ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES
If, after buying the car, you decide to add electrical accessories (that will gradually drain the battery), visit a Fiat
Dealership. They can calculate the overall electrical requirement and check that the car’s electric system can sup-
port the required load.
CODE card
Keep the code card in a safe place, not in the car. You should always keep the electronic card code written on the
CODE card with you in case you need to carry out an emergency start-up procedure.
SCHEDULED SERVICING
Correct maintenance of the car is essential for ensuring it stays in tip-top condition and safeguards its safety fea-
tures, its environmental friendliness and low running costs for a long time to come.
THE OWNER HANDBOOK CONTAINS…
… information, tips and important warnings regarding the safe, correct driving of your car, and its maintenance. Pay
particular attention to the symbols
"(personal safety) #(environmental protection) !(the car’s wellbeing).
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DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLSDASHBOARD ...................................................................... 5
SYMBOLS ............................................................................... 7
THE FIAT CODE SYSTEM ................................................. 7
THE KEYS .............................................................................. 8
INSTRUMENT PANEL ........................................................ 13
INSTRUMENTS..................................................................... 16
DIGITAL DISPLAY ............................................................... 18
MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY ............................................ 19
RECONFIGURABLE MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY .... 21
TRIP COMPUTER ................................................................ 29
SEATS....................................................................................... 32
HEAD RESTRAINTS............................................................. 33
STEERING WHEEL............................................................... 35
REARVIEW MIRRORS......................................................... 35
HEATING AND VENTILATION...................................... 37
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM .................... 41
AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM ............. 44
EXTERNAL LIGHTS............................................................. 48
WINDOW WASHING....................................................... 49
CEILING LAMP...................................................................... 50
CONTROLS .......................................................................... 52
INTERIOR FITTINGS .......................................................... 53SUNROOF ............................................................................. 55
DOORS .................................................................................. 57
POWER WINDOWS/WINDOW WINDERS .............. 59
BOOT ...................................................................................... 62
BONNET................................................................................. 63
ROOF RACK/SKI RACK .................................................... 65
HEADLIGHTS........................................................................ 65
ABS SYSTEM ......................................................................... 67
ESP SYSTEM ........................................................................... 69
EOBD SYSTEM ..................................................................... 72
“DUALDRIVE” ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM 72
PARKING SENSORS ........................................................... 74
SOUND SYSTEM.................................................................. 76
AT THE FILLING STATION.............................................. 78
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT............................. 79
DD D
A A
S S
H H
B B
O O
A A
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D D
A A
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C C
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IGNITION SWITCH fig. 9
The key can be turned to 3 different po-
sitions:
❒STOP: engine off, key can be removed,
steering column locked. Certain elec-
trical devices (e.g. sound system, cen-
tral door locking, etc.) can work
❒MAR: driving position. All electrical de-
vices are powered
❒AVV: engine starting.
The ignition switch is fitted with a safety
mechanism that, in the event the engine is
not started, turns back the ignition key to
STOPbefore repeating the starting oper-
ation. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
REMOTE CONTROLS
The system can recognise up to 8 keys
with incorporated remote control. Should
a new key with remote control be nec-
essary, contact directly a Fiat Dealership,
taking with you the CODE card, a per-
sonal identity document and the car’s
ownership documents.
REPLACING THE BATTERY
OF THE KEY WITH REMOTE
CONTROL
Battery replacement:
❒open the snap-fitted lid A-fig. 7as
shown by the arrow
❒remove the exhaust battery and replace
it making sure that the bias is correct
(positive pole + up)
fig. 7F0G0683mfig. 8F0G0684mfig. 9F0G0026m
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Used batteries are harmful to
the environment. They should
be disposed of as specified by
law in the special containers
provided, or take them to a Fiat Deal-
ership, which will deal with their dis-
posal.
❒new battery shall be fitted under catch
C-fig. 8; then refit the lid and press it
down until hearing the locking click.
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DISPLAY
STANDARD SCREEN fig. 23
The standard screen shows the following
indications:
AHeadlight aiming position (only with
dipped beam headlights on).
BClock.
COdometer (covered km or miles). WARNING LIGHT TEST fig. 22
The following warning lights are tested:
❒handbrake on/low brake fluid level;
❒ABS and EBD systems (where provid-
ed);
❒ESP system (where provided);
❒“Dualdrive” electrical power steering
failure (where provided).
The test is automatically run when the ig-
nition key is turned to MARand during
normal operation when a fault is signalled.
At the end of the initial warning light test,
the message “LEd Error” will flash on the
display for 10 seconds if a faulty warning
light is found.
fig. 22F0G0185mfig. 23F0G0016m
NoteWith key removed (when opening
one of the front doors) the display will
turn on and show for a few seconds the
clock and the km or mi covered.
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SETTING THE CLOCK fig. 25
To adjust the time, press button Ato in-
crease minutes, button Bto decrease min-
utes. Every press on the button increas-
es or decreases by one unit. Keeping the
corresponding button pressed obtains au-
tomatic fast increase or decrease. When
you are near the required value, release
the button and complete adjustment with
single presses.
fig. 25F0I0142m
WARNING LIGHT TEST fig. 26
The following warning lights are tested:
❒handbrake on/low brake fluid level;
❒ABS and EBD systems (where provid-
ed);
❒ESP system (where provided);
❒“Dualdrive” electrical power steering
failure.
fig. 26F0G0152m
The test is automatically run when the key
is turned to MARand during normal op-
eration when a fault is signalled. At the end
of the initial warning light test, the mes-
sage LEd Err will flash on the display for
10 seconds if a faulty warning light is found.
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Electrical adjustment fig. 43
Proceed as follows:
❒ use switch Bto select the mirror re-
quired;
❒ to adjust the mirror move the joystick
Ain the four directions.
fig. 43F0G0039m
As door mirrors are curved,
they may slightly alter the
perception of distance.
WARNING
On Actual versions, the door mirror shall
be adjusted from the outside; to adjust it
directly press slightly the four corners of
the mirror.
fig. 41F0G0197m
fig. 42F0G0040m
When driving the mirrors
shall always be in position 1.
WARNING
fig. 40F0G0036m
DOOR MIRRORS
Manual adjustment fig. 41-42
Use lever Ato adjust mirror Bfrom the
passenger compartment.
When required (for example when the
mirror causes difficulty in narrow spaces)
it is possible to fold the mirror moving it
from position 1(open) to position 2
(closed).
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REAR FOGLIGHTS fig. 55
Press button D, to activate these lights it
is necessary to have the dipped beam
headlights or the front fog lights switched
on.
With the lights on, warning light 4on the
instrument panel comes on. Press the but-
ton again to turn the lights off.
HEATED REAR WINDOW fig. 55
Operate control Eto turn on this func-
tion.
With the heated rear window on, warn-
ing light ( on the instrument panel comes
on. Press the button again to turn the
heated rear window off.
This function will turn off automatically af-
ter about 20 minutes.FUEL CUT-OFF SWITCH fig. 56
It is under the driver’s seat and comes in-
to operation in the case of a crash:
❒cutting off fuel and switching off the en-
gine;
❒automatically unlocking the doors;
❒switching on interior lights (for about
15 minutes).
When the device comes into operation
the message “FPS on” is lit on the display.
For the reconfigurable multifunction dis-
play, message “Inertial switch intervened
- See Handbook” will be displayed.
CONTROLS
DUALDRIVE ELECTRIC POWER
STEERING SYSTEM
(where provided) fig. 55
Press button A to turn the “CITY” func-
tion on (see paragraph “electric power
steering”). When this function is on, the
wording CITY on the instrument panel
will turn on. Press the button again to turn
the function off.
HAZARD LIGHTS fig. 55
To turn these lights on, press button Bre-
gardless of the position of the ignition key.
When the device is on, the switch is flash-
ing and warning lights Îand ¥on the clus-
ter come on.
Press again buttonBto turn the lights off.
The use of hazard lights is governed by the
Highway Code of the country you are in.
Keep to the rules.
FOGLIGHTS
(where provided) fig. 55
Press button C, to activate these lights it
is necessary to have the side/taillights
switched on.
With the foglights on, warning light 5 on
the instrument panel comes on.
Press the button again to turn these lights
off.
fig. 56F0G0028mfig. 55F0G0020m
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LOCKING/UNLOCKING FROM
THE OUTSIDE fig. 69
To unlock
Turn the key to 1and lift the handle.
With central door locking system (where
provided), when the key is turned all
doors are unlocked at the same time.
By remote control (where provided),
press button Ëto open the doors.To lock
Turn the key to 2with the door shut
properly.
With central door locking system (where
provided), all doors must be shut prop-
erly.
By remote control (where provided),
press button Á; to close the doors.
If one of the doors is not shut properly,
the central door locking system will fail.
IMPORTANT If one of the front doors is
open or the system is failing, central lock-
ing will not activate and after 6 attempts
in rapid sequence the device will be ex-
cluded for about 60 seconds. If there is a fault in the electrical
device fig. 67 and 68
Take the key Ein the tool box (in the
boot) and manually open/close the sun-
roof fitting the key into the motor seat.
To reach the seat, remove the pressure-
fit cover Flocated on the central roof
cross member (dividing the sunroof mo-
bile section from the fixed one).
fig. 67F0G0201m
fig. 68F0G0200m
fig. 69F0G0686m
Before opening a door,
make sure this can be done
in safety.
WARNING
Open the doors only when
the car is stationary.
WARNING
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