2010 FIAT LINEA RHD seat adjustment

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The fabric upholstery of your
car is designed to withstand
the normal wear and tear of
your car for a long time. Some
precautions are however needed. Avoid
prolonged rubbing against clothing ac-
cessories, 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 upholster y.
Seat height adjustment
(where provided) fig. 22
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
fig. 22F0R0021m
All adjustments must be
made with the car stationary.
WARNING
Backwards/Forwards adjustment
fig. 22
Lift lever Aand push the seat forwards
and backwards: ensure
your arms should
rest on the steering wheel rim while you
are driving.
After releasing the lever, al-
ways check that the seat is
locked on the guides by tr ying to
move it backwards and forth. If it is
not locked, the seat may move unex-
pectedly and make you loose 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. 22
Push lever C.
SAFETY
DEVICES
CORRECT USE
OF THE
CAR
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLS
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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.
SAFETY
DEVICES CORRECT USE
OF THE
CAR
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLS


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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HEADLIGHTS
BEAM DIRECTION
Correction direction of the headlights is
essentially for the comfort and safety of
the driver and the other road users. The
headlights must be correctly directed
to
ensure the best visibility conditions when
the headlight s are on. Contact Fiat
Dealership to have the headlights properly
adjusted.
HEADLIGHT AIMING DEVICE
This device works with the key at MAR
and the dipped beam headlights on. The
car will slant backwards when it is loaded,
raising the light beam.
The beams must
therefore be directed again in this case.Aiming the headlights fig. 80
Press and on the control panel.
The display located on the instrument pan-
el,
provides the visual indication of the po-
sitions during the adjustment operation.
Position 0- one or two passengers on
front seats.
Position 1- five passengers.
Position 2- five passengers + load in the
boot.
Position 3- driver + maximum admitted
load in the boot.
IMPORTANT Check beam aiming every
time the load carried changes.
AIMING THE FRONT FOG
LIGHTS (where provided)
Contact Fiat Dealership to have the
headlights properly adjusted.
fig. 80F0R0083m
The bonnet must always be
perfectly closed while trav-
elling for reasons of safety. Make sure
that the bonnet is perfectly closed
and that the lock is engaged.
If you
discover that the bonnet is not per-
fectly closed while travelling, stop im-
mediately and close the bonnet in the
correct manner.
WARNING
The bonnet may drop sud-
denly if the supporting rod is
not in correct position.
WARNING
Perform these operations
when the car is stationary
only.
WARNING
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DEVICES CORRECT USE
OF THE
CAR
MESSAGES
EMERGENCY
MAINTENANCE
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
AND CONTROLS
SAFETY LIGHTS AND
CAR
DASHBOARD
IN AN
TECHNICAL
WARNING
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LOADS FUSE AMPERES
Cigar lighter or socket
Boot lock actuator
Power window unit (driver’s side front window motor)
Power window unit (passenger’s side front window motor)
+15 control lighting: radio on steering wheel, control panel; power mirrors,
power window unit, alarm setup
+15 airbag node
+15 radio setup, Blu&Me setup
Power window unit, driver’s seat adjustment motor
Body computer and instrument panel node F44
F45
F47
F48
F49
F50
F51
F52
F5315
10
20
20
7.5
7.5
7.5
15
7.5
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CORRECT USE
OF THE CAR
AND CONTROLS
DEVICES
MAINTENANCE
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES IN AN
EMERGENCY
DASHBOARD
SAFETY
CAR
TECHNICAL
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TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
CAR
MAINTENANCE
CORRECT USE
OF THE CAR
DASHBOARD
SAFETY
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES IN AN
EMERGENCY INDEX
AND CONTROLS
DEVICES
Key with remote control .............. 8
Key without remote control ......... 10
Load limiters .................................... 80
Main beam headlights
- bulb replacement ........................ 122
- control ........................................... 51
- flashing ........................................... 51
Multi functional display ....................
21
Number plate light ......................... 125
Oddment compartments .............. 60
Paint ................................................... 155
Parking ................................................ 96
Performance ...................................... 170
Plates
- model plate ...................................
171
Pollen filter .........................................
149
Power steering fluid .........................149Power windows ................................ 65
Pretensioners .................................... 80
Prolonged car inactivity .................. 100
Protecting the environment ........... 76
Radio transmitters and cellular
telephones .................................... 74
Radio navigation presetting system.. 73
Rear ceiling lights
- bulb replacement ........................ 126
- control ........................................... 54
Rear door emergency
lock device .................................... 64
Rear fog lights
- bulb replacement ........................ 123
- control button ............................. 57
Rearview mirrors
- door mirrors ................................ 35
- driving mirror ...............................
36Refueling ............................................. 75
Rev. counter ....................................... 14
Reversing light ...................................
123
Rubber hoses .................................... 153
Safety ................................................. 77
Seat adjustment ................................ 32
Seat belts
- general instructions .................... 81
- load limiters ................................. 80
- maintenance ................................. 83
- using the seat belts .....................
78
Seats
- adjustment .................................... 32
- cleaning ......................................... 157
- tilting (rear seats) ........................ 68
Side lights
- control ...........................................
42
bulb replacement ........................... 121

Smart washing ................................... 53
Smoker’s kit ....................................... 62
Sound system .................................... 73
Spark plugs
- type ................................................ 162
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