Abarth Grande Punto 2007 Owner handbook (in English)

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FRONT ARMREST WITH
ODDMENT COMPARTMENT
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
Certain versions are fitted with armrest
A-fig. 55between the front seats.
To use it, push it down as shown in
fig. 55. Press button A-fig. 56to raise the top
of the armrest in order to use space B.
Use lever Cto tilt down the armrest with
respect to the normal position of use.
CENTRAL CONSOLE ODDMENT
COMPARTMENT
This compartment A-fig. 53is located on
the central console in front of the hand-
brake.
DOOR POCKETS fig. 54
Document / map pockets are located in
door panels.
fig. 53F0M0080mfig. 55F0M013Abfig. 56F0M014Ab
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Press button A-fig. 62to switch on the
cigar lighter with ignition key at MAR.
After about 15 seconds the button will re-
turn to its initial position and is ready for
use.
IMPORTANT Always check that the cig-
ar lighter has turned off. GLASS HOLDER - CAN HOLDER
fig. 57-58
The central console houses the recesses
(two in front of the handbrake and one be-
hind it) for glasses, cups or cans.
CARD BOX - CD BOX fig. 59
The central console features recesses to
keep cards or CDS.
SMOKER’S KIT
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
The smoker’s kit is composed of an ash-
tray A-fig. 60and by a lighter B-fig. 60
situated on the central compartment in
front of the hand-brake lever.
In case the vehicle is not equipped with a
smoker’s kit, it is alternatively equipped
with a power socket A-fig. 61.
fig. 62F0M0084m
fig. 57F0M015Ab
fig. 59F0M0083m
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ASHTRAY (for versions/markets,
where provided) fig. 63-64
The ashtray is a removable plastic box that
can be fitted into the glass/can recesses on
the central console.
IMPORTANT Do not use the ashtray as
waste paper basket: it might set on fire in
contact with cigarette stubs.SUN VISORS fig. 65
These are positioned to the sides of the
rear-view mirror. They can swing to the
sides and up or down.
A courtesy mirror can be applied to the
back of sun visors.
On certain versions to use the mirror (for
versions/markets, where provided) you
shall open the sliding cover A.CURRENT OUTLET
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
It is located in the boot, on the left side of
the plastic support of the parcel shelf
fig. 66.
To use it open cap A.
The cigar lighter (where pro-
vided) gets very hot. Handle
it with care and make sure that it is
not used by children: danger of fire
and/or burns.
WARNING
fig. 63F0M0085m
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SKY-DOME SUNROOF
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
The sunroof consists of two wide panes
(a fixed one and a moving one), fitted with
manually-operated sun curtains. Sun cur-
tains can be used in the “wide open” and
“wide shut” positions (fixed intermediate
positions are not provided). To open sun
curtains: take handle A-fig. 67, release it
and then guide it to the “wide open” po-
sition as shown by the arrows. To close
sun curtains reverse this procedure. Sun-
roof only works with ignition key at MAR.
Controls A-B fig. 67set near the front
ceiling light on the dedicated control pan-
el, shall be used to open/close the sunroof.
To open
Press and keep pressed button B-fig. 67,
the front pane will set to the “spoiler” po-
sition; press button B-fig. 67 again for
over half a second to make the sunroof
sliding automatically to the wide open po-
sition; press the button to stop the sun-
roof at an intermediate position.To close
When in wide open position, press but-
ton A-fig. 68for over half a second to set
the front pane to the “spoiler” position;
press the button again to stop the sunroof
at an intermediate position; press button
A-fig. 68again and keep it pressed to
close the sunroof completely.
Use the sunroof only at
“spoiler” position if cross roof
racks are fitted.
Do not open the sunroof if
there is snow or ice on it: it
could be damaged.
When leaving the car, the ig-
nition key should be removed
to prevent the sunroof from being op-
erated inadvertently and harming any-
one remaining in the car. Improper use
of the sunroof can be dangerous. Be-
fore and during its operation ensure
that any passengers are not at risk
from the moving roof either by per-
sonal objects getting caught in the
mechanism or by being injured by it di-
rectly.
WARNING
fig. 67
A
B
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ANTI-CRUSHING SAFETY
SYSTEM
Sunroof is fitted with anti-crushing safety
system that detects the presence of an ob-
stacle during sunroof closing stroke and
that cuts in by stopping and reversing the
sunroof stroke.
INITIALISATION PROCEDURE
Sunroof shall be re-initialised after dis-
connecting the battery or if the relevant
protection fuse is blown.
Proceed as follows:
❒press button A-fig. 68at close posi-
tion;
❒keep the button pressed to close com-
pletely by steps the sunroof;
❒after full closing, wait for sunroof mo-
tor stopping.When leaving the car, the ignition key
should be removed to prevent the sun-
roof from being operated inadvertently
and harming anyone remaining in the car.
Improper use of the sunroof can be dan-
gerous. Before and during its operation
ensure that any passengers are not at risk
from the moving roof either by personal
objects getting caught in the mechanism
or by being injured by it directly.
EMERGENCY OPERATION
If the switch does not work, the sunroof
can be operated manually as follows:
❒remove the protection cap set between
the two sun curtains;
❒take the setscrew wrench (provided as
standard) from the tool bag in the boot;
❒fit the wrench into A-fig. 69and turn
it:
– clockwise to open the sunroof;
– counter-clockwise to close the sun-
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DOORS
CENTRAL DOOR
LOCKING/UNLOCKING SYSTEM
Locking from the outside
With the doors closed, press the button
Áon the remote control fig. 70 or fit and
turn clockwise the metal insert into the
driver’s door lock fig. 71. Door locking is
indicated by the turning on of the button
led A-fig. 72. Door locking is only possi-
ble if all the doors are closed. Opening one
or more doors by pressing the button
Áon the remote control fig. 70 will make
the direction indicators and the button led
A-fig. 72flash quickly for about 3 sec-
onds.
Opening one or more doors by turning
the metal insert of the key will make on-
ly the button led A-fig. 72flash quickly
for about 3 seconds. If the doors are
closed but the boot is open door locking
will be engaged: direction indicators (on-
ly for locking performed by pressing but-
ton
Áfig. 70) and the button led A-fig.
72will flash quickly for about 3 seconds.
With this function active it is however pos-
sible to open the other doors by pressing
button A-fig. 72on the central console.Pressing twice briefly the button
Áon the
remote control fig. 70 will engage the
dead lock device (see paragraph “Dead
lock device”).
Door unlocking from the outside
Briefly press button
Ëfig. 70to obtain
remote door unlocking, timed ceiling light
turning on, directions indicator double
flashing or fit the metal insert into the dri-
ver’s door lock and turn it counter-clock-
wise as shown in fig. 71.Door locking/unlocking from the
inside
Press button A-fig. 72to lock/ unlock all
the doors. The button has a led showing
the door condition (locked or unlocked).
When doors are locked the button led is
on and pressing the button will obtain cen-
tral unlocking of the doors and turning off
of the led. When doors are unlocked, the
button led is off and pressing the button
will obtain central locking of the doors.
Door locking is activated only if all the
doors are perfectly closed.
fig. 71F0M102Ab
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After locking doors by:
❒remote control;
❒door revolving plug;
it will not be possible to unlock the doors
by pressing button
A-fig. 72set on the
dashboard.
IMPORTANT With central locking system
on, pulling the internal door handle of one
of the front doors will unlock that door.
Pulling the internal door handle of one of the
rear doors will unlock the relevant door.
Lacking power (blown fuse, battery discon-
nected, etc.) it is however possible to lock
the doors manually.
After exceeding 20 km/h speed, doors will
be locked automatically if the set up menu
function has been selected (see paragraph
“Multifunction display” in this section).
Once the dead lock device
has been actuated, doors
cannot be opened from the passen-
ger’s compartment in any way what-
soever. For this reason, make sure
there are no person left inside the car.
If the battery of the key with remote
control is down, the dead lock device
can be deactivated only by fitting the
metal insert of the key in both front
door revolving plugs as described pre-
viously. DEAD LOCK DEVICE
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
This safety device enables to inhibit:
❒door internal handles;
❒locking/unlocking button A-fig. 72;
thus hindering doors opening from inside
the passenger’s compartment in case of at-
tempt to break-into (e.g.: window breaking).
The dead lock device guarantees the best
protection against unwanted access.
Therefore, it should be actuated every
time the car is parked and left unattended.Device activation
The dead lock device is automatically ac-
tivated on every door when pressing twice
briefly the remote control button
Á,
fig. 70.
Device activation is indicated by 3 flashing
of direction indicators and flashing of the
button led A-fig. 72located on the dash-
board.
If one of the doors is not perfectly closed,
the dead lock device will not activate, thus
preventing that a person getting into the car
from the open door remains blocked inside
the passenger’s compartment when she/he
closes the door.
Device deactivation
The device is deactivated automatically on
every door in the following cases:
❒when opening the driver’s door using the
key without remote control;
❒when unlocking doors using the remote
control;
❒turning the ignition key to MAR.
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POWER WINDOWS/
WINDOW WINDERS
On the driver side front door’s arm rest
there are two switches fig. 73which, with
starter’s key in MARposition, control the
following: Automatic continuos operation
The driver side front door’s window is
provided with an up-down automatic de-
vice.
The window screen starts upliftpres-
sing the relevant switch for more than half
a second. The window screen stops its
upstroke when reaching the final up po-
sition or when the switch is pressed again.
IMPORTANT With ignition key at STOP
or removed, the power windows remain
activated for about 2 minutes and are de-
activated immediately the moment a door
is opened.
IMPORTANT On certain versions, press-
ing the remote control button
Ëfor over
2 seconds will open the windows where-
as pressing the remote control button
Áfor over 2 seconds will close them. Ato open/close the left front window;
Bto open/close the right front window.
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fig. 74F0M018Ab
Front and rear passenger door
windows (for versions/markets,
where provided)
Front passenger door armrest and rear
door armrests feature the switches A-
fig. 74to be used for controlling the cor-
responding window.
Improper use of the power
windows can be dangerous.
Before and during its operation en-
sure that any passengers are not at
risk from the moving glass either by
personal objects getting caught in the
mechanism or by being injured by it
directly. Always remove the ignition
key when getting out of the car to
prevent the power windows being op-
erated accidentally and constituting
a danger to the passengers in the car.
WARNINGWindow safety system initialisation
Safety system shall be re-initialised after
disconnecting the battery or if the rele-
vant protection fuse is blown.
Initialisation procedure:
❒fully close manually the window to ini-
tialise;
❒after window stopping, keep on press-
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BOOT
OPENING THE TAILGATE
The tailgate can be opened at any time
from the passenger’s compartment by
pressing button A-fig. 76.
The tailgate can be opened from the out-
side by pressing the remote control but-
ton
R, fig. 75.
Tailgate opening is indicated by double
flashing of direction indicators.TAILGATE CLOSING
Lower the tailgate until hearing the lock-
ing click fig. 77. The addition of objects
(speakers, spoilers, etc.) on
the rear shelf or boot lid, ex-
cept those envisaged by the
manufacturer, may prevent the gas
filled struts at the sides of the boot
from working properly.
When using the boot, make
sure the loads do not exceed
the permitted weight (see “Technical
specifications” chapter). Also make
sure the items in the boot are
arranged properly to prevent them
being thrown forwards and injuring
passengers should you brake sharply.
WARNING
Never travel with objects on
the rear shelf to prevent
them being thrown forwards and in-
juring passengers in case of accident
or sharp braking.
WARNING
fig. 75F0M101Ab
fig. 76F0M077Ab
fig. 77F0M0094m