2008 FIAT IDEA manual transmission

3
HOW TO MOVE OFF
MANUAL MODE
IMPORTANT For the correct use of the
system, only use your right foot to oper-
ate the pedals.
❒Press the brake pedal
❒Start the engine
❒Move the gear lever A-fig. 1to +UP
fig. 2to engage the first gear or to R
to engage reverse
❒Release the brake pedal and press the
accelerator pedal
❒When running move the gear lever A-
fig. 1to + UP fig. 2for upshifting or
to – DOWNfor downshifting.
AUTOMATIC MODE
IMPORTANT For the correct use of the
system, only use your right foot to oper-
ate the pedals.
❒Press the brake pedal
❒Start the engine
❒Move the gear lever A-fig. 1to A/M
to engage the automatic mode or to R
to engage reverse
❒Release the brake pedal and press the
accelerator pedal.
USING THE
DUALOGIC GEARBOX
The car is fitted with a mechanical gear-
box with electronic control called “Dua-
logic” that can work in two operating
modes: MANUALand AUTO.
This gearbox includes a conventional me-
chanical transmission to which an elec-
tronically-operated electrohydraulic de-
vice has been added which controls au-
tomatically the clutch and gear engage-
ment.
fig. 1F0H0731m
fig. 2F0H0333m
603.83.871 IDEA LOGIC 1a GB 17-01-2008 11:24 Pagina 3

5
MANUAL OPERATION
(MANUAL)
In this operating mode, the decision to
change gear is left to the driver who de-
cides the most appropriate moment.
To change gears in MANUAL operating
mode proceed as follows:
❒move lever to +(UP) to engage high-
er gear;
or
❒move lever to –(DOWN) to engage
lower gear.
The system will cut in automatically pre-
venting gearshifting only if the request to
change gear will impair regular engine and
transmission operation; the system will al-
so shift down gears automatically when
the engine (e.g.: at slowing down).
The system will warn the driver that the
required gear will not be engaged through
the sound of the buzzer and a dedicated
message on the reconfigurable multifunc-
tion display (see paragraph “Warning lights
and messages”).AUTOMATIC OPERATION
(AUTO)
For engaging/disengaging the automatic
operating mode (AUTO), move lever
A-fig. 1 to A/M: automatic mode activa-
tion is indicated by message AUTOand
gear engaged on the reconfigurable multi-
function display fig. 4.
fig. 4F0H1243g
With AUTOmode active, the system de-
cides to change gear depending on car
speed, engine rpm and how the accelera-
tor pedal is pressed. It is however possi-
ble to change gears with the control lever
without deactivating the automatic mode:
this function called “gear advice” suspends
the automatic mode for the time required
to change gear.
603.83.871 IDEA LOGIC 1a GB 17-01-2008 11:24 Pagina 5

10
WARNING LIGHTS
AND MESSAGESREDUCE GEARS
(amber)
Warning light comes on (to-
gether with the message on the
multifunction display) to warn the driver
of the incorrect use of the gearbox.
In this event, the system could automati-
cally activate system protection proce-
dure.MANUAL METHOD
UNAVAILABLE (amber)
The message on the multifunc-
tion display comes on when, with
engine on, the MANUALmode cannot
be selected. CHECK
TRANSMISSION -
SEE HANDBOOK (red)
Turning the ignition key to MARthe
warning light shall come on, but it should
go off a few seconds after.
The warning light comes on flashing on the
cluster (together with the message on the
multifunction display and the buzzer) to
indicate a gearbox failure.
t
In the case of a gearbox
fault, contact Fiat Dealer-
ship as soon as possible to
have the system checked.
If the warning light continues
to stay on (together with the
message on the multifunc-
tion display), contact Fiat
Dealership.
If the warning light continues
to stay on (together with the
message on the multifunc-
tion display), contact Fiat
Dealership.
èè
603.83.871 IDEA LOGIC 1a GB 17-01-2008 11:24 Pagina 10