
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
system can support the required load.
CODE card
Keep it in a safe place, not in the car. Make sure you have the electronic code with you at all times.
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 MANUAL 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) (the car’s wellbeing).
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Replacing the battery of the key
with remote control fig. 6
Battery replacement:
press button Aand open the metal in-
sert B;
turn the screw Cto using a fine bit
screwdriver ;
take out the battery case Dand replace
the battery Emaking sure that the bias
is correct;
refit the battery case Dinside the key
and lock it turning the screw Cto
fig. 6F0R0007m
Request for additional remote
controls
The system may recognise up to 8 remote
controls. Should a new remote control be
necessary, contact a Fiat Dealership,
taki ng with you the CODE card , a per-
sonal identity document and the car’s
ownership documents.
Button is used for opening the doors
and the tailgate.
Button is used for locking the doors and
the tailgate.
Button
(present in some versions on-
ly) is used for remote opening of the tail-
gate.
The passenger’s compartment lights will
come on for a preset time when the doors
are unlocked.
Only press button B with the
key away from your body ,
specifically from your eyes and from
objects which could get damaged (e.g.
your clothes). Do not leave the key
unattended to avoid the button from
being accidentally pressed while it is
being handled, e.g. by a child.
WARNING
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WARNING
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TECHNICAL
INDEX
DASHBOARD
DEVICES LIGHTS AND
EMERGENCY
MAINTENANCE
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AND CONTROLS
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INSTRUMENTS
Instrument background colour and type
may vary according to the version.
SPEEDOMETER fig. 11
It shows the car speed.REV. COUNTER fig. 12
Rev counter shows engine rpm.
IMPORTANT The electronic inje ction
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.
fig. 11F0R0012mfig. 12F0R0013m
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Average consumption
This indicates the average consumption
from the start of the new mission.
Instant consumption
This indicates the fuel consumption. The
value is constantly updated. The message
“----”
will appear on the display
if the car is parked with the engine run-
ning.
Average speed
This shows the car average speed as a
function of the overall time elapsed since
the start of the new mission.
Travel 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. 21
Button TRIP, set on the top of the right
steering column stalk, shall be used (with
ignition key at MAR) to display and to re-
set the previously described values to start
a new mission:
– briefly press to display the different val-
ues
– hold pressed to reset and then start a
new mission.
New mission
Reset can be:
– “manual” resetting by the user, by press-
ing the relevant button;
– “automatic” resetting, when the “Trip dis-
tance” 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 The reset operation in the
presence of the screens concerning the
“Trip A” makes it possible to reset only
the information associated with this func-
tion.
IMPORTANT The reset operation in the
presence of the screens concerning the
“Trip B” makes it possible to reset only
the information associated with this func-
tion.
Start of journey procedure
With ignition key at MAR, press and keep
button TRIPpressed for over 2 seconds
to reset.
Exit Trip
To exit the Trip function: hold MENU
ESCpressed for longer than 2 seconds.
fig. 21F0R0020m
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CEILING LIGHTS
FRONT CEILING WITH SPOT
LIGHTS fig.39/a AND WITH
DIFFUSED LIGHTIING LED
(where provided) fig.39/b
Switch Aturn on/off these lights.
With switch Ain central position, lights
Cand Dwill turn on/off when opening/
closing the front doors.
With switch Apressed on the left side,
lights Cand Dwill always stay off. With
switch Apressed on the right side, lights
Cand Dwill always stay on.
Light turning on/off is gradual.
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 inadver-
tently to the on position, the lights will
turn off automatically 15 minutes after
turning the engine off.
fig. 39/aF0R0043m
REAR CEILING LIGHT WITH
MOVABLE LENS
The light will turn on/off by pressing the
movable lens rightwards or leftwards as
shown in fig. 40.
fig. 39/bF0R0240m
fig. 40F0R0042m
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COURTESY LIGHTS
(where provided) fig. 42
Lights Bby the side of the courtesy
mir-
ror will light up when cover Aon the sun
visor on driver’s or passenger’s side is
raised with the key at MAR. The lights al-
lows to use the courtesy mirror also
in
poor conditions of light.
IMPORTANT The lights may only be op-
erated for 15 minutes when the key is
turned to stop STOP. They will be au-
tomatically switched off after this to pro-
tect the battery charge.
fig. 41F0R0044mfig. 42
B
B
A
F0R0216m
BOOT LIGHT (where provided)
fig. 41
For versions fitted with boot light, it will
turn on automatically when opening the
tailgate and it will turn off at closing.
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Door unlocking in the event
of a crash
If the fuel cut-off switch trips following an
accident, the doors will be automatically
unlocked to let you leave the car and the
ceiling lights will be switched on at the
same time. The doors can always be
opened from the inside of the car by
means of the specific levers.
Proceed as follows if no fuel leakage is
found and and the car is in condition to be
driven to rearm the fuel cut-off switch.FUEL CUT-OFF SWITCH
The car is fitted with a safety switch that
in the event of a crash comes into opera-
tion by cutting off fuel and turning off the
engine as a consequence.
This device therefore prevents fuel
leaks
due to fuel piping breaking.
IMPORTANT After the accident,
re-
member to remove the electronic key
from the ignition device to prevent drain-
ing the battery.The message “FPS on” will appear on the
digital display when the switch trips. The
mess ag e “F ue l cu t of f swi tch , see ha nd-
book” will appear on the multifunctional
display.
If, after a crash, you smell fu-
el or see leaks from the fuel
system, do not reset the switch to
avoid fire risk.
WARNING
If the centralised door lock-
ing system was operated
from inside the car and the fuel cut-
off switch did not manage to auto-
matically release the doors, it will not
be possible to access the passenger
compartment from the outside after
an accident. The possibility of open-
ing the doors from the outside de-
pends on the conditions of the doors
themselves after the accident: if may
not be possible to open a damaged
door. In this case, try to open the oth-
er doors of the car.
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DOORS
CENTRAL DOOR
LOCKING/UNLOCKING SYSTEM
Locking from the outside
With the doors closed, press button on
the remote control fig. 64or insert and
turn the metallic insert in the driver’s side
door lock and turn clockwise fig. 65(an-
ticlockwise on the passenger door ).
Door unlocking from the outside
Briefly press button fig. 64to obtain
remote door unlocking,
timed ceiling light
turning on, directions indicator double
flashing or fit the metal insert into the dri-
ver’s door lock and turn it anticlockwise.
fig. 65F0R0067m
fig. 66F0R0000m
Door locking/unlocking from the
inside
Press lever A-fig. 66to unlock all doors.
Pull the lever to unlock all doors.
Lacking power (blown fuse,
battery dis-
connected, etc.) it is however possible to
lock the doors manually.
After exceeding 20 km/h speed, doors will
be locked automatically if the set up menu
function has been selected (see paragraph
“Multifunction display” in this section).
fig. 64F0R0066m
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