2010 FIAT LINEA RHD warning

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The fabric upholstery of your
car is designed to withstand
the normal wear and tear of
your car for a lon g tim e.
Some precautions are however need-
ed. Avoid prolonged rubbing against
clothing accessories,
such as metal
buckles, Velcro strips and the like,
which by applying a high pressure on
the fabric in a small area could cause
the breakage of some threads and
damage the upholstery.
HEAD RESTRAINTS
FRONT fig. 23
To improve passenger safety, the height of
the head restraints can be adjusted. They
lock into place automatically in the requi-
red position.
To adjust head restraints proceed as
fol-
lows:
upward adjustment: raise the head re-
Downward adjustment: push the head straint until you hear it click.
restraint down to the required position
REAR SEATS
To folds the rear seats refer to paragraph
“Extending the boot” ‘Refer page no. 68’
of this section.
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The head restraints must be
adjusted so that they sup-
port your neck and not your head.
Only in this way may they perform
their protective action.
WARNING
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REAR (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),push the head restr-
aint down into the back rest.
fig. 23F0R0024mfig. 24F0R0025m
To optimise head restraint protective ac-
tion, adjust the seat back upright and keep
your head as close as possible to the head
restraint. 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 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. 25F0R0026m
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
carr y 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.
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DOOR MIRRORS
Electrical 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;
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. 28 to position 2.
fig. 26F0R0027m
fig. 27F0R0028m
The mirror can be adjusted to two differ-
ent positions (normal or antiglare) by
means of the lever A.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
fig. 28F0R0029mfig. 29F0R0030m
Manual adjustment fig. 29
Use knob A-fig. 29to adjust manually.
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REARVIEW MIRRORS
DRIVING MIRROR fig. 26
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fig. 30
F0R0031m
HEATING AND VENTILATION
1.Upper fixed vent - 2.Adjustable central vents - 3.Fixed side vent - 4.Adjustable side vents - 5. Lower vents for front seats -
6.Lower side vents for rear seats - 7.Lower central vent for rear seats (where provided).
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fig. 31F0R0032m
fig. 32F0R0033m
ADJUSTABLE SIDE AND
CENTRAL VENTS fig. 31-32
AFixed vent for side windows.
BAdjustable side vents.
CAdjustable central vents.
Ve n t s Aare fixed.
To u s e v e n t s Band C, o p e r a t e t h e r e l e -
vant device to turn them as required.
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MANUAL CLIMATE
CONTROL SYSTEM
(where provided)
CONTROLS fig. 33
Air temperature knob A
(mixing hot and cold air)
Red section = hot air
Blue section = cold air
Fan activation /speed adjustment
knob B
0= fan off
1-2-3= ventilation speed
4 = maximum fan speed
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Air distribution knob C
to convey air to the central and side
vents;
to warm the feet and convey cooler
air to the dashboard vents,
in inter-
mediate temperature conditions;
for heating when the outside temper-
ature is very cold: for maximum air
flow to feet;Air recirculation on/off slider D
Take the slider to position to recir-
culate internal air.
Take the slider to position to switch
internal air recirculation off.
Switching the climate control
system on and off
Press knob E- fig. 33(LED on knob will
light up) to switch the climate control sys-
tem on.
Press knob Eagain (LED on knob will go
off) to switch the climate control system
off.
fig. 33F0R0036m
to warm the feet and at the same time
demist the windscreen;
for quick windscreen demisting.
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VENTILATION
To ventilate the passenger’s compartment
properly proceed as follows:
knob Aturned to blue section;
switch internal air recirculation off;
turn knob Cto ;
turn knob Bto required speed.CLIMATE CONTROL (cooling)
For fast cooling of the passenger com-
partment, proceed as follows:
knob Aturned to blue section;
switch internal air recirculation on;
turn knob Cto ;
switch the climate control system on
by pressing knob E: the LED on the
knob will light up;
turn knob Bto 4(maximum speed
of fan).Cooling adjustment
turn knob Arightwards to increase the
temperature;
switch internal air recirculation off;
turn knob Bto increase fan speed.










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