2015 Lancia Delta Owner handbook (in English)

KNOWING YOUR CAR55
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HEAD RESTRAINTS
Head restraints are height adju stable; operate a s follows .
❍ Upwards adjustment: lift the head res traint until it
locks .
❍ Downward adjus tment, press the button A and lower
the head res traint.
fig. 24L0E0011m
To extract the rear head re straints press button s B and C
at the s ide of the two supports s imultaneous ly and lift them
out upward s.
IMPORTANT When the rear s eats are in us e, the head
re straints must always be in the pos ition of use.
All adjustments must be carried out only with
the vehicle stationary and engine off. Head
restraints must be adjusted so that the head,
rather than the neck, rests on them. Only in this case
can they protect your head correctly. To make the
best use of the head restraint’s protective action, ad-
just the backrest so that your torso is upright and
keep your head as close as possible to the head re-
straint.
REAR HEAD RES TRAINTS fig. 24
(for vers ions/markets , where provided)
Depending on the vers ions, rear head res traints can be
“fixed” or height-adju stable ty pe.
Height-adjustable head restraint:
❍ Upwards adjustment: press button B and lift the head
re straint until it locks .
❍ Downward adjus tment, press button B and lower the
head res traint.
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56KNOWING YOUR CAR
STEERING WHEEL
It can be adjusted vertically (and axially).
To adjust the steering wheel, move the lever fig. 25 up-
wards to pos ition 1. Adjus t the steering wheel into the mos t
s uitable pos ition and lock it in this position by moving the
lever to po sition 2.
REAR VIEW MIRRORS
INTERNAL REAR VIEW MIRROR fig . 26
The mirror is fitted with a s afety device that caus es its
releas e in the event of a violent impact with the passen-
ger.
Lever A can be us ed to move the mirror to two different
pos itions : normal or antiglare.
INTERNAL ELEC TROCHROMIC REAR VIEW
MIRROR (for versions/markets , where provided)
S ome vers ions have an electrochromic mirror with auto-
matic antiglare function.
When revers e gear is engaged, the mirror i s automatical-
l y s et for day time use.
Any adjustments must be carried out only
with the car stationary and engine off.
fig. 26L0E0013mfig. 25L0E0012m
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KNOWING YOUR CAR57
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DOOR MIRRORS
Mirror electric folding fig. 27
(for vers ions/markets , where provided)
Proceed as follows to adjus t the position of the door mir-
ror s:
❍ select the mirror us ing selector B;
❍ adjus t the mirror u sing the control s A, in all four di-
rections . Mirror manual foldin
g fig . 28
When required (for example when the mirror cau se s dif-
ficulty in narrow s paces) it is possible to fold the mirror
b y moving it from pos ition 1 (open), to pos ition 2
(clos ed).
On some vers ions the door mirrors can be folded back elec-
trically by operating a dedicated control.
fig. 27L0E0014mfig. 28L0E0015m
When driving, the mirrors should always be
in position 1. As the door mirrors are curved,
they may slightly alter the perception of dis-
tance.
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58KNOWING YOUR CAR
CLIMATE COMFORT
DIFFUSERS fig. 29
1. Diffus ers for winds creen defros ting or demis ting – 2. Centre directable and adju stable diffus ers – 3. S ide directable
and adjus table diffus ers – 4. Fixed diffu sers for side windows – 5. Lower diffu sers – 6. Rear directable and adju stable vent
(for vers ions/markets , where provided).
L0E0016mfig. 29
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KNOWING YOUR CAR59
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MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM
L0E0017mfig. 30
CONTROLS fig. 30
A. Air temperature knob (red = hot/blue = cold)
B. Fan speed knob.
C. Air dis tribution knob
μ toward the bod y and the s ide windows
∑ toward the body , the side windows and the feet ∂
toward the feet only
∏ toward the feet and the wind screen
- toward the wind shield only .
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60KNOWING YOUR CAR
IMPORTANT It is advisable to activate air recirculation
in queues or in tunnels to prevent the introduction of pol-
luted air. However, it is better not to use the function for
long periods , particularly if there are many people on
board, to prevent the window s from mis ting.
D. Air recirculation on/off button (LED lit up when function i s on).
E Manual climate control compre ssor on/off button (LED
lit up when function is on).
F Heated rear window activation/deactivation button. When the function is active, an LED on the button i s
lit up. In order to maintain batter y efficiency , the func-
tion is automaticall y deactivated after about 20 min-
utes . FA
ST WINDSCREEN AND FRONT S IDE
WINDOW DEMIS TING/DEFROSTING (MAX-DEF)
Proceed as follows:
❍ turn knob A to the red section;
❍ turn knob C to
Ú;
❍ turn knob D to -;
❍ turn knob B to 4 -(maximum fan s peed).
IMPORTANT The climate control system is very useful
for fas t demis ting becaus e it dries the air. Adjus t the con-
trols a s described above and press knob B to switch the
climate control system on: the LED on the knob will light
up.
S Y STEM SERVIC ING
In winter, the climate control system must be turned on at
leas t once a month for about 10 minute s. Have the sys-
tem ins pected at a Lancia Dealer ship before the s ummer.
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KNOWING YOUR CAR61
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DUAL-ZONE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM
(for versions/markets , where provided)
L0E0018mfig. 31
The vehicle may be equipped with a dual zone automatic
climate control system, fig. 31, which regulates the pas-
s enger side air temperature separately from the driver’ s
s ide. The
system is equipped with an AQS (Air Quality
System) (for vers ions/markets , where provided) function,
which automaticall y s witches on the air recirculation sys-
tem if the outs ide air is polluted (e.g. in traffic queues and
tunnels ).
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62KNOWING YOUR CAR
SWITC HING ON THE C LIMATE
C ONTROL SY STEM
The system can be activated b y pressing any of the but-
tons ; it is , however, advi sable to s et the des ired tempera-
tures on the dis play, then press the AUTO button.
The climate control system allows y ou to cus tomise the
temperatures requested (driver s ide and passenger side)
with a maximum difference of 7°C.
The climate control system compressor only works with
the engine running and with an outs ide temperature above
4°C.
It is advisable not to use the internal air re-
circulation function when the outside tem-
perature is low to prevent the windows from
rapidly misting up.
Automatic climate control operation
(AUTO function) A - fi g. 31
Press the AUTO button; the system will automatically ad-
jus t:
❍ the amount of air introduced into the pa ssenger com-
partment;
❍ the dis tribution of air ins ide the passenger compart-
ment;
cancelling an y previous manual s ettings.
During climate control system automatic operation, the
words FULL AUTO appear on the di splay .
During automatic operation it is s till possible to adju st the
temperatures set and carry out one of the following op-
erations manually :
❍ adjus t fan s peed;
❍ select air dis tribution;
❍ switch internal air recirculation and AQS function
on/off (for ver sions /markets , where provided);
❍ switch on the climate control system compressor.
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