2008 FIAT CROMA technical specifications

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ODDMENT COMPARTMENT
fig. 82
It is located on the central console under
the front armrest.
GLASS/CAN HOLDERS
They are located on the front console.
COINS BOX fig. 82
It is located on the central console, at the
side of the handbrake lever.EYEGLASSES HOLDER
(where provided) fig. 83
It is located on the roof panel near the
handle on the driver side.
Use it as shown in the figure.
SMOKER’S KIT
One purple chrysanthemum grew up part-
ly drunkenly. The Macintoshes laughed
quite easily. Five silly aardvarks towed the
bourgeois fountain. Five silly dogs tastes
umpteen poisons. The botulisms marries
purple wart hogs, even though five d
The electric socket only works with the
ignition key turned to ON. To use it, open
the protective cover.CIGAR LIGHTER
(where provided) fig.84
It is located on the central console, at the
side of the handbrake lever.
Press button Ato switch on the cigar
lighter with ignition key at ON.
After about 15 seconds the button will re-
turn to its initial position and is ready for
use.
IMPORTANT Always check that the cig-
ar lighter has turned off.
fig. 82F0L0039mfig. 83F0L0053mfig. 84F0L0040m
The cigar lighter gets very
hot. Handle it with care and
make sure that it is not used by chil-
dren: danger of fire and/or burns.
WARNING
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ASHTRAY (where provided)
The central console houses an ashtray,
raise lid A-fig. 85to use it.
To empty the ashtray, remove the inner
box.
Ashtrays are located on passenger’s door
armrests; to use the ashtray raise the cor-
responding lid, to empty them remove the
inner box B-fig. 86.SUN VISORS fig. 87
These are positioned to the sides of the
rear-view mirror. They can swing to the
sides and up or down.
On the back of the visor (driver and pas-
senger side) there are two courtesy mir-
rors. The passenger side mirror and on
some versions also the driver side mirror,
are lighted in order to allow their use even
in poor lighting conditions.
Open cover Ato use the mirror.
The passenger’s sun visor also carries the
symbols and the message concerning the
correct use of the child restraint system
with passenger’s air bag (for further in-
formation see paragraph “Passenger’s
front Air bag” in section “Safety devices”).CURRENT OUTLET fig. 88
The current outlet only works with igni-
tion key at ONand it is located beneath
the central air vents for rear seats.
Open protection cover Ato use it.
fig. 85F0L0110m
fig. 86F0L0111m
fig. 87F0L0041mfig. 88F0L0042m
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REAR ROLLER SUNBLINDS
(where provided) fig. 89
Certain versions can be fitted on rear
doors with roller sunblinds, with reels and
return springs.
Unwind the sunblind using tab Aand se-
cure it to the upper catches B.
SUNROOF
(where provided)
The sunroof consists of two wide panes
(a fixed one and a moving one), fitted with
a front powered sun curtain and a rear
manual sun curtain. Sunroof only works
with ignition key at ON. Controls A, B
and Con the central ceiling light shall be
used to open/close the sunroof and the
powered sun curtain.
To open
With fully closed sunroof (knob at 0), turn
knob A-fig. 90clockwise and select one
of the five possible opening positions.
Every position corresponds to a type of
sunroof opening, e.g.: position 1 corre-
sponds to the narrowest opening (sunroof
almost closed) whereas position 5 corre-
sponds to the widest one (sunroof fully
open).
For wide opening with just one knob op-
eration, set it right to the last position.To close
Turn knob A-fig. 90counter-clockwise
and select one of the possible five closing
positions.
Every position corresponds to a type of
sunroof closing. For closing the sunroof
fully with just one operation, set the knob
A-fig. 90to 0.
fig. 89F0L0312mfig. 90F0L0174m
Do not open the sunroof if
there is snow or ice on it: it
could be damaged.
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Front sun curtain opening/closing
Press button B-fig. 90to open the sun
curtain fully. Press the button again to stop
it.
To close the sun curtain press button C-
fig. 90. Press the button again to stop it.
Caution: opening the sunroof with the sun
curtain closed will make the sun curtain
open automatically.
Rear sun curtain opening/closing
Rear sun curtain opening/closing is man-
ual.ANTI-CRUSHING SAFETY
SYSTEM
Sunroof is fitted with anti-crushing safety
system that detects the presence of an ob-
stacle during sunroof closing stroke and
that cuts in by stopping and reversing the
sunroof stroke.
The anti-crushing safety system fitted on
the front curtain outline is active along the
whole closing range of the curtain and cuts
into operation when an obstacle is met.
This safety device guarantees the rever-
sal for a short section.
INITIALISATION PROCEDURE
Sunroof and powered sun curtain shall be
re-initialised after disconnecting the bat-
tery or if the relevant protection fuse is
blown.Sunroof initialisation
Proceed as follows:
❒turn the ignition key to ON;
❒turn knob A-fig. 90fully counter-
clockwise;
❒press and keep knob A-fig. 90
pressed until the sunroof locks, then
release it;
❒within 5 seconds, press and keep knob
A pressed; the sunroof will move au-
tomatically, during this stage keep on
pressing the knob;
❒initialisation will end when the sunroof
stops.
When leaving the car, the ig-
nition key should be removed
to prevent the sunroof from being op-
erated inadvertently and harming any-
one remaining in the car. Improper use
of the sunroof can be dangerous. Be-
fore and during its operation ensure
that any passengers are not at risk
from the moving roof either by per-
sonal objects getting caught in the
mechanism or by being injured by it di-
rectly.
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Sun curtain initialisation
Proceed as follows:
❒Close the sunroof completely;
❒turn the ignition key to OFFfor 10
seconds;
❒turn the ignition key to ON;
❒turn the knob to closing position and
keep it pressed until hearing the me-
chanical lock;
❒initialisation ended.ANTI-CRUSHING SYSTEM
INHIBITION
Ice or other foreign matters in the sun-
roof rails could cause anti-crushing re-
peated operation. Therefore make sure
there is no obstacle.
In this case it is possible to inhibit the an-
ti-crushing system by closing the roof
(within 5 seconds from system activation),
turning knob A-fig. 90to 0 and keeping
it pressed upwards until closing.EMERGENCY OPERATION
fig. 91-92
If the electrical control device does not
work, the sunroof can be operated man-
ually as follows:
❒remove the rear ceiling light and take
out the emergency operation wrench,
provided as standard, from the rele-
vant seat;
❒fit the wrench into slot A-fig. 92and
turn it clockwise to open the sunroof
and counter-clockwise to close it.
fig. 91F0L0215mfig. 92F0L0216m
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DOORS
CENTRAL DOOR LOCKING
SYSTEM
From the outside fig. 93
With the doors closed, press remote con-
trol button
Áor, if the remote control
is malfunctioning, fit and turn the emer-
gency metal insert into the lock of one of
the front doors.
From the inside fig. 94
With the doors closed, press buttons A
or B, set on the central panel to lock or
unlock the doors.
IMPORTANT If one door is not perfect-
ly closed or there is a system failure, cen-
tral door locking will not work and after
a few seconds the device will be exclud-
ed for about 2 minutes. During this time
it is however possible to lock/unlock the
doors manually. The device will be reac-
tivated after 2 minutes.
If the cause of malfunctioning has been re-
moved the device will operate regularly
again.When the doors are locked, the led C
on button is turned on.CHILD LOCK fig. 95
To prevent opening the rear doors from
the inside.
This device can be engaged only with
doors open:
❒position 1- engaged (door locked);
❒position 2- disengaged (door open-
able from inside).
The device stays on even if the doors are
unlocked by the centralised system.
IMPORTANT Always use this device
when transporting children.
IMPORTANT After engaging the lock,
check by trying to open a rear door with
the internal handle.
fig. 93F0L0100mfig. 95F0L0112m
fig. 94F0L0529m
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POWER WINDOWS
All versions are fitted with power win-
dows with anti-crushing safety device to
detect the presence of an obstacle in the
window closing stroke. If an obstacle is de-
tected, the safety system will stop window
closing and, according to window position,
will also reverse window stroke.
IMPORTANT In the event that the anti-
crushing function is activated 5 times in
only 1 minute, the system will automati-
cally enter the “recovery” mode (self-pro-
tection). This conditions is pointed out by
the fact that, in the closing phase, the win-
dow goes up in jerks.
So, it is necessary to carry out the sys-
tem restore procedure, acting as follows:
❒open the windows;
or
❒turn the ignition key to OFFand then
to ON.
The logic is restored if no malfunction is
present, the window returns to its normal
operation automatically; otherwise con-
tact a Fiat Dealership.IMPORTANT With the ignition key to
OFFor removed, the power windows re-
main activated for about 2 minutes and are
deactivated immediately the moment a
door is opened.WINDOW SAFETY SYSTEM
INITIALISATION
Safety system shall be re-initialised after
disconnecting the battery or if the rele-
vant protection fuse is blown.
Initialisation procedure:
❒open completely manually or auto-
matically the window to initialise ;
❒fully close the window manually (with-
out stops);
❒after window stopping, keep on press-
ing the closing control for at least 1
second.
fig. 96F0L0043m
The system conforms to the
forthcoming standard
2000/4/EC concerning the safety of
passengers leaning out of the pas-
senger compartment.
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Driver side fig. 97
On the driver’s door panel are set the but-
tons for controlling, with ignition key at
ON:
Afront left window opening/closing;
window opening or closing in “auto-
matic continuous” mode;
Bfront right window opening/closing;
window opening or closing in “auto-
matic continuous” mode;
Crear left window opening/closing; “au-
tomatic continuous” mode operation
just during window opening;Pressing briefly one of the buttons the
window “jerks” whereas a prolonged
pressing makes the window opening or
closing in “automatic continuous” mode.
Pressing the button again will stop the win-
dow in the required position.Front passenger door and rear
doors fig. 98
Front passenger door armrest and rear
door armrests feature the switches to be
used for controlling the corresponding
window.
fig. 97F0L0388m
Improper use of the power
windows can be dangerous.
Before and during its operation en-
sure that any passengers are not at
risk from the moving glass either by
personal objects getting caught in the
mechanism or by being injured by it
directly. Always remove the ignition
key when getting out of the car to
prevent the power windows being op-
erated accidentally and constituting
a danger to the passengers in the car.
WARNINGfig. 98F0L0045m
Drear right window opening/closing;
“automatic continuous” mode opera-
tion just during window opening;
Erear power window enabling/disabling
controls.
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