2018 Abarth 500 lights

KNOWING YOUR CAR
In-depth knowledge of your new vehicle
starts here.
The handbook that you are reading
simply and directly explains how it
is made and how it works.
That’s why we advise you to read it
seated comfortably on board, so that
you can see what is described here for
yourself.INSTRUMENT PANEL ..................... 10
KEYS .............................................. 11
IGNITION DEVICE ........................... 12
FIAT CODE SYSTEM ....................... 13
DOORS ........................................... 14
SEATS ............................................ 15
HEADRESTS ................................... 18
STEERING WHEEL ......................... 18
REAR VIEW MIRRORS .................... 19
EXTERIOR LIGHTS ......................... 20
ROOF LIGHTS ................................ 22
WINDOW WASHING ....................... 23
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL
SYSTEM ......................................... 25
AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL
SYSTEM ......................................... 27
WINDOW WINDERS ....................... 29
ELECTRIC SUNROOF ..................... 29
SOFT TOP ...................................... 31
ENGINE BONNET ........................... 35
LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT ........... 36
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INSTRUMENT PANEL
1. Adjustable air vents 2. Fixed air vents 3. Left stalk: direction indicators, dipped beam headlights, main beam headlights, Lane change function
4. Turbo pressure gauge, “SPORT” display 5. Instrument panel 6. Right stalk: windscreen washer/wiper, rear window washer/wiper 7.Uconnect™
multimedia system 8. “SPORT” mode, emergency lights, front/rear fog lights 9. Front passenger side airbag 10. Glove compartment 11. Climate
control system buttons 12. Electric windows 13. Storage compartment 14. Transmission 15. Front driver side airbag 16.Uconnect™system
steering wheel controls
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KEYS
1)
1)
MECHANICAL KEY
The metal insert 1 fig. 2 operates:
the ignition switch;
the door and tailgate locks (where
provided);
the locking/unlocking of the fuel cap.
KEY WITH REMOTE
CONTROL
The metal insert 1 fig. 3 operates:
the ignition switch;
the door lock;
the locking/unlocking of the fuel cap.
Press button 2 to open the metal
insert.Press button 2 to manually reclose the
metal insert.
2)
OPERATION
Door and tailgate lock release
Briefly press the
button: unlocking of
doors and boot, timed switching-on
of ceiling lights and double flashing of
direction indicators (where provided).
The doors are unlocked automatically if
the fuel cut-off system intervenes.
Door and tailgate lock
Briefly press the
button: locking of
doors and boot with ceiling lights off
and single flash of direction indicators
(where provided).If one or more door are open, the doors
will not be locked. This situation is
indicated by a rapid flashing of
the direction indicators (where
provided). The doors will be locked if
the tailgate is open however.
When a speed of over 20 km/h is
reached, the doors will be automatically
locked if the specific function was set
(where provided) with the Setup menu.
Opening the luggage compartment
Press the
button to open the
boot remotely. The direction indicators
will flash twice to indicate that the
boot has been opened.
REQUESTING
ADDITIONAL REMOTE
CONTROLS
The system can recognise up to 8 keys
with incorporated remote control.
Should a new remote control be
necessary, contact an Abarth
Dealership and be ready to present the
CODE Card (where provided), a
personal identity document and the
car's ownership documents.
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WARNING
14)When driving, these mirrors must
always be in the open position.
15)As door mirrors are curved, they may
slightly alter the perception of distance.
EXTERIOR LIGHTS
DAYTIME RUNNING
LIGHTS (DRL) "Daytime
Running Lights"
(where provided)
With the ignition key at MAR and ring
nut fig. 21 turned to
, the daytime
running lights switch on. The other
lights and interior lighting stay off.
16) 17)
DIPPED HEADLIGHTS/
SIDE LIGHTS
With the ignition key turned to
MAR-ON, turn the ring nut to
fig.
21. If dipped headlights are activated,
the daytime running lights switch off
and the side lights and dipped
headlights switch on.The
warning light switches on in
the instrument panel.
When the ignition key is turned to
STOP or removed and the ring nut is
turned fromOto
, all the side lights
and the number plate lights come on.
MAIN BEAM HEADLIGHTS
To activate the main beam headlights,
with the ring nut at
, pull the stalk
towards the steering wheel beyond the
end of travel position.
The
warning light switches on in
the instrument panel.
When the stalk is pulled towards the
steering wheel again, beyond the end
of travel position, the main beam
headlights deactivate, the dipped
headlights reactivate and the
warning light switches off.
Flashing
To do this, pull the stalk towards the
steering wheel (unstable position)
fig. 21, regardless of the position of the
ring nut.
The
warning light switches on in
the instrument panel.
A
B
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B
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DIRECTION INDICATORS
Bring the stalk to the (stable) position:
up (position A) fig. 21: activates
the right direction indicator;
down (position B): activates the left
direction indicator.
The
orwarning light will blink on
the instrument panel. The direction
indicators are switched off automatically
when the steering wheel is
straightened.
“FOLLOW ME HOME”
DEVICE
This allows the space surrounding the
vehicle to be lit up for a certain period
of time.
Activation
With the ignition key in the STOP
position or extracted, pull the lever
towards the steering wheel and move it
within 2 minutes of the engine switching
off.
Each time the stalk is moved, the lights
stay on for an extra 30 seconds up to
a maximum of 210 seconds; then
the lights are switched off automatically.
The display shows the time for which
the functions remains active.The
warning light on the
instrument panel switches on when the
stalk is pulled for the first time and
stays lit until the function switches off
automatically.
Deactivation
The function is deactivated by turning
the headlights or the side lights on,
or by pulling the left lever towards the
steering wheel (unstable position)
for more than 2 seconds, or by turning
the ignition device to MAR:
FRONT FOG
LIGHTS/REAR FOG
LIGHTS
(where provided)
The fog lights can be activated only
when the dipped beam headlights are
on.
To turn on the front/rear fog lights, use
button 1 fig. 22 as follows:First pressing: front fog lights on;
second press: rear fog lights on;
third pressing: front/rear fog lights
off
With front fog lights on, the
warning
light on the instrument panel will come
on at the same time.
With rear fog lights on, the
warning
light on the instrument panel will come
on at the same time.
REAR FOG LIGHTS
When the dipped beam headlights are
on, these can be activated by pressing
button 2
fig. 22.
With the lights on, the warning light
in the instrument panel switches on.
Press the button again to switch the
lights off.
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HEADLAMP ALIGNMENT
CORRECTOR
With the ignition key in the MAR
position and the dipped headlights on,
press the+or–fig. 23 buttons to
adjust the headlight alignment.
The adjustment positions are shown on
the display.
Position 0 - one or two people in the
front seats.
Position1-4passengers.
Position2-4passengers + load in the
luggage compartment.
Position 3 - driver + maximum
permitted load stowed in the luggage
compartment.
IMPORTANT Gas discharge headlights
(Xenon headlights) are automatically
adjusted. Headlight alignment
adjustment is electronic and therefore
cannot be manually adjusted using
the+and–buttons.
WARNING
16)The daytime running lights are an
alternative to the dipped beam headlights
for driving during the daytime in countries
where it is compulsory to have lights on
during the day; where it is not compulsory,
the use of daytime running lights is
permitted.
17)Daytime running lights cannot replace
dipped beam headlights when driving at
night or through tunnels. The use of
daytime running lights is governed by the
highway code of the country in which
you are driving. Comply with legal
requirements.
ROOF LIGHTS
FRONT CEILING LIGHT
The lens fig. 24 can be set to three
positions:
right side pressed: light always on;
left side pressed: light always off;
central position (neutral): the light
switches on and off when the doors are
opened or closed.
IMPORTANT Before getting out of the
car, make sure that the switch is in
the central position: ensure that lights
are off with doors closed in order to
avoid running the battery down.
On some versions, the lights switch on
and off only when the front driver side
door is opened or closed.
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When the doors are released using the
key with remote control, a timer will
be activated for about 10 seconds.
When the doors are locked using the
key with remote control, the roof light
switches off.
Roof light timing (lens central
position)
The ceiling light automatically turns on
in the following cases: on opening
the door, on removing the key from the
ignition switch and on unlocking the
doors.
The ceiling light turns off 10 seconds
after closing all the doors and on
locking the doors. The interior lights are
switched off in any case after 15
minutes to preserve battery charge.WINDOW WASHING
The right stalk controls screen
wiper/washer operation.
This operates only with the ignition key
turned to MAR.
SCREEN WIPER/WASHER
Operation
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4) 5)
The lever has five different positions (4
speed levels) fig. 25:
A: windscreen wiper stopped.
B: intermittent operation.
C: continuous slow operation.
D: continuous fast operation.
E: temporary fast operation
(unstable position).The temporary fast function lasts as
long as you manually keep the stalk in
that position. The lever returns to
position A when it is released,
automatically stopping the windscreen
wipers.
“Smart washing” function
Pull the stalk towards the steering
wheel (unstable position) to operate the
windscreen washer.
Keep the lever pulled to activate both
the windscreen washer jet and the
windscreen wiper with a single
movement; the latter turns on
automatically if you keep the lever
pulled for more than half a second.
The operation of the windscreen wiper
terminates several strokes after the
stalk is released; a final cleaning stroke
several seconds later completes the
wiping operation.
REAR WINDOW
WIPER/WASHER
Operation
6)
This operates only with the ignition key
turned to MAR.
Turn the knurled ring to
to operate
the rear window wiper.
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KNOWING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL
This section of the handbook gives you
all the information you need to
understand, interpret and use the
instrument panel correctly.CONTROL PANEL AND
ON-BOARD INSTRUMENTS ........... 39
MENU OPTIONS ............................. 41
TRIP COMPUTER ........................... 42
WARNING LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES .................................... 45
-SEAT BELTS REMINDER.................... 45
-EBD FAILURE .................................... 45
-AIR BAG FAILURE .............................. 46
-LOW BRAKE FLUID/HANDBRAKE
ENGAGED........................................... 46
-“DUALDRIVE” ELECTRIC POWER
STEERING FAILURE ............................ 47
-BRAKE PAD WEAR ............................ 47
-ESC SYSTEM .................................... 48
-INJECTION / EOBD SYSTEM
FAILURE .............................................. 48
-REAR FOG LIGHT .............................. 49
-ABS FAILURE..................................... 49
-iTPMS ................................................ 49
-SIDE LIGHTS AND DIPPED BEAM
HEADLIGHTS/FOLLOW ME HOME ..... 50
-FRONT FOG LIGHTS ......................... 50
-LEFT DIRECTION INDICATOR ............ 50
-RIGHT DIRECTION INDICATOR ......... 50
-MAIN BEAM HEADLIGHTS ................ 50
-DOORS/BONNET/LUGGAGE
COMPARTMENT OPEN ...................... 51
-LOW BATTERY CHARGE ................... 51
-INSUFFICIENT ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE/ENGINE OIL
DETERIORATED .................................. 51
-ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE
TOO HIGH........................................... 52
-ROBOTISED SEQUENTIAL
GEARBOX FAILURE ............................ 52
-SPEED LIMIT EXCEEDED .................. 52-POSSIBLE ICE ON ROAD .................. 53
-PARKING SENSOR FAILURE ............. 53
-SERVICE (SCHEDULED SERVICING)
EXPIRED ............................................. 53
-ASR SYSTEM .................................... 53
-HILL HOLDER FAILURE ..................... 53
-FUEL CUT-OFF SYSTEM.................... 53
-FUEL CUT-OFF SYSTEM FAILURE ..... 54
-EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAILURE .............. 54
-BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE ..................... 54
-FIAT CODE SYSTEM FAILURE ........... 54
-FUEL RESERVE - LIMITED RANGE .... 55
-ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR
FAILURE INDICATOR........................... 55
-OIL CHANGE ..................................... 55
-PRESS THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO
START ................................................. 55
-FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FAILURE......... 55
-HEADLIGHT ALIGNMENT
CORRECTOR ...................................... 55
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