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DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLSDASHBOARD ...................................................................... 5
SYMBOLS ............................................................................... 7
THE FIAT CODE SYSTEM.................................................. 7
THE KEYS .............................................................................. 8
ALARM ................................................................................... 10
IGNITION DEVICE.............................................................. 12
INSTRUMENT PANEL ........................................................ 13
INSTRUMENTS..................................................................... 15
DIGITAL DISPLAY ............................................................... 17
MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY ............................................ 22
RECONFIGURABLE MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY .... 25
DISPLAY FUNCTIONS ...................................................... 28
TRIP COMPUTER ................................................................ 34
FRONT SEATS ..................................................................... 36
REAR SEATS .......................................................................... 37
HEAD RESTRAINTS............................................................. 38
STEERING WHEEL .............................................................. 39
REARVIEW MIRRORS......................................................... 39
HEATING AND VENTILATION...................................... 41
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM .................... 45
AUTOMATIC TWO-ZONE CLIMATE
CONTROL SYSTEM ........................................................... 51
EXTERNAL LIGHTS............................................................. 58
WINDOW WASHING....................................................... 60
CRUISE CONTROL ............................................................ 63
CEILING LIGHTS.................................................................. 65CONTROLS........................................................................... 68
FUEL CUT-OFF SYSTEM ................................................... 70
INTERIOR FITTINGS........................................................... 71
SKY-DOME SUNROOF ..................................................... 75
DOORS .................................................................................. 77
POWER WINDOWS/WINDOW WINDERS .............. 80
BOOT ...................................................................................... 83
BONNET................................................................................. 86
ROOF RACK/SKI RACK .................................................... 87
HEADLIGHTS........................................................................ 88
ABS SYSTEM ......................................................................... 90
ESP SYSTEM .......................................................................... 91
EOBD SYSTEM ..................................................................... 94
DUALDRIVE ELECTRIC POWER
STEERING SYSTEM ............................................................. 95
T.P.M.S. SYSTEM .................................................................. 97
PARKING SENSORS ........................................................... 100
SOUND SYSTEM.................................................................. 102
HANDS FREE KIT WITH VOICE RECOGNITION
AND Bluetooth
®TECHNOLOGY ................................ 103
CD CHARGER PRESETTING
SYSTEM .................................................................................. 103
WIRING FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM (MY PORT) .. 103
ACCESSORIES PURCHASED BY THE OWNER .......... 104
AT THE FILLING STATION ............................................. 105
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT............................. 107
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Seat warming
(where provided) fig. 30
With ignition key at MAR, press button
Fto switch the seat warming on/off. The
led on the button will light up when the
function is on.
REAR SEATS
To tilt rear seats refer to paragraph “Ex-
tending the boot” in this section.
fig. 30F0M0058m
Upholstery of your car has
been designed to withstand
wear deriving from common
use of the car. You are how-
ever recommended to avoid strong
and/or continuous scratching with
clothing accessories such as metallic
buckles, studs, Velcro fastenings and
the like, since these items cause cir-
cumscribed stress of the cover fabric
that could lead to yarn breaking, and
damage the cover as a consequence.
fig. 29F0M0231m
Electric lumbar adjustment
(where provided) fig. 29
For electric lumbar adjustment, use con-
trols E.
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COURTESY LIGHTS
(where provided) fig. 56
On certain versions on the back of the
passenger's sun visor there is a courtesy
light. To turn the light on/off press button
A-fig. 56.
fig. 54F0M0068mfig. 56F0M0173mfig. 55F0M0176m
BOOT LIGHT
(where provided) fig. 54
For versions fitted with boot light, it will
turn on automatically when opening the
tailgate and it will turn off at closing.PUDDLE LIGHTS
(where provided) fig. 55
These lights Aare located in the doors
and they will turn on when opening the
relevant door, regardless of the ignition
key position.
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ASHTRAY fig. 75-76
The ashtray is a removable plastic box that
can be fitted into the glass/can recesses on
the central console.
IMPORTANT Do not use the ashtray as
waste paper basket: it might set on fire in
contact with cigarette stubs.SUN VISORS fig. 77
These are positioned to the sides of the
rear-view mirror. They can swing to the
sides and up or down.
A courtesy mirror can be applied to the
back of sun visors.
On certain versions to use the mirror
(where provided) you shall open the slid-
ing cover A.
MAP POCKET (where provided)
On certain versions a map pocket is lo-
cated on the back of the seat backrest
fig. 78.
fig. 75F0M0085mfig. 77F0M0086mfig. 78F0M0117m
fig. 79F0M0249mfig. 76F0M0116m
CURRENT OUTLET
(where provided)
It is located in the boot, on the left side of
the plastic support of the parcel shelf
fig. 79.
To use it open cap A.
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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.
INITIALISATION PROCEDURE
Sunroof shall be re-initialised after dis-
connecting the battery or if the relevant
protection fuse is blown.
Proceed as follows:
❒press button A-fig. 81at close posi-
tion;
❒keep the button pressed to close com-
pletely by steps the sunroof;
❒after full closing, wait for sunroof mo-
tor stopping.When leaving the car, the ignition key
should be removed to prevent the sun-
roof from being operated inadvertently
and harming anyone remaining in the car.
Improper use of the sunroof can be dan-
gerous. Before and during its operation
ensure that any passengers are not at risk
from the moving roof either by personal
objects getting caught in the mechanism
or by being injured by it directly.
EMERGENCY OPERATION
If the switch does not work, the sunroof
can be operated manually as follows:
❒remove the protection cap set between
the two sun curtains;
❒take the setscrew wrench (provided as
standard) from the tool bag in the boot;
❒fit the wrench into A-fig. 82and turn
it:
– clockwise to open the sunroof;
– counter-clockwise to close the sun-
roof.
fig. 82F0M0088m
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DOORS
CENTRAL DOOR
LOCKING/UNLOCKING SYSTEM
Locking from the outside
With the doors closed, press the button
Áon the remote control fig. 83 or fit and
turn clockwise the metal insert into the
driver’s door lock fig. 84. Door locking is
indicated by the turning on of the button
led A-fig. 85. Door locking is only possi-
ble if all the doors are closed. Opening one
or more doors by pressing the button
Áon the remote control fig. 83 will make
the direction indicators and the button led
A-fig. 85flash quickly for about 3 sec-
onds.
Opening one or more doors by turning
the metal insert of the key will make on-
ly the button led A-fig. 85flash quickly
for about 3 seconds. If the doors are
closed but the boot is open door locking
will be engaged: direction indicators (on-
ly for locking performed by pressing but-
ton
Áfig. 83) and the button led A-
fig. 85will flash quickly for about 3 sec-
onds.
With this function active it is however pos-
sible to open the other doors by pressing
button A-fig. 85on the central console.Pressing twice briefly the button
Áon the
remote control fig. 83 will engage the
dead lock device (see paragraph “Dead
lock device”).
Door unlocking from the outside
Briefly press button
Ëfig. 83to obtain
remote door unlocking, timed ceiling light
turning on, directions indicator double
flashing or fit the metal insert into the dri-
ver’s door lock and turn it counter-clock-
wise as shown in fig. 84.
fig. 85F0M0075m
Door locking/unlocking from the
inside
Press button A-fig. 85to lock/ unlock all
the doors. The button has a led showing
the door condition (locked or unlocked).
When doors are locked the button led is
on and pressing the button will obtain cen-
tral unlocking of the doors and turning off
of the led. When doors are unlocked, the
button led is off and pressing the button
will obtain central locking of the doors.
Door locking is activated only if all the
doors are perfectly closed.
fig. 84F0M0410m
fig. 83F0M0409m
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fig. 96F0M0095m
BOOT
OPENING THE TAILGATE
The tailgate can be opened at any time
from the passenger’s compartment by
pressing button A-fig. 94.
The tailgate can be opened from the out-
side by pressing the remote control but-
ton
R, fig. 93.
Tailgate opening is indicated by double
flashing of direction indicators.TAILGATE CLOSING
Lower the tailgate until hearing the lock-
ing click fig. 95.
TAILGATE EMERGENCY
OPENING fig. 96
To open the tailgate from the passenger’s
compartment if the car battery is flat or
the electric tailgate lock is faulty, proceed
as follows:
❒tilt the rear seats (see paragraph “Ex-
tending the boot” in this section);
❒press lever Bin the boot.
fig. 94F0M0093m
fig. 95F0M0094m
The addition of objects
(speakers, spoilers, etc.) on
the rear shelf or boot lid, ex-
cept those envisaged by the
manufacturer, may prevent the gas
filled struts at the sides of the boot
from working properly.
When using the boot, make
sure the loads do not exceed
the permitted weight (see “Technical
specifications” chapter). Also make
sure the items in the boot are
arranged properly to prevent them
being thrown forwards and injuring
passengers should you brake sharply.
WARNING
Never travel with objects on
the rear shelf to prevent
them being thrown forwards and in-
juring passengers in case of accident
or sharp braking.
WARNING
fig. 93F0M0425m
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EXTENDING THE BOOT
Partial extension
(where provided)
(1/3 or 2/3) fig. 99
The boot can be partially (1/3 or 2/3) or
totally extended splitting the rear seat.
Proceed as follows:
❒lower completely the rear seat head re-
straints;
❒ check that the seat belt is not twisted;❒tilt cushions as shown by the arrow fig.
97;
❒use handles Aor B-fig. 98to unlock
respectively the left or right section of
the backrest and then guide the back-
rest onto the cushion.
The boot extension to the right makes it
possible to carry two passengers on the
rear seat left-hand side. The boot exten-
sion to the left makes it possible to carry
one passenger on the rear seat right-hand
side.
fig. 97 F0M0096mfig. 98F0M0097m
fig. 99F0M0137m
Total extension fig. 100
Tilt the rear seat completely to obtain
maximum boot extension.
Proceed as follows:
❒lower completely the rear seat head re-
straints;
❒check that the seat belt is not twisted;
❒tilt cushions as shown by the arrow fig.
97;
❒lift handles Aand B-fig. 100to release
the backrests and guide them onto the
cushion.
IMPORTANT If after tilting the rear seat,
you have to remove the rear parcel shelf,
position it as shown in fig. 102.
fig. 100F0M0098m
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