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fig. 26F0C0158m
Fabric upholstery of your car
is purpose-made to withstand
common wear resulting from
normal use of the car. It is
however absolutely necessary to pre-
vent hard and/or prolonged scratch-
ing/scraping caused by clothing acces-
sories like metallic buckles, studs, “Vel-
cro” fixings, etc. that stressing locally
the fabric could break yarns and dam-
age the upholstery as a consequence.
Only make adjustments when
the car is stationary.
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 sud-
denly and the driver losing control of
the car.Tilting the back rest
(3-door versions)
To gain access to the rear seats, pull the
handle Eupwards, the back rest folds and
the seat is free to run forwards. When re-
setting the back rest, the seat returns to
its original position (mechanical memory).
SEATS
FRONT SEATS fig. 26
Moving the seat backwards
or forwards
Lift the lever A(on the internal side of the
seat) and push the seat forwards or back-
wards: in driving position the arms should
rest on the rim of the steering wheel.
Seat height adjustment
(where provided)
Move the 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.
Lumbar adjustment
(where provided)
To adjust, turn the knob D.
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Seat warming
(where provided) fig. 27
With ignition key at MAR, press button
Cto switch the seat warming on/off. The
led on the button will light up when the
function is on.
Front passenger’s seat
“table” tilting (where provided)
To tilt the seat, use lever A-fig. 28and
fold the back rest at the same time.
To reset it to normal position, lift the back
rest in the direction opposed to the ar-
row until hearing the coupling click.EASY ENTRY (3-door versions)
This function, operating regardless of the
ignition key position, facilitates access to
rear seats.
To access the rear seats lift handle A-fig.
29and move the seat back forwards B:
the seat automatically slides forward.
fig. 27F0C305m
fig. 28F0C0415mfig. 29F0C0404m
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Versions with rear sliding seat
(where provided)
Proceed as follows:
❒lower completely the rear seat head re-
straints;
❒move the seat belt sideways and check
that the belt is not twisted;
❒operate the lever B-fig. 98and adjust
the seat in the required position (e.g.
completely forward if you want to ob-
tain maximum boot extension);
❒lift lever Aand fold the seat back.
To extend the boot totally
The boot total extension makes it possi-
ble to use its maximum loading volume.
Proceed as follows:
❒for versions with rear sliding seat, fit
seat belt buckles into the proper seats
A-fig. 99;
❒for versions with rear fixed seat, before
folding the seat back, fit the seat belt
tabs B-fig. 100into the proper buck-
le C;
❒lower completely the rear seat head re-
straints;
fig. 98F0C0338m
fig. 99F0C0433mfig. 100F0C0473m
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SIDE AIR BAGS
(Side bag -
Window bag)
SIDE BAG (where provided)
They are composed by two types of in-
stant inflation cushions and are housed in
the back rests of the front seats fig. 24
and in the side stuffing of the rear seats
(where provided) fig. 25. The task of the
side air bags is to increase protection of
the occupants’ chest in the event of a side
crash of medium-high severity.
WINDOW BAG (where provided)
fig. 26
They consist of two “curtain” cushions lo-
cated behind the side coverings of the roof
and covered by proper finishings; this so-
lution, studied for the head protection, al-
lows offering the best protection to the
front and rear occupants in the event of
side crash, thanks to the wide cushion in-
flation surface.In minor side crashes (for which the re-
straining action of the seat belts is suffi-
cient), the air bags are not deployed. Also in this case it is of vital importance to
wear the seat belts since in case of side
crash they guarantee proper positioning
of the occupant and prevent the occupants
to be pitched out of the car in case of vi-
olent crashes.
Therefore the front and rear side bags
(where provided) are not a replacement
of but complementary to the belts, which
you are recommended to always wear, as
specified by law in Europe and most non-
European countries.
IMPORTANT In the event of side crash,
you can obtain the best protection by the
system keeping a correct position on the
seat, allowing thus a correct window bag
unfolding.
fig. 24F0C0114m
fig. 25F0C0133m
fig. 26F0C0157m
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Add +0.3 bar to the prescribed inflation pressure when the tyres are warm. Recheck pressure value with cold tyres.
With snow tyres, add +0.2 bar to the inflation pressure value prescribed for standard tyres.
(*) In full load conditions = 510 kg (including driver’s weight; special equipment and remaining load distributed on rear folded seats).
195/65 R15 91T 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.3/3.0 (*)
1.416V205/55 R16 91V 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3/3.0 (*) 4.2
215/45 R17 87W 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.5/3.0 (*)
1.616V195/65 R15 91H 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.3/3.0 (*)
1.9 Multijet 8V205/55 R16 91V 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3/3.0 (*) 4.2
215/45 R17 87W 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.5/3.0 (*)
195/65 R15 91V 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.3/3.0 (*)
1.816V205/55 R16 91V 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3/3.0 (*) 4.21.9 Multijet16V215/45 R17 87W 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.5/3.0 (*)STANDARD TYRES SPACE-SAVER
Size Medium load Full load SPAREWHEEL
Front Rear Front Rear