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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
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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fig. 20F0G0015m
DIGITAL DISPLAY
“STANDARD” SCREEN fig. 20
The standard screen shows the following
indications:
AHeadlight aiming position (only with
dipped beam headlights on).
BClock (always displayed, even with ig-
nition key removed and front doors
closed).
COdometer (covered km or miles).CONTROL BUTTONS fig. 21
APress briefly for switching from total
to partial km/miles.
Long press (over 2 seconds) to reset
partial km/miles.
BSet clock.
SETTING THE CLOCK fig. 21
To set the clock hour press button B.
Every press on the button increases or de-
creases by one unit. Keeping the corre-
sponding button pressed obtains auto-
matic fast increase or decrease. When you
are near the required value, release the
button and complete adjustment with sin-
gle presses.
fig. 21F0G027m
NoteWith key removed (when opening
one of the front doors) the display will
turn on and show for a few seconds the
km or mi covered.
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MULTIFUNCTION
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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F0G0630mfig. 28 fig. 27F0G0017m
NoteButtons +and –activate different
functions according to the following situ-
ations:
To adjust light inside the passenger
compartment
– to adjust instrument panel, sound sys-
tem and automatic climate control system
display brightness when standard screen
is active.
Setup menu
– to scroll the menu options upwards and
downwards;
– to increase or decrease values during set-
tings. CONTROL BUTTONS fig. 28
+To scroll the displayed menu and the
related options upwards or to increase
the value displayed .
MODEPress briefly to display the
menu and/or to go to next
screen or to confirm the re-
quired menu option.
Long press to go back to the
standard screen.
–To scroll the displayed menu and the
related options downwards or to de-
crease the value displayed.
RECONFIGURABLE
MULTIFUNCTION
DISPLAY
(where provided)
The car can be provided with the recon-
figurable multifunction display that shows
useful information, according to the pre-
vious settings made, necessary when dri-
ving.
“STANDARD” SCREEN fig. 27
The standard screen shows the following
indications:
ADate
BOdometer (covered km or miles)
CClock
DExternal temperature
EHeadlight aiming position (only with
dipped beam headlights on).
NoteWhen 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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HEAD RESTRAINTS
FRONT fig. 37
According to versions front head re-
straints can be fixed or adjustable in height
(where provided); to adjust head re-
straints proceed as follows.
❒ To raise: raise the head restraint until
hearing the locking click.
❒ To lower: press button Aand lower
the head restraint.
fig. 37F0G0033m
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
To optimise head restraint
protective action, adjust the
seat back upright and keep your head
as close as possible to the head re-
straint.
WARNING
Any adjustment of the head
restraints must be carried
out only with the car stationary and
the engine turned off.
WARNING
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REAR fig. 38
According to versions rear head restraints
can be fixed (for 5-seat versions) or ad-
justable. To use adjustable head restraints,
raise the head restraint from position 2
“position of non use” to position 1 “com-
pletely removed”.
To bring it back to the original position
“position of non use”, press buttonBand
push the head restraint down.
To take them out, press both buttons B
and C, raise them and then remove.
fig. 38F0G0034m
The particular head restraint shape vol-
untarily interferes with the passenger’s
back leaning on the rear seat in order to
force him/her to lift the head restraint and
use it correctly.IMPORTANT Rear seat passengers shall
always set the head restraints in the “com-
pletely removed” position.
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Pulling the lever towards the steering
wheel again, the main beams are turned
off and the dipped beams on.
FLASHING THE HEADLIGHTS
fig. 51
Pull the lever towards the steering wheel
(unstable position).
The warning light
1on the instrument
cluster will come on.
PARKING LIGHTS fig. 51/a
With the ignition key atSTOPor re-
moved, turn lever to position 6. The in-
strument panel warning light 3will
come on together with side/taillights and
number plate light.
Move the lever upwards ato turn the
right-hand sidelights on only; move it
downwards bto turn the left-hand ones
on. In both cases, warning light 3will
not turn on.DIRECTION INDICATORS
fig. 51/a
Up (position a) = right-hand direction in-
dicator.
Down (position b) = left-hand direction
indicator.
Warning light ¥or Îwill come on flash-
ing on the instrument cluster.
Indicators are switched off automatically
when the steering wheel is straightened.
If you want the indicator to flash briefly to
show that you are about to change lane,
move the stalk up or down without click-
ing into position (unstable position). When
released, the stalk will return to its home
position.
EXTERNAL LIGHTS
The left-hand stalk operates most of the
external lights.
The external lights can only be switched
on when the ignition key is at MAR.
The instrument panel and the different
dashboard controls will come on with the
external lights.
LIGHTS SWITCHED OFF fig. 51
Knurled ring turned to symbol O.
SIDELIGHTS fig. 51
Turn the knurled ring to 6.
The warning light 3on the instrument
cluster will come on at the same time.
DIPPED BEAM HEADLIGHTS
fig. 51
Turn the knurled ring to 2.
The warning light 3on the instrument
cluster will come on at the same time.
MAIN BEAM HEADLIGHTS fig. 51
When the knurled ring is at 2, push the
lever towards the dashboard (stable posi-
tion).
The warning light 1on the instrument
cluster will come on at the same time.
F0G0126mfig. 51/aF0G0122mfig. 51
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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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