2012 FIAT FREEMONT airbag

WARNING!
 Child Restraint Anchorages are de-
signed to withstand only those loads im-
posed by correctly-fitted child restraints. Under
no circumstances are they to be used for adult
seat belts, harnesses or for attaching other items
or equipment to the vehicle.
 An incorrectly anchored tether strap could lead
to increased head motion and possible injury to
the child. Use only the anchor positions directly
behind the child seat to secure a child restraint
top tether strap. SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM
(SRS) — AIR BAGS
This vehicle has Advanced Front Air Bags for both the
driver and front passenger as a supplement to the seat
belt restraint systems. The driver's Advanced Front Air
Bag is mounted in the center of the steering wheel. The
passenger's Advanced Front Air Bag is mounted in the
instrument panel, above the glove compartment. The
words SRS AIRBAG are embossed on the air bag
covers. (fig. 138)
NOTE:
These air bags are certified to the new
regulations for Advanced Air Bags.
(fig. 137) Seat Track Release Lever
(fig. 138)Advanced Front Air Bag And Knee Bolster Locations
1 — Driver And Passenger Advanced Front Air Bags
2 — Knee Bolsters (for versions/markets, where
provided)
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The Advanced Front Air Bags have a multistage inflator
design. This allows the air bag to have different rates of
inflation based on the severity and type of collision.
This vehicle may be equipped with a driver and/or front
passenger seat belt buckle switch that detects whether
the driver or front passenger seat belt is fastened. The
seat belt buckle switch may adjust the inflation rate of
the Advanced Front Air Bags.
This vehicle is equipped with Supplemental Side Air Bag
Inflatable Curtains (SABIC) to protect the driver, front,
and rear passengers sitting next to a window. The
SABIC air bags are located above the side windows and
their covers are also labeled: SRS AIRBAG.
This vehicle is equipped with Supplemental Seat-
Mounted Side Air Bags (SAB). The SABs are marked
with an air bag label sewn into the outboard side of the
front seats.
NOTE:
• Air Bag covers may not be obvious in the interior
trim, but they will open during air bag deployment.
• After any accident, the vehicle should be taken to an
authorized dealer immediately.
Air Bag System Components
Your vehicle may be equipped with the following air bag
system components:
• Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC)
• Air Bag Warning Light• Steering Wheel and Column
• Instrument Panel
• Knee Impact Bolster (for versions/markets, where
provided)
• Driver Advanced Front Air Bag
• Passenger Advanced Front Air Bag
• Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags (SAB)
• Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtains (SABIC)
• Front and Side Impact Sensors
• Front Seat Belt Pretensioners, Seat Belt Buckle Switch
ADVANCED FRONT AIR BAG FEATURES
The Advanced Front Air Bag system has multistage
driver and front passenger air bags. This system pro-
vides output appropriate to the severity and type of
collision as determined by the Occupant Restraint
Controller (ORC), which may receive information
from the front impact sensors.
The first stage inflator is triggered immediately during
an impact that requires air bag deployment. This low
output is used in less severe collisions. A higher energy
output is used for more severe collisions.
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CONTENTS
About Your Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,200
ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System) . . . . . . . . . . 113,114,229
Adding Engine Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . 281,282
Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Adding Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Additives, Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Air Cleaner, Engine (Engine Air Cleaner Filter) . . . . . 274
Air Conditioner Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Air Conditioning Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,276
Air Conditioning Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Air Conditioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,275
Air Conditioning, Operating Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Air Conditioning, Rear Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Air Pressure, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227,292
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,188
Airbag Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Airbag Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,190,193,225
Airbag Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Airbag, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183,186,188
Airbag, Window (Side Curtain) . . . . . . . . . 184,186,188
Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,230
Alarm System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,16
All Wheel Drive (AWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Alterations/Modifications, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,114
Anti-Lock Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,115,229
Anti-Theft Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . . . . . . . . 15
Anti-Theft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . 281,282,301 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Arming Theft System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Auto Down Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Auto Unlock, Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic Dimming Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic Oil Change Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Automatic Temperature Control (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 65
Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Fluid and Filter Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Selection Of Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Special Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Fluid Level Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Auxiliary Electrical Outlet (Power Outlet) . . . . . . . . 89
Auxiliary Power Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Back-Up Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Keyless Transmitter Replacement (RKE) . . . . . . . . 13
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,193
Body Mechanism Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Booster Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Brake Control System, Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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Instrument Panel and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Instrument Panel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Instrument Panel Lens Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Interior Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Interior Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Intermittent Wipers (Delay Wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Intervention Regeneration Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jack Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Jack Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,236
Jacking Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Key-In Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Key, Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Key, Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Key, Sentry (Immobilizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Keyless Enter-N-Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,196
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Keyless Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Knee Bolster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lane Change and Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lane Change Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lap/Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tether for
CHildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,177
Latch Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Lead Free Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Leveling, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Liftgate Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,248
Light Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,194,249
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,190,193,225
Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Anti-Lock Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Back-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Courtesy/Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Daytime Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Dimmer Switch, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) Indicator . . . . . 119
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,226,249
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Headlight Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Headlight Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,249
Headlights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Headlights On With Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
High Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,226,249
High Beam Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
High Beam/Low Beam Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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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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