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DOORS
Central door locking/unlocking system
Locking from the outside
With the doors closed, press button Áon the remote con-
trol fig. 85 or insert the key in the driver-side door and
turn clockwise fig. 86. The locking of the doors is signalled
by the LED on button A-fig. 87 flashing once. The doors
can be locked only if they are all shut. If one or more doors
are open after pressing button Áon the remote control
fig. 85, the direction indicators and the LED on the button
A-fig. 87 flash quickly for approximately 3 seconds.
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F0U0078mfig. 85
If one or more doors are open turning the key, only the
button LED flashes. If the doors are closed but the boot
is open, the doors are locked: the direction indicators (on-
ly when locking is carried out using button Áfig. 85) and
the LED on button A-fig. 87 flash quickly for approximately
3 seconds.
With this function on, you can still unlock the other doors
by pressing button A-fig. 87 on the central control panel.
Double-tapping button Áon the remote control fig. 85 ac-
tivates the dead lock device (see “Dead lock”).
Door unlocking from the outside
Briefly press button Ëfig. 85 to unlock the doors re-
motely, turn on the ceiling lights for a limited period and
double flash the direction indicators, or insert the key
into the driver’s door lock and turn it anti-clockwise as
shown in fig. 86.
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F0U0005mfig. 87F0U0079mfig. 86
Door locking/unlocking from the inside
Press button A-fig. 87 to lock/unlock all doors. The but-
ton has an LED that indicates whether the doors are
locked or unlocked. When the doors are locked, the LED
is on and pressing the button brings about central unlocking
of all the doors and turns off the LED. When the doors
are unlocked, the LED is off and pressing the button brings
about central locking of all the doors. The doors will be
locked only if all the doors are properly shut.
For versions/markets where provided, when the exterior
lights are on, the interior door handle is lit up by an LED.After locking doors by:
❒remote control;
❒door catch;
it will not be possible to unlock them by pressing button
A-fig. 87 on the dashboard.
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IMPORTANT With central locking on, pulling the internal
handle of one of the front doors will unlock that door.
Individual doors can be unlocked by pulling the internal
handle of one of the rear doors.
If a power supply is not present (blown fuse, battery dis-
connected, etc.) it is, however, possible to lock the doors
manually.
After exceeding 20 km/h, all the doors will be locked au-
tomatically if the setup menu function has been selected
(see “Multifunction display” paragraph in this section).
DEAD LOCK
(for versions/markets where provided)
This safety device inhibits the operation of:
❒interior handles;
❒locking/unlocking button A-fig. 87;
thereby preventing the opening of the doors from inside
the passenger compartment if there has been a break-in
attempt (e.g. a window has been broken).
The dead lock device therefore offers the best possible
protection against break-in attempts. We recommend en-
gaging it whenever the vehicle is parked and left unat-
tended.
Once the dead lock system is engaged, it
is impossible to open the doors from inside
the vehicle. Before getting out of the car, please
therefore check that there is no-one left inside.
If the remote control battery is flat, the system
can be disengaged only by inserting the key in ei-
ther of the door locks as described previously: in
this case the device remains active only for the
rear doors.
WARNING
Device activation
The dead lock device is automatically activated on every
door when you double-tap button Áon the remote con-
trol fig. 85.
Device activation is indicated by 3 flashes of the direction
indicators and the flashing of the LED on button A-fig. 87
on the dashboard.
If one or more of the doors is not closed correctly, the
dead lock device will not activate, thus preventing a per-
son from getting stuck inside the passenger compartment
by entering the car through, and then closing, the open
door.
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F0U0082mfig. 90F0U0083mfig. 91
Continuous automatic operation
Versions with 2 electric windows (at the front) are
equipped with automatic window opening.
Versions with 4 electric windows (front and rear) are fit-
ted with automatic window opening/closing on all doors.
Keep one of the buttons pressed for longer than
half a secondto activate the automatic continuous op-
eration of the window. The window will stop when it is
fully opened or closed, or when the button is pressed again.
Versions with 4 electric windows (front and rear) are fit-
ted with an anti-crushing safety device to detect the pres-
ence of an obstacle when the window is being closed. If an
obstacle is detected, the safety system will stop the clos-
ing process and, according to window position, reverse
the movement of the glass.ELECTRIC WINDOW
OPENING
The driver’s door armrest features two fig. 91 or (for ver-
sions/markets where provided) five fig. 90 switches that,
with the key turned to MAR, can be used:
A to open/close the left front window;
B to open/close the right front window;
C to open/close the left rear window (for versions/
markets where provided)
D to open/close the right rear window (for versions/
markets where provided)
E to disable the controls located on the rear doors (for
versions/markets where provided).
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F0U0084mfig. 92
Front passenger-side and rear doors
(for versions/markets where provided)
The front passenger door armrest and rear door armrests
feature switches A-fig. 92 for controlling the correspond-
ing window.
Press button A-fig. 93 to disable the controls located on
the rear doors (for versions/markets where provided). IMPORTANT In the event that the anti-crushing function
is activated 5 times in only 1 minute, the system will au-
tomatically enter the “recovery” mode (self-protection).
This condition is apparent from the window closing in
stages.
On such occasions, it is necessary to carry out the system
restore procedure, acting as follows:
❒open the windows;
or
❒turn the ignition key to STOP and then to MAR.
If no malfunction is present, the window returns to its nor-
mal operation automatically.
IMPORTANT With the ignition key at STOP or removed,
the windows remain activated for about 2 minutes and are
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The system conforms to the 2000/4/EC
standard concerning the safety of passen-
gers leaning out of the passenger compartment.
WARNING
IMPORTANTOn some versions, pressing the remote con-
trol button Ëfor over 2 seconds will open the windows,
whereas pressing the remote control button Áfor over
2 seconds will close them.
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F0U0088mfig. 95
F0U0087mfig. 96F0U0273mfig. 97
When you open the boot using the remote control, the
direction indicators will flash twice.
OPEN VIA DASHBOARD CONTROL
(for versions/markets where provided)
On some versions, you can unlock the boot using the dash-
board button A-fig. 97 BOOT
OPENING THE BOOT
The boot can be opened by pressing button A-fig. 95.
It can also be opened by pressing button Ron the re-
mote control fig. 96.
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F0U0105mfig. 113
Headlight alignment adjustment fig. 113
To adjust, press buttons Òand on the control panel.
The display located on the instrument panel provides the
visual indication of the positions during the adjustment op-
eration.
Position 0 – one or two people in the front seats.
Position 1 – five people.
Position 2 – five people + load in the boot.
Position 3 – driver + maximum permitted load stowed in
the boot.
IMPORTANT Check the beam alignment every time the
load transported changes.
FRONT FOG LIGHTS ALIGNMENT
(for versions/markets where provided)
Contact a Fiat Dealership to have the direction checked
and, if necessary, adjusted.HEADLIGHTS
LIGHT BEAM DIRECTION
The correct direction of the headlights is essential for the
comfort and safety of the driver and other road users. The
headlights must be correctly directed to ensure the best
visibility. Contact a Fiat Dealership to have the direction
checked and, if necessary, adjusted.
HEADLIGHT ALIGNMENT CORRECTOR
This device works with the key in the MAR position and
the dipped headlights on. The car will tilt backwards when
it is loaded, raising the light beam. The beams must there-
fore be aimed again in this case.
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SYSTEM ACTIVATION
The ESP system comes on automatically when the vehi-
cle is started and cannot be turned off.
FAILURE INDICATIONS
In the event of a failure, the ESP will be automatically
switched off and the áwarning light will come on per-
manently on the instrument panel along with a message on
the multifunction display (for versions/markets where pro-
vided) (see “Warning lights and messages” section). The
LED on the ASR OFF button will also light up. Contact a
Fiat Dealership as soon as possible if this happens.ESP SYSTEM
(Electronic Stability Program)
(for versions/markets where provided)
This is an electronic system that controls car stability in
the event of tyre grip loss, helping to maintain direction-
al control.
The ESP system is therefore particularly useful when the
grip conditions of road surfaces change.
The MSR system (adjustment of the engine braking torque
during gear changes) and the HBA system (automatic in-
crease in the braking pressure during emergency brak-
ing) are present with ESP, ASR and Hill Holder systems
(for versions/markets where provided).
SYSTEM INTERVENTION
This is signalled by warning light áflashing on the instru-
ment panel to inform the driver that the car is experiencing
critical stability and grip conditions.
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