35GETTING TO KNOW YOUR VEHICLE
WARNING LIGHTS
The warning lights come on in the
following circumstances:
BATTERY NOT
RECHARGING
PROPERLY (red)
When there is a fault in the current
generating system. The light comes on
when you turn the ignition key to
MARand should go out as soon as
the engine starts.
A delay in the light going out is ac-
ceptable only when the engine is idling.
Contact a Fiat Dealershipas soon
as possible to prevent draining the bat-
tery.
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IMPORTANTYou should contact
a Fiat Dealershipas soon as prob-
lems arise without waiting for the next
service deadline.
At next startings, wrench 1-fig. 43
will come on with fixed light for 5 sec-
onds and the display will show again
time and km or mi.
At zero km (or zero miles)
Turning the ignition key to MARin-
dicator 1-fig. 41will flash for 5 sec-
onds with the number of kilometres
or miles (0 km or 0 mi) 2-fig. 45left
before the next service operation.
After these 5 seconds, the odome-
ter will return to normal operation
and display 2 will show either the to-
tal or partial kilometres or total or
partial miles.At next startings, both wrench 1-
fig. 45and km (or miles) 2-fig. 45will
flash for five seconds, then the display
will show again time and km or miles,
where provided.
This situation will subsist until service
frequency is reset by entering code
“CFG 1” or “CFG 2” or “CFG 3”.
fig. 45
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177VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
ELECTRONIC
CONTROL UNIT
When the vehicle is being used nor-
mally, special measures are not nec-
essary.
The following instructions must be
followed very carefully however, if
you work on the electrical system or
in cases where emergency starting is
necessary:
– never disconnect the battery from
the electric system while the engine is
running;
– disconnect the battery from the
electric system if you are recharging it;
– never perform emergency starting
with a battery charger. Always use an
auxiliary battery;
– be particularly careful when con-
necting the battery to the electric sys-
tem. Make sure that the polarity is
correct and that the connection is ef-
ficient;
– do not connect or disconnect the
terminals of the electronic units while
the ignition key is at MAR;
– do not check polarity through
sparking;– disconnect the electronic control
units if you are electrically welding the
vehicle body. Remove the units if tem-
peratures exceed 80 °C (special op-
erations on the bodywork, etc.).
IMPORTANTIf the sound system
or vehicle alarm systems are not in-
stalled correctly, they can interfere
with the working of the electronic
control units.
Modifications or repairs to
the electrical system car-
ried out incorrectly and without
bearing the features of the system
in mind can cause malfunctions
with the risk of fire.
WARNING
SPEED LIMITER
On certain version, the injection con-
trol unit is set to limit the vehicle
speed at a max. preset limit.
Speed limits are the following:
– for Minibus versions (M2 homolo-
gation category): 100 km/h;
– for good Transport versions (ve-
hicle dead weight: > 3.5 t) (N2 ho-
mologation category): 90 km/h;
Label (fig.16) with admitted top
speed (90 or 100 km/h according to
versions) is applied on the wind-
screen.
This limit has been established by Eu-
ropean Directive 2002/85/EC, what-
ever violation is therefore punishable
by law.
IMPORTANTWhen the device
comes into action, the speed value
displayed on the instrument panel
could be approx. 10% higher than the
actual one.
fig. 16
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