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DASHBOARD
The presence and the position of the instruments and warning lights may vary according to the vehicle version.
1Side air vents - 2Direction indicators and light stalk - 3Instrument panel - 4Windscreen wiper stalk -
5Central air vents - 6Writing/reading desk - 7Sound system compartment - 8Central button panel -9Central air vents -
10Oddment trays/passenger’s airbag - 11Side air vents - 12Bottle holder - 13Current socket - 14Ashtray - 15Air dis-
tribution - 16Air temperature - 17Air recirculation -18Cigar lighter - 19Fan control - 20Gear shift lever - 21Ignition
switch - 22Steering wheel adjustment lever - 23Horn - 24Airbag - 25Oddment trays
fig. 1F0D0080m
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fig. 2F0D0246m
The presence and the position of the instruments and warning lights may vary according to the vehicle version.
1Side air vent - 2Oddment trays/passenger’s airbag - 3 Central air vents - 4Central button panel - 5Sound system com-
partment - 6Writing/reading desk - 7Direction indicators and light stalk - 8Instrument panel - 9Windscreen wiper stalk -
10Oddment trays - 11Ignition switch - 12Airbag - 13Horn - 14Steering wheel adjustment lever - 15Gear shift lever -
16Air distribution - 17Current socket - 18Ashtray - 19Air temperature - 20Air recirculation - 21Cigar lighter - 22Fan
control - 23Bottle holder
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For rear central bench seat,
lap belt without retractor
(Combi versions)
To fasten the seat belt: insert the
fastener tongue A-fig. 14into the
buckle Buntil hearing the locking
click.
Side seats are fitted with seat belts
with three anchor points.
To unfasten the seat belts: press
button C.
To adjust the seat belt: slide the web-
bing through adjuster D, pulling end E
to shorten it and length F to length-
en it.
IMPORTANT The belt is adjust-
ed properly when it fits closely across
the hips.
fig. 14
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Remember that in the case
of a violent collision, back
seat passengers not wearing seat
belts also represent a serious dan-
ger to the passengers in the front
(Panorama, Combi and CrewCab
versions).
WARNING
For rear central bench seat,
seat belt with retractor
(Combi versions)
Rear bech seat is fitted with three
point belt and retractor for central
seat.
fig. 15
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Belt use is shown in fig. 15
fig. 15a
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The rear central seat belt
safety action is only guar-
anteed when the bench seat back-
rest is tilted backwards completely
(see figure 15a).
WARNING
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CONTROLS
CENTRAL BUTTON PANEL
fig. 103
A- Heated rear window on/off
(where provided)
When the heated rear window is
switched on, also the door mirror de-
frosting function is activated. It is how-
ever possible to activate the defrost-
ing function without switching on the
heated rear window: the control but-
ton is the same.
B - Front fog lights on/off
C- Hazard lights on/off
CEILING LIGHT
The lights come on automatically
when a front door is opened.
Press button A-fig. 101to switch
both lights on with the doors closed
or open.
Press button Cto light the right lamp
only. Press button Bto light the left
lamp only.
A second ceiling light can be found
over the rear door in the load com-
partment. Press the short side of the
plastic lens as shown in fig. 102to
switch this light on.
fig. 101
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fig. 102
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In the event of defective
device operation or unsuc-
cessful operation, press button
OFF and contact the Fiat Dealer-
ship after checking the protection
fuse well-being. Deactivate the de-
vice when you are not using it to
prevent accidental speed memori-
sation.
WARNING
fig. 103
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CENTRAL DOOR LOCKING
IMPORTANTCentral door locking
is active on all doors if front doors (cab
doors) are used for opening/closing.
When operating one of the rear or
side door lock, only that door will be
locked/unlocked.
From the outside
When the doors are closed, insert
and turn the key in the lock of one of
the driver’s cab doors.
From the inside
When the doors are closed, press
(to lock) or lift (to unlock) one of the
driver’s cab door safety sill buttons.
IMPORTANT If one of the cab
doors is not shut properly or there is
a failure in the system, the central
locking feature will not work and, af-
ter some attempts, the device will stop
working for about 2 minutes. In these
two minutes, the doors can be locked
or unlocked manually without the
electrical system coming into play.After the two minutes, the control
unit is ready to receive commands
once more. If the reason for the mal-
functioning has been removed, the de-
vice will start to work properly again.
If not, it will cut once more.
FRONT DOOR WINDOW
REGULATORS
Manual control
Use the window winderA-fig 130to
open or close the door window.
Electric control
There are two buttons fig. 131to
control the front door electrical win-
dows located in the inside handle of
the driver’s door. They work when
the key is turned to MAR:A- to open/close left window
B- to open/close right window.
The door handle on the passenger
side has a button C-fig. 132to con-
trol that particular window.
fig. 130
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fig. 131
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fig. 132
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