2012 Lancia Thema weight

vice as long as you do not exceed the
GVWR and the front and rear GAWR.
The best way to figure out the total
weight of your vehicle is to weigh it
when it is fully loaded and ready for
operation. Weigh it on a commercial
scale to ensure that it is not over the
GVWR.
Figure out the weight on the front and
rear of the vehicle separately. It is
important that you distribute the load
evenly over the front and rear axles.
Overloading can cause potential
safety hazards and shorten useful ser-
vice life. Heavier axles or suspension
components do not necessarily in-
crease thevehicle's GVWR.
LOADING
To load your vehicle properly, first
figure out its empty weight, axle-by-
axle and side-by-side. Store heavier
items down low and be sure you dis-
tribute their weight as evenly as pos-
sible. Stow all loose items securely
before driving. If weighing the loaded
vehicle shows that you have exceeded
either GAWR, but the total load is
within the specified GVWR, you must redistribute the weight. Improper
weight distribution can have an ad-
verse effect on the way your vehicle
steers and handles and the way the
brakes operate.
NOTE:
 Refer to the “Vehicle Certifica-
tion Label” affixed to the rear of
the driver's door for your vehi-
cle's GVWR and GAWRs.
 Refer to the “Tire Placard” for your vehicle's proper tire pres-
sure.
TRAILER TOWING
In this section, you will find safety tips
and information on limits to the type
of towing you can reasonably do with
your vehicle. Before towing a trailer,
carefully review this information to
tow your load as efficiently and safely
as possible.
To maintain warranty coverage, fol-
low the requirements and recommen-
dations in this manual concerning ve-
hicles used for trailer towing. COMMON TOWING
DEFINITIONS
The following trailer towing related
definitions will assist you in under-
standing the following information:
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
(GVWR)
The GVWR is the total allowable
weight of your vehicle. This includes
driver, passengers, cargo, and tongue
weight. The total load must be limited
so that you do not exceed the GVWR.
Refer to “Vehicle Loading/Vehicle
Certification Label” in “Starting and
Operating” for further information.
Gross Trailer Weight (GTW)
The GTW is the weight of the trailer
plus the weight of all cargo, consum-
ables, and equipment (permanent or
temporary) loaded in or on the trailer
in its "loaded and ready for opera-
tion" condition.
The recommended way to measure
GTW is to put your fully loaded trailer
on a vehicle scale. The entire weight of
the trailer must be supported by the
scale.
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Gross Combination Weight Rating
(GCWR)
The GCWR is the total permissible
weight of your vehicle and trailer
when weighed in combination.
NOTE:
The GCWR rating includes a 68 kg
allowance for the presence of a
driver.
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR)
The GAWR is the maximum capacity
of the front and rear axles. Distribute
the load over the front and rear axles
evenly. Make sure that you do not
exceed either front or rear GAWR.
Refer to “Vehicle Loading/Vehicle
Certification Label” in “Starting and
Operating” for further information.WARNING!
It is important that you do not ex-
ceed the maximum front or rear
GAWR. A dangerous driving condi-
tion can result if either rating is ex-
ceeded. You could lose control of the
vehicle and have a collision.Tongue Weight (TW)
The tongue weight is the downward
force exerted on the hitch ball by the
trailer. In most cases, it should not be
more than 5% of the trailer load. You
must consider this as part of the load
on your vehicle.
Frontal Area
The frontal area is the maximum
height multiplied by the maximum
width of the front of a trailer.
Trailer Sway Control
The trailer sway control is a telescop-
ing link that can be installed between
the hitch receiver and the trailer
tongue that typically provides adjust-
able friction associated with the tele-
scoping motion to dampen any un-
wanted trailer swaying motions while
traveling.
Weight-Carrying Hitch
A weight-carrying hitch supports the
trailer tongue weight, just as if it were
luggage located at a hitch ball or some
other connecting point of the vehicle.
These kinds of hitches are the most
popular on the market today and they are commonly used to tow small- and
medium-sized trailers.
Weight-Distributing Hitch
A weight-distributing system works
by applying leverage through spring
(load) bars. They are typically used
for heavier loads to distribute trailer
tongue weight to the tow
vehicle's
front axle and the trailer axle(s).
When used in accordance with the
manufacturer's directions, it provides
for a more level ride, offering more
consistent steering and brake control
thereby enhancing towing safety. The
addition of a friction / hydraulic sway
control also dampens sway caused by
traffic and crosswinds and contrib-
utes positively to tow vehicle and
trailer stability. Trailer sway control
and a weight distributing (load equal-
izing) hitch are recommended for
heavier Tongue Weights (TW) and
may be required depending on vehicle
and trailer configuration / loading to
comply with Gross Axle Weight Rat-
ing (GAWR) requirements.
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WARNING!
 An improperly adjusted weightdistributing hitch system may re-
duce handling, stability, braking
performance, and could result in a
collision.
 Weight distributing systems may
not be compatible with surge
brake couplers. Consult with your
hitch and trailer manufacturer or
a reputable recreational vehicle
dealer for additional information.
BREAKAWAY CABLE
ATTACHMENT
European braking regulations for
braked trailers up to 3 500 kg require
trailers to be fitted with either a sec-
ondary coupling or breakaway cable.
The recommended location for at-
taching the normal trailer's break-
away cable is in the stamped slot lo-
cated on the sidewall of the hitch
receiver. With Attachment Point
 For detachable tow bar, pass the
cable through the attachment point
and clip it back onto itself.
 For fixed ball tow bar, attach the clip directly to the designated
point. This alternative must be spe-
cifically permitted by the trailer
manufacturer since the clip may
not be sufficiently strong for use in
the way. Without Attachment Points
 For detachable ball tow bar, you
must follow the recommended
manufacturer or supplier proce-
dure.
 For fixed ball tow bar, loop the cable around the neck of the tow
ball. If you fit the cable like this, use
a single loop only.
Detachable Ball Clip Loop Method
Fixed Ball Clip Loop Method
Detachable Ball Neck Loop Method
Fixed Ball Neck Loop Method
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TRAILER TOWING WEIGHTS (MAXIMUM TRAILER WEIGHT RATINGS)
The following chart provides the maximum trailer weight ratings towable for your given drivetrain.
Engine/TransmissionFrontal AreaMax. GTW
(Gross Trailer Wt.) Max. Tongue Wt.
(See Note)
3.6L Automatic 2.04 sq m1 725 kg 86 kg
3.0L Diesel Automatic 2.97 sq m1 996 kg 100 kg
Refer to local laws for maximum trailer towing speeds
NOTE: The trailer tongue weight must be considered as part of the combined weight of occupants and cargo,
and it should never exceed the weight referenced on the “Tire and Loading Information” placard. Refer to
“Tire Safety Information” in “Starting and Operating” for further information.
TRAILER AND TONGUE
WEIGHT
Always load a trailer with 60% to
65% of the weight in the front of the
trailer. This places 5% of the Gross
Trailer Weight (GTW) on the tow
hitch of your vehicle. Loads balanced
over the wheels or heavier in the rear
can cause the trailer to sway severely
side to side which will cause loss of
control of the vehicle and trailer. Fail-
ure to load trailers heavier in front is
the cause of many trailer collisions.
Never exceed the maximum tongue
weight stamped on your bumper or
trailer hitch. Consider the following items when
computing the weight on the rear axle
of the vehicle:
 The tongue weight of the trailer.
 The weight of any other type of
cargo or equipment put in or on
your vehicle.  The weight of the driver and all
passengers.
NOTE:
Remember that everything put into
or on the trailer adds to the load on
your vehicle. Also, additional
factory-installed options or
dealer-installed options must be
considered as part of the total load
on your vehicle. Refer to the “Tire
and Loading Information” placard
for the maximum combined weight
of occupants and cargo for your
vehicle.
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TOWING REQUIREMENTS
To promote proper break-in of your
new vehicle drivetrain components
the following guidelines are recom-
mended:CAUTION!
 Do not tow a trailer at all duringthe first 805 km the new vehicle is
driven. The engine, axle or other
parts could be damaged.
 Then, during the first 805 km that
a trailer is towed, do not drive
over 80 km/h and do not make
starts at full throttle. This helps
the engine and other parts of the
vehicle wear in at the heavier
loads.WARNING!
Improper towing can lead to an in-
jury collision. Follow these guide-
lines to make your trailer towing as
safe as possible:
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WARNING!(Continued)
 Make certain that the load is se-
cured in the trailer and it will not
shift during travel. When traile-
ring cargo that is not fully se-
cured, dynamic load shifts can oc-
cur that may be difficult for the
driver to control. You could lose
control of your vehicle and have a
collision.
 When hauling cargo or towing a
trailer, do not overload your ve-
hicle or trailer. Overloading can
cause a loss of control, poor per-
formance, or damage to brakes,
axle, engine, transmission, steer-
ing, suspension, chassis structure,
or tires.
 Safety chains must always be used
between your vehicle and trailer.
Always connect the chains to the
frame or hook retainers of the ve-
hicle hitch. Cross the chains under
the trailer tongue and allow
enough slack for turning corners.
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WARNING!(Continued)
 Vehicles with trailers should not
be parked on a grade. When park-
ing, apply the parking brake on
the tow vehicle. Put the tow ve-
hicle automatic transmission in
PARK. Always, block or "chock"
the trailer wheels.
 GCWR must not be exceeded.
 Total weight must be distrib-
uted between the tow vehicle
and the trailer such that the
following four ratings are not
exceeded:
1. Max loading as defined on the
“Tire and Loading Information”
placard.
2. GTW
3. GAWR
4. Tongue weight rating for the
trailer hitch utilized. (This require-
ment may limit the ability to always
achieve the 10% to 15% range of
tongue weight as a percentage of
total trailer weight.)
Towing Requirements – Tires
Do not attempt to tow a trailer while using a compact spare tire.
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEALING
WITH THE VEHICLE AT THE
END OF ITS LIFE
LANCIA has been committed for
many years to safeguarding the envi-
ronment through the constant im-
provement of its production processes
and manufacturing products that are
increasingly “eco-compatible”.
To give customers the best possible
service in terms of respecting environ-
mental laws and in response to Euro-
pean Directive 2000/53/EC govern-
ing vehicles at the end of their life,
LANCIA is offering its customers the
opportunity of handing over their ve-
hicle* 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 regis-
tered after 1st July 2002 were col-
lected free of charge, while since 2007
collection has been free of charge irre-spective 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 LANCIA-
authorized collection and scrapping
centres.
These centres have been carefully
chosen to offer high quality service for
the collection, treatment and recy-
cling of unused vehicles with respect
to the environment.
You can find further information on
these collection and scrapping centres
either from a LANCIA or LANCIA
Commercial Vehicle Dealership or by
calling the freephone number 00800
526242 00 or by going on the
LANCIA website.
(*) Vehicle for transporting passen-
gers with a maximum of nine seats
and a total permitted weight of 3.5 t
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Fog Lights, Rear . . . . . . . . . . 107
Folding Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . 101
Forward Collision
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,162
Freeing A Stuck Vehicle . . . . . 248
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,225Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Filler Door (Gas Cap) . . . . . 156
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Octane Rating . . . . . . . 223,284
Saver Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Tank Capacity . . . . . . . . . . 283
Fuel Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Fuel Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Gasoline (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Gasoline, Clean Air . . . . . . . . 224
Gauges Coolant Temperature . . . . . 159
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Gear Ranges . . . . . . . . . . 196,200
Gear Select Lever Override . . . 249
General Information . . . . 14,18,88
General Maintenance . . . . . . . 257
Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Gross Axle Weight Rating
. . 227,229
Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227,228
GVWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Hazard Driving Through Flowing,
Rising, or Shallow Standing
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . 240
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Head Rests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Headlight Washers . . . . . 112,263
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 281
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
High Beam/Low Beam Select
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . 107
On With Wipers . . . . . . 105,111
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Time Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
High Beam/Low Beam Select
(Dimmer) Switch . . . . . . . . . . 107
Hill Start Assist . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Holder, Coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Holder, Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ignition Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . 16
Immobilizer (Sentry Key) . . . . . 13
Infant Restraint . . . . . . . . . 42,45
Information Center, Vehicle . . 159
Instrument Cluster . . . . . 153,154
Instrument Panel and
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Instrument Panel Lens
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Integrated Power Module
(Fuses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Interior Appearance Care . . . . 272
Interior Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Intermittent Wipers (Delay
Wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Intervention Regeneration
Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
301

Tongue Weight/Trailer
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Behind a Motorhome . . . . . . 237
Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 251
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing Vehicle Behind a
Motorhome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . 209
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Cooling System Tips . . . . . . 236
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Minimum Requirements . . . 232
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Trailer and Tongue
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Trailer Towing Guide . . . . . . . 231
Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Transfer Case
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Automatic . . . . . . . 196,199,270
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Transmitter Battery Service
(Remote Keyless Entry) . . . . . . 17
Transmitter Programming
(Remote Keyless Entry) . . . . . . 16
Transmitter, Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transporting Pets . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . 217
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Trunk Lid (Deck Lid) . . . . . 24,25
Trunk Release Remote
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Trunk Release, Emergency . . . . 25
Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . 107,154
UCI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Universal Child Seat Position
Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Universal Consumer Interface
(UCI) Connector . . . . . . . . . . 178
Untwisting Procedure, Seat
Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Vanity Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Vehicle Certification Label . . . 227
Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Loading . . . . . . . 227,228 Vehicle Modifications/
Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . 185,279
Wait to Start Light . . . . . . . . . 162
Warning Flasher, Hazard . . . . 240
Warning Lights (Instrument
Cluster Description) . . . . . . . . 154
Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . 7
Washer
Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Washers, Headlight . . . . . . . . 112
Washers, Windshield . . . . 111,263
Washing Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 271
Water Driving Through . . . . . . . . 204
Wheel and Wheel Trim . . . . . . 272
Wheel and Wheel Trim Care . . 272
Wind Buffeting . . . . . . 24,137,139
Window Fogging . . . . . . . . . . 185
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Windshield Defroster . . . . . . . . 52
Windshield Washers . . . . . 110,111
Windshield Wiper Blades . . . . 263
Windshield Wipers . . . . . . . . . 110
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 263
Wipers, Intermittent . . . . . . . . 110
Wipers, Rain Sensitive . . . . . . 111
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