2010 FIAT IDEA battery

ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES
If, after buying the car, you decide to add electrical accessories (with the risk of gradually draining the battery),
visit a Fiat Dealership. They can calculate the overall electrical requirement and check that the car’s electric sys-
tem can support the required load.
CODE card
Keep the card in a safe place, non in the car. Have the electronic code printed on the CODE card with
you at all times. You will need it to start the engine in an emergency.
SCHEDULED SERVICING
Correct maintenance of the car is essential for ensuring it stays in tip-top condition and safeguards its
safety features, its environmental friendliness and low running costs for a long time to come.
THE OWNER’S HANDBOOK CONTAINS...
... important information, advise and warnings for correct use, driving safety and maintenance of your car
in time. Pay special attention to the symbols
"(personal safety)#(environmental protection)â(car
integrity).

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Opening the tailgate with the
remote control
Hold button
Rpressed to unlock
(open) the tailgate. The direction indica-
tors will blink twice when the tailgate is
opened.
IMPORTANT Powerful radio transmis-
sions not related to the car (e.g. mobile
phones, amateur radios, etc.) may inter-
fere with the frequency of the remote
control. Remote control operation may
be impaired.
Electrical closure from inside
fig. 14
With the doors closed, press button Aon
the central dashboard to lock (LED on) or
unlock (LED off) the doors.
IMPORTANT If the door is not correct-
ly closed or if a fault is present in the sys-
tem, the door locking device from inside
the car will not work.
The device will resume normal operation
after removing the cause of the fault.Only the doors used to get
out of the car will be un-
locked if the door lock button
inside the car is pressed by
mistake. The tailgate will remain
locked. Press the lock/unlock buttons
to realign the system.
fig. 15aF0H0704m
Replacing the battery of the key
with remote control Fig. 15
To replace the battery, proceed as fol-
lows:
❒press button Aand open the metal in-
sert B;
❒turn the screw Cto using a fine bit
screwdriver;
❒take out the battery case Dand re-
place the battery Erespecting its po-
larity;
❒refit the battery case Dinside the key
and lock it by turning the screw C.
fig. 15b (where provided)F0H0768m
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Request for additional remote
controls
The system acknowledges up to 8 remote
controls. Should a new remote control be
necessary, contact a Fiat Dealership, tak-
ing with you the CODE card, a personal
identity document and the car’s owner-
ship documents.
Used batteries are harmful to
the environment. They should
be disposed of as specified by
law in the special containers
provided, or take them to the Fiat
Dealership, which will deal with their
disposal.
fig. 16F0H0705mfig. 17F0H0322m
MECHANICAL KEY
(SPARE)
The metal insert of the key E-fig. 16is
fixed.
The key operates:
❒the ignition switch;
❒the door lock on drive side;
❒operation of the door safety device
C-fig. 17from the outside for use the
electric system is not working (e.g. flat
battery);
❒operation of the child lock D-fig. 17
on rear doors.
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INSTRUMENTS
SPEEDOMETER Fig. 22
Indicates the car’s speed.
REV. COUNTER Fig. 23
This indicates the engine revolution per
minute.
IMPORTANT The electronic injection
control system gradually shuts off the flow
of fuel when the engine is ‘over-revving’
resulting in a gradual loss of engine pow-
er.
When the engine is idling, the rev counter
may indicate a gradual or sudden increase
of the speed.
This is normal and does not indicate a
fault. It may be caused, for example, by the
operation of the climate control system
or fan. In these case, a slow change in en-
gine speed is used to protect the battery
charge.
FUEL LEVEL GAUGE Fig. 24
The instrument shows the litres of fuel
contained in the tank (see the “Refuelling”
paragraph for a description).
fig. 22F0H0708m
fig. 23F0H0022m
fig. 24F0H0023m
fig. 25F0H0024m
The reserve warning light Aturns on to
indicate that approximately 6 litres of fu-
el are left in the tank. lack of fuel supply
could damage the catalyser.ENGINE COOLANT
TEMPERATURE GAUGE fig. 25
Warning light Aindicates overheating of
the engine coolant. In this case, stop the
engine and contact a Fiat dealer.
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New mission
The new mission begins after:– “manu-
al” resetting by the user, by pressing the
relevant button;
– “automatic” resetting, when the “Trip
distance” reaches 3999.9 km or 9999.9 km
(according to the type of display) or when
the “Travel time” reaches 99.59 (99 hours
and 59 minutes);
– after disconnecting/reconnecting the
battery.
IMPORTANT “General Trip” resets will
reset “Trip B” at the same time, while re-
setting “Trip B” will only reset the val-
ues of the trip B function. Average speed
This shows the car average speed as a
function of the overall time elapsed since
the start of the new mission.Journey time
This value shows the time elapsed since
the start of the new mission.
IMPORTANT If information is not avail-
able, the message “----” will appear instead
of the Trip Computer values. Displaying
of the values will be resumed when nor-
mal operation is restored without reset-
ting the values displayed before the prob-
lem nor starting a new mission.
TRIP button fig. 31
Button TRIPlocated on the top of the
right steering column stalk is used (with
ignition key at MAR) to display and re-
set the previously described values to start
a new mission:
– short push to display the different val-
ues
– long push to reset and then start a new
mission. Values displayed
Range
This indicates the indicative distance which
may be travelled with the fuel in the tank
assuming that driving conditions do not
change. The display will show the reading
“----“ when the following events take
place:
– range lower than 50 km (or 30 miles)
or fuel level less than 4 litres in the tank;
– car left parked with engine running for
a long time.
Distance travelled
This value shows the distance covered
from the start of the new mission.
Average consumption
This indicates the indicative average con-
sumption from the start of the new mis-
sion.
Instant consumption
Indicates the fuel consumption. The val-
ue is constantly updated. The message
“----” will appear on the display if the car
is parked with the engine running.
fig. 31F0H0755m
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REDUCING THE MEMORIZED
SPEED
The stored speed can be increased in two
ways:
❒by turning the device off and then
storing a new speed;
or
❒ moving the stalk downwards (–) until
reaching the new speed which will be
memorised automatically.
Each movement of the lever will corre-
spond to a slight reduction in speed (about
1 km/h), while keeping the lever held
downwards will correspond to a continu-
ous speed reduction.
DISENGAGING THE DEVICE
Turn ring A-fig. 75to OFFor the igni-
tion key to STOP. If the device has been
disengaged, for example by pressing the
brake or clutch pedal.
If the device is faulty, turn
ring A to OFF, check the fuse
and contact a Fiat Dealership.
WARNING
COURTESY LIGHTS
FRONT CEILING LIGHT fig. 76
Switch Aturns these lights on/off .
With switch Ain central position, lights
Cand Dwill turn on/off when open-
ing/closing the front doors.
With switch Apressed leftwards, lights
Cand Dalways stay off.
With switch Apressed on the right side,
lights C andD will always stay on.
The lights will be turned on/off gradual-
ly.Switch Bperforms the spot function;
with light off, it will turn on:
❒ light Cif pressed on the left side;
❒light Dif pressed on the right side.
IMPORTANT Before getting out of the
car, make sure the switch is at central po-
sition: lights off with doors closed in or-
der to avoid draining the battery.
In any case, if the switch is left inadvertently
to the on position, the lights will turn off
automatically 15 minutes after turning the
engine off.
fig. 76F0H0077m
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FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH
The switch is located on the bottom of the
car, near the pillar on passenger side.
Move the carpet aside to reach the switch.
It is tipped by a crash and cuts off the fu-
el feed, thus stopping the engine.
When the device is activated the warn-
ing light turns on together with the rele-
vant message on the reconfigurable mul-
tifunctional display (where provided).
Inspect the car carefully for fuel leakages
(e.g. in the engine compartment), under
the car or near the fuel tank. Press button A-fig. 84to reactivate the
fuel feed system and turn the lights on if
no leakage is found and the car is worthy
of resuming travel.
After the accident, remember to turn the
ignition key to STOPto prevent draining
the battery.
fig. 84F0H0741m
If, after a crash, you smell fu-
el or see leaks from the fuel
system, do not reset the switch to
avoid fine risk.
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EMERGENCY TAILGATE
OPENING
To open the tailgate from the inside, if the
battery is run down or after a problem in
the actual tailgate electric lock, proceed
as follows:
❒remove the protective caps;
❒fold the backrests to table position;
❒fold the rear seat cushion/backrest
completely;
❒to unlock the tailgate mechanically,
working from the inside of the lug-
gage compartment, use lever B-fig.
108.
REMOVING THE REAR
WINDOW SHELF
Proceed as follows to remove the rear
window shelf and expand the boot:
❒Front part: release and turn the rear
window shelf in its housing and
release the two pins from the sides
fig. 109.
❒Rear part: release the two pins from
the sides.EXTENDING THE BOOT WITH
SLIDING SEAT
Before proceeding with the boot expand-
ing procedure, release the seat belt buck-
le (with black button, if fastened) then help
the belt rewind to prevent twisting.
Arrange the tabs one on top of each oth-
er in the retaining system A-fig. 110in
the winder compartment.
Fore/aft adjustment
The rear seat is split. The rear seats can
be moved forwards and backwards from
the boot by means of the handles Bor C-
fig. 111; pull the handle and move the
seats forward at the same time. This op-
eration is useful for increasing the boot ca-
pacity.
fig. 108F0H0338mfig. 109F0H0108m
fig. 110F0H0132m
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