................................................................................ 31
HEAD RESTRAINTS .............................................................. 34
STEERING WHEEL ............................................................... 35
REARVIEW MIRRORS ........................................................... 36
HEATING/CLIMATE
CONTROL SYSTEM ............................................................. 39
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM .................... 41
AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM ............ 44
EXTERNAL LIGHTS .............................................................. 54
WINDOW WASHING......................................................... 57
CRUISE CONTROL ............................................................. 60
CEILING LIGHTS .................................................................. 62
CONTROLS ........................................................................... 63
INTERIOR FITTINGS ............................................................ 66SUNROOF................................................................................ 70
DOORS .................................................................................... 73
POWER WINDOWS ........................................................... 74
BOOT ........................................................................................ 76
BONNET .................................................................................. 82
HEADLIGHTS .......................................................................... 85
ABS SYSTEM ........................................................................... 86
ESP SYSTEM ............................................................................ 88
ASR SYSTEM ........................................................................... 89
EOBD SYSTEM ....................................................................... 90
T.P.M.S. SYSTEM .................................................................... 91
SOUND SYSTEM .................................................................... 92
ACCESSORIES PURCHASED BY THE OWNER .......... 93
PARKING SENSORS ............................................................ 94
AT THE FILLING STATION .............................................. 95
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT ............................ 97
DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER (DPF) ............................. 98
D D
A A
S S
H H
B B
O O
A A
R R
D D
A A
N N
D D
C C
O O
N N
T T
R R
O O
L L
S S
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SEATS
MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE
FRONT SEATS fig. 28
Moving the seat backwards
or forwards
Lift the lever Aand push the seat forwards
or backwards: in the driving position the
arms should rest on the rim of the steer-
ing wheel.
Height adjustment
Move repeatedly lever Bupwards or
downwards to achieve the required
height.
IMPORTANT Adjustment must be car-
ried out only seated in the driver’s seat.
Back rest angle adjustment
Turn the knob C.
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fig. 28F0L0008m
For maximum safety, keep
the back of your seat up-
right, lean back into it and make sure
the seat belt fits closely across your
chest and hips.
WARNING
Only make adjustments
when the car is stationary.
WARNING
Once you have released the
lever, check that the seat is
firmly locked in the runners by trying
to move it back and forth. Failure to
lock the seat in place could result in
the seat moving suddenly and the dri-
ver losing control of the car.
WARNING
Lumbar adjustment
(where provided)
To adjust, turn the knob D.
ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE
FRONT SEATS
(where provided) fig. 32
Adjustment is possible when the ignition
key is at ONor within 1 minute with ig-
nition key at OFF or removed, or for
three minutes after opening the doors.
Moving the seat backwards or
forwards and seat height
adjustment
Use control A.
Back rest angle adjustment
Use control B.
Height adjustment
Use control Ato adjust the height of the
front or rear part of the seat.
fig. 32F0L0173m
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Storing the driver’s seat positions
The system allows to store and recall
(only with ignition key at ON) three dif-
ferent driver’s seat and door mirror po-
sitions.
Proceed as follows:
❒adjust the driver’s seat and door mir-
ror positions;
❒press for about 3 seconds one of the
buttons D(“1” , “2” or “3”), corre-
sponding to each of the stored posi-
tions until hearing the confirmation
beep.
Storing a new position (seat and mirror)
will automatically clear the one stored
previously using the same button.
IMPORTANT The lumbar adjustment and
the seat warming function are not con-
trolled by the seat position storing system.Recalling stored positions
Proceed as follows:
❒turn the ignition key to ON;
❒press (by pulse) button D(“1” , “2” or
“3”).
The seat will move automatically, only if
the position to be reached is different
from the current one and the car speed is
lower than 10 km/h.
Seat moving is possible within 1 minute af-
ter removing the key from the ignition
switch or within three minutes after open-
ing the doors.
Should engine be started during the re-
calling phase, seat moving will be tem-
porarily stopped.
IMPORTANT Pressing any of the Dbut-
tons during the recalling stage, causes im-
mediate stop of the function being per-
formed (“antipanic” mode).
Seat warming (where provided)
Use control Cto switch seat warming
on/off. Seat warming can be adjusted ac-
cording to four different levels: 0 (off), 1
(min. warming), 2 (average warming), 3
(max. warming).
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REAR SEATS
Releasing the back rest fig. 33
❒lift lever Aor Bto release respectively
the left or the right section of the back
rest and guide it onto the cushion.
fig. 33F0L0009m
Only make adjustments
when the car is stationary.
WARNING
HEAD RESTRAINTS
FRONT fig. 34
Head restraints are adjustable in height
and they lock automatically in the required
position.
❒to raise: raise the head restraint until
hearing the locking click.
❒to lower: press button Aand lower
the head restraint.
REAR fig. 35
Rear seats are fitted with three head re-
straints.
To lift out rear head restraints: press at
the same time buttonsB set on both sides
and take them out from the seat back.
IMPORTANT Rear seat passengers shall
always set the head restraints in the po-
sition of use.fig. 34F0L0010m
fig. 35F0L0011m
Remember that the head re-
straints should be adjusted
to support the back of your head and
not your neck. Only in this position
do they exert their protective action.
WARNING
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HEATING/CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM
F0L0016mfig. 42
1 Fixed side vents - 2 Adjustable side outlets - 3 Fixed upper vent - 4 Fixed central vent - 5 Central swivel vents - 6 Lower vents -
7 Lower vents for rear seats - 8 Adjustable vents for rear seats.
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ASHTRAY
The central console houses an ashtray,
raise lid A-fig. 81to use it.
To empty the ashtray, remove the inner
box.
Ashtrays are located on passenger’s door
armrests; to use the ashtray raise the cor-
responding lid, to empty them remove the
inner box B-fig. 82.SUN VISORS fig. 83
These are positioned to the sides of the
rear-view mirror. They can swing to the
sides and up or down.
Sun visors (both driver and passenger) are
fitted on the back with a courtesy mirror
and a light which enables to use the mir-
ror also with poor sunlight.
Open cover Ato use the mirror.CURRENT OUTLET fig. 84
The current outlet only works with igni-
tion key at ONand it is located beneath
the central air vents for rear seats.
Open protection cover Ato use it.
fig. 81F0L0110m
fig. 82F0L0111m
fig. 83F0L0041mfig. 84F0L0042m
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TO RETURN THE REAR SEAT
BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL
POSITION fig. 104
Raise the seat backrests and push them
back until hearing the locking click of both
retainers.
IMPORTANT Correct backrest fastening
is guaranteed when the “red band” Baside
levers Ais no longer visible. The “red
band” actually indicates that the backrest
is not properly secured. When setting the
backrest to travelling position, always
make sure it is properly secured by hear-
ing the locking click.IMPORTANT After putting the seats back
to their travelling position, restore the
seat belt position to make them ready for
use.
DOUBLE LOADING
COMPARTMENT
(where provided)
In addition to fully or partially folding seats,
the car can also be fitted with a loading
surface to be adjusted at two different
heights in order to make the loading sur-
face flat and to increase or decrease the
boot volume as required.
Keeping the loading surface up it will be
possible to make use of the space obtained
below as additional compartment for frag-
ile or small objects.
fig. 104F0L0233mMake sure the backrest is
properly secured at both
sides (red bands B not visible) to pre-
vent it moves forward in the event of
sharp braking causing injuries to pas-
sengers.
WARNING
fig. 105F0L0142m
fig. 106F0L0241m
To access the compartment set under-
neath the loading surface, proceed as fol-
lows:
❒raise handle A-fig. 105pressing in the
point shown by the arrow at “PUSH”,
lift the loading surface and secure it by
the proper wire to the upper hook on
the roof as shown in the figure
fig. 106.
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Certain versions (where provided) are fit-
ted with a luggage retainer net that can be
secured to the fastening rings fig. 110.
IMPORTANT Never anchor to single
hook a load exceeding 100 kg.
Certain versions (where provided) are fit-
ted with a luggage anti-throw out safety
net secured to the roof at two side seats
fig. 111, and at the bottom to the load re-
taining rings set on the wheelhouses.
BONNET
TO OPEN THE BONNET
Proceed as follows:
❒pull lever A-fig. 112in the direction
of the arrow;
❒pull lever B-fig. 113as shown in the
figure;
❒lift the bonnet and at the same time
release the rod C-fig. 114from the
catch D-fig. 114, then fit the rod end
into the bonnet recess E-fig. 114.
IMPORTANT Before opening the bonnet,
check that windscreen wiper arms are not
lifted from the windscreen.
fig. 110F0L0237mfig. 111F0L0238m
If you want to carry reserve
fuel in a can, follow law reg-
ulations, only using a certified can,
suitably fastened to the load securing
eyelets. Even in this way the risk of
fire is increased in the case of an ac-
cident.
WARNING
A heavy load that has not
been secured may cause se-
rious harm.
WARNING
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