2012 FIAT FREEMONT service

ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEALING WITH THE VEHICLE AT THE END OF ITS LIFE
FIAT has been committed for many years to safeguarding the environment through the constant improvement of its
production processes and manufacturing products that are increasingly “eco-compatible”.
To give customers the best possible service in terms of respecting environmental laws and in response to European
Directive 2000/53/EC governing vehicles at the end of their life, FIAT is offering its customers the opportunity of handing
over their vehicle* at the end of its life without incurring any additional costs.
The European Directive sets out that when the vehicle is handed over the last keeper or owner should not incur any
expenses as a result of it having a zero or negative market value.
In all European Union countries, until 1st January 2007, only vehicles registered after 1st July 2002 were collected free of
charge, while since 2007 collection has been free of charge irrespective of the year of registration as long as the vehicle
contains its basic components (in particular, the engine and bodywork) and has no additional waste.
To hand your vehicle over at the end of its life without extra cost, go to one of our Dealerships or FIAT-authorized
collection and scrapping centres.
These centres have been carefully chosen to offer high quality service for the collection, treatment and recycling of unused
vehicles with respect to the environment.
You can find further information on these collection and scrapping centres either from a FIAT or FIAT Commercial Vehicle
Dealership or by calling the freephone number 00800 3428 0000 or by going on the FIAT website.
(*) Vehicle for transporting passengers with a maximum of nine seats and a total permitted weight of 3.5 t304

Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,192
Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Flooded, Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,301,302
Oil Change Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,273
Oil Filler Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,273
Oil Filter Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Oil Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Engine Oil Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine Oil Viscosity Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Enhanced Accident Response Feature . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Entry System, Illuminated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,192,279
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,279
Exterior Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Light Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Exterior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,249
Fabric Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Filler Location Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Filters Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,276
Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Engine Oil Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Flash-To-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Flashers Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,194,226
Flooded Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Fluid Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Fluid Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fluid Level Checks Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,303
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,273
Manual Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,303
Fluid, Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fluids, Lubricants and Genuine Parts . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fog Light Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,250
Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,226,249,250
Fog Lights, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,250
Folding Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,54
Freeing A Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,300 Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,302
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Filler Cap (Gas Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,225
Intensity Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Low Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,21
Low Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . 225
Map Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Parade Mode (Daytime Brightness) . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Rear Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,250
Rear Servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,251
Rear Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248,249
Service Engine Soon (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . 225
Side Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Side Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . 123,227
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,194,226,249,251
Vanity Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Warning (Instrument Cluster Description) . . . . . . 225
Load Floor, Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Auto Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Child Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Low Tire Pressure System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren
(LATCH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,177
Lubrication, Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Luggage Rack (Roof Rack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Maintenance Free Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Maintenance, General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Maintenance, Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Malfunction Indicator Light (Check Engine) . . . . . . . 225
Manual Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,286 Downshifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,287
Frequency of Fluid Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,287
Lubricant Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,287
Map/Reading Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Marker Lights, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Master Cylinder (Brakes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Methanol Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Mini-Trip Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,84 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electric Powered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electric Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Sentry Key Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sentry Key Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Service Engine Soon Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . 225
Shoulder Belt Upper Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Side Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Side Repeater Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Side View Mirror Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Signals, Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,194,226,251
Slippery Surfaces, Driving On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Sound Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Sound Systems (Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,294,295
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
SpecificationsFuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Speed Control (Cruise Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Cold Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engine Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starting and Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting Procedures (Diesel Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Steering Column Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,122
Tilt Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Wheel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Wheel, Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Steering Wheel Audio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Steering Wheel Mounted Sound System Controls . . . 137
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,212
Storage, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Stuck, Freeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Sun Visor Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sunglasses Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sunroof Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Supplemental Restraint System - Airbag . . . . . . . . . 181
Sway Control, Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
System, Navigation (Uconnect™ gps) . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Telescoping Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Temperature Control, Automatic (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 65
Temperature Gauge, Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tether Anchor, Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Theft System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tie Down Hooks, Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tilt Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Time Delay, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
TIREFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,291
Aging (Life of Tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Inflation Pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
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Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
To Open Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tongue Weight/Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Towing Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Cooling System Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Trailer and Tongue Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Trailer Towing Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Transaxle Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,286
Selection of Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,303
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Transmitter Battery Service (Remote Keyless Entry) . . 13
Transmitter Programming (Remote Keyless Entry) . . . 12
Transmitter, Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) . . . . . . . . . 12
Transporting Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Turbo Cool Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,226,251
UCI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Underhood Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Universal Consumer Interface (UCI) Connector . . . . 154
Unleaded Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Untwisting Procedure, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Upholstery Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vanity Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicle Modifications/Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,212
Vehicle Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Viscosity, Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Warning Flasher, Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Warning Lights (Instrument Cluster Description) . . . 225
Washer Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Washers, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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KNOWING
YOURVEHICLE SAFETY
STARTING ANDDRIVING
WARNING LIGHTSAND
MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
SERVICING AND
CARETECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONSCONTENTS

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