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WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES
MAINTENANCE
AND CARE
TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLS
SAFETY
DEVICES
STARTING
AND
DRIVING
IN AN
EMERGENCY
IF THE BATTERY
IS FLAT
IMPORTANT The battery recharging
procedure is provided as an example
only. You are recommended to go to a
Lancia Dealership to have this oper-
ation performed.
Low amperage slow recharging for
approximately 24 hours is advised. A
prolonged recharge might damage the
battery.
Charge the battery as follows:
❒disconnect battery negative ter-
minal;
❒connect the charger leads to the
battery terminals, observing the
polarity;
❒turn on the charger;
❒when you have finished, turn the
charger off before disconnecting
the battery;
❒reconnect the terminal to the neg-
ative pole of the battery.IMPORTANT If the car is equipped
with an alarm system, this has to be
disabled by means of the remote con-
trol (see “Alarms” section in the chap-
ter “Dashboard and controls”).
LIFTING THE CAR
If the car is to be lifted, go to a Lan-
cia Dealership which is equipped with
the arm hoist or workshop lift.
Lift the car exclusively by positioning
the jack arms or the shop jack in the
points shown in the figure.
Battery fluid is poisonous
and corrosive: avoid contact
with your skin and eyes. The battery
recharging operation must be per-
formed in a ventilated place, away
from naked flames or possible
sources of sparks to avoid the risk of
explosion and fire.
WARNING
Don’t try to recharge a
frozen battery: defrost it
first to prevent the risk of explosion.
If a battery was frozen, have it in-
spected by specialised personnel be-
fore recharging to check that the in-
ternal elements are not damaged
and that the casing is not cracked
causing the risk of leakage of poiso-
nous, corrosive gas.
WARNINGfig. 40L0D0486m
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