2009 Abarth Grande Punto technical specifications

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Seat height adjustment fig. 21
Move lever Bupwards or downwards to
achieve the required height.
IMPORTANT Adjustment must be car-
ried out only seated in the relevant seat.
FRONT SEATS
Only make adjustments
when the car is stationary.
WARNING
Moving the seat backwards or
forwards fig. 21
Lift the lever Aand push the seat forwards
or backwards: in the driving position the
arms should rest on the rim of the steer-
ing wheel.
Once you have released the
lever, check that the seat is
firmly locked in the runners by trying
to move it back and forth. Failure to
lock the seat in place could result in
the seat moving suddenly and the dri-
ver losing control of the car.
WARNING
For maximum safety, keep
the back of your seat up-
right, lean back into it and make sure
the seat belt fits closely across your
chest and hips.
WARNING
Back rest angle adjustment fig. 21
Turn knob C.
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. 21F0M006Ab

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Tilting the back rest fig. 22a
Pull handle Aupwards, the back rest will
tilt and the seat can slide forward by push-
ing the back rest.
Bringing back the back rest the seat will
return to its original position (mechani-
cal memory).
Check that the seat is firm-
ly locked in the runners by
trying to move it back and forth.
WARNING
fig. 22aF0M007Ab
REAR SEATS
To tilt rear seats refer to paragraph
“Extending the boot” in this section.
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. 22bF0M089Ab
Seat warming (for versions/
markets, where provided) fig. 22b
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.

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HEAD RESTRAINTS
FRONT fig. 23
The front headrests are fixed to the seat
bench and their height is not adjustable.
fig. 23F0M009Abfig. 24F0M0026m
To optimise head restraint protective ac-
tion, adjust the seat back upright and keep
your head as close as possible to the head
restraint. REAR (for versions/markets,
where provided) fig. 24
To use the head restraint, raise it until hear-
ing the click (position of use).
To bring it back to the original position
(position of non use), press button Aand
push the head restraint down into the
back rest.
To lift out rear head restraints: press at
the same time buttons Aand Bset on
both sides and take them out.
IMPORTANT Rear seat passengers shall
always set the head restraints in the po-
sition of use.

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STEERING WHEEL
The driver can adjust the steering wheel
position both axially and in height.
Proceed as follows:
❒release the lever A-fig. 25pushing it
forwards (position 1);
❒ adjust the steering wheel as required;
❒lock the lever Apulling it towards the
steering wheel (position 2).fig. 25F0M010Ab
REARVIEW MIRRORS
DRIVING MIRROR fig. 26
The mirror is fitted with a safety device
that causes it to be released in the event
of a violent crash.
Any adjustment of the steer-
ing wheel position must be
carried out only with the car station-
ary and the engine turned off.
WARNING
It is absolutely forbidden to
carry out whatever after-
market operation involving steering
system or steering column modifica-
tions (e.g.: installation of anti-theft
device) that could badly affect per-
formance and safety, cause the lapse
of warranty and also result in non-
compliance of the car with homolo-
gation requirements.
WARNING

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DOOR MIRRORS
Adjustment fig. 27
This operation is only possible with igni-
tion key at MAR.
Proceed as follows:
❒use switch Bto select the mirror re-
quired (left or right);
❒to adjust the mirror move the switch
Cin the four directions.
It can be moved using the lever Ato two
different positions: normal or antiglare.Folding
When required (for example when the
mirror causes difficulty in narrow spaces)
it is possible to fold the mirror moving it
from position 1-fig. 28to position 2.
When driving the mirrors shall
always be in position 1-fig. 28.
As the driver’s door mirror is
curved, it may slightly alter
the perception of distance.
WARNING
Demisting/defrosting
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
Mirrors are fitted with resistors that will
activate when turning the heated rear win-
dow on (by pressing button
().
IMPORTANT This function is timed and
it will turn off automatically a few minutes
later.
fig. 26F0M0028m
fig. 27F0M0030m
fig. 28F0M0250m

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CLIMATE CONTROL
1.Fixed upper vent - 2.Central swivel vents - 3.Fixed side vents - 4.Adjustable side vents - 5. Lower vents for front seats -
6.Lower vents for rear seats.
fig. 29
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MANUAL CLIMATE
CONTROL SYSTEM
ADJUSTABLE AND SWIVEL
SIDE AND CENTRAL VENTS
fig. 30-31
AFixed vent for side windows.
BSide adjustable vents.
CCentre adjustable vents.
fig. 30F0M0033m
fig. 31F0M085Ab
Vents Aare fixed.
To use vents Band C, operate the rele-
vant device to turn them as required.

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fig. 32F0M0037m
CONTROLS fig. 32
Air temperature knob A
(mixing hot and cold air)
Red section = hot air
Blue section = cold airFan activation /speed
adjustment knob B
p0= fan off
1-2-3= fan speed
4
-= max. fan speedAir distribution knob C
¶to convey air to the centre and side
vents;
ßto warm the feet and convey cooler
air to the dashboard vents, in inter-
mediate temperature conditions;
©to heat with outside harsh tempera-
ture: to convey as much air as possi-
ble to the feet;
®to warm the feet and at the same time
demist the windscreen;
-for quick windscreen demisting.
Air recirculation on/off button D
Press the button (button led on) to turn
air recirculation on.
Press the button again (button led off) to
turn air recirculation off.
Climate control system on/off
button E
Press the button (button led on) to turn
climate control system on.
Press the button again (button led off) to
turn climate control system off.