ESP Abarth Grande Punto 2010 Owner handbook (in English)

Dear Customer,
Thank you for selecting Abarth and congratulations on your choice of a Grande Punto Abarth.
We have written this handbook to help you get to know all your new Grande Punto Abarth features and use it in the best possible
way.
You should read it right through before taking the road for the first time.
You will find information, tips and important warnings regarding the driving of your car to help you derive the maximum from your
Grande Punto Abarth technological features.
You are recommended to read carefully the warnings and indications, marked with the respective symbols, at the end of the page:
personal safety;
the car’s wellbeing;
environmental protection.
The enclosed Warranty Booklet lists the services that Abarth offers to its Customers:
❒the Warranty Certificate with terms and conditions for maintaining its validity
❒the range of additional services available to Abarth Customers.
Best regards and good motoring!
This Owner Handbook describes all Grande Punto Abarth versions.
As a consequence, you should consider only the information which is related to the engine
and bodywork version of the car you purchased.

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REFUELLING
Only refuel with unleaded petrol with octane rating (RON) not less than 95 conforming to the European specifica-
tion EN 228.
ENGINE STARTING
Make sure that the handbrake is engaged; set the gearshift lever to neutral; fully depress the clutch without pressing
the accelerator, then turn the ignition key toAVV and release it as soon as the engine has started.
PARKING ON FLAMMABLE MATERIAL
While working, the catalyst develops a very high temperature. Do not park the car over grass, dry leaves, pine nee-
dles or any other inflammable materials: risk of fire.
RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
The car is fitted with a system that allows continuous diagnosis of the components correlated with emissions to en-
sure better respect for the environment.

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DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLSDASHBOARD ...................................................................... 5
SYMBOLS ............................................................................... 7
THE FIAT CODE SYSTEM.................................................. 7
THE KEYS .............................................................................. 8
ALARM ................................................................................... 11
IGNITION DEVICE .............................................................. 12
INSTRUMENT PANEL ........................................................ 13
INSTRUMENTS..................................................................... 14
RECONFIGURABLE MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY .... 16
TRIP COMPUTER ................................................................ 25
FRONT SEATS ..................................................................... 28
REAR SEATS .......................................................................... 29
HEAD RESTRAINTS............................................................. 30
STEERING WHEEL .............................................................. 31
REARVIEW MIRRORS......................................................... 31
CLIMATE CONTROL.......................................................... 33
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM .................... 34
AUTOMATIC TWO-ZONE CLIMATE
CONTROL SYSTEM ........................................................... 40
EXTERNAL LIGHTS............................................................. 47
WINDOW WASHING....................................................... 49
CRUISE CONTROL ............................................................ 52CEILING LIGHTS.................................................................. 54
CONTROLS ........................................................................... 55
FUEL CUT-OFF SWITCH .................................................. 57
INTERIOR FITTINGS........................................................... 58
SKY-DOME SUNROOF ..................................................... 62
DOORS .................................................................................. 64
POWER WINDOWS/WINDOW WINDERS .............. 66
BOOT ...................................................................................... 68
BONNET................................................................................. 71
ROOF RACK/SKI RACK .................................................... 73
HEADLIGHTS........................................................................ 74
ABS SYSTEM ......................................................................... 76
ESP SYSTEM .......................................................................... 78
EOBD SYSTEM ..................................................................... 83
TYRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - T.P.M.S. . 84
SPORT BOOST..................................................................... 87
WIRING FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM ......................... 88
ACCESSORIES PURCHASED BY THE OWNER .......... 88
AT THE FILLING STATION ............................................. 89
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT............................. 90
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Button Ëshall be used for opening the
doors and the tailgate.
Button
Áshall be used for closing the
doors and the tailgate.
Button
Rshall be used for remote
opening of the tailgate.
When unlocking the doors, the passen-
ger’s compartment lights will come on for
a preset time.
Button B should only be
pressed when the key is
away from the body, in particular
from the eyes and from objects that
can be spoilt (e.g. clothes). Make sure
the key can never be touched by oth-
ers, especially children, who may in-
advertently press the button.
WARNING
Dashboard led indications
When locking the doors, led A-fig. 6
switches on for about 3 seconds and than
starts flashing (deterrence function).
Once doors are locked, if one or more
doors or the tailgate are not closed cor-
rectly, the led and direction indicators
start flashing quickly.
fig. 6F0M076Ab
Request for additional remote
controls
The system can recognise up to 8 keys
with incorporated remote control. Should
a new key with remote control be nec-
essary, contact a Abarth Dealership, tak-
ing with you the CODE card, a personal
identity document and the car’s owner-
ship documents.

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BELT BUZZERSET TIME
SEE RADIO
AUTOCLOSE
UNIT LANGUAGE BUZZER VOL. BUTTON VOL.
MEMU ESC
briefly press
fig. 19
SERVICE
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TRIP B DATA SPEED BEEP
EXIT MENU
PASSENGER BAG
English
On the standard screen, briefly press MENU ESCto start brows-
ing. Press +or –to browse within the menu. Note Only the short
menu may be accessed for reasons of safety while the car is moving
(“Brightness” and “Speed Beep”).
MENU ESC
briefly press
YearMouth
Day
FIRST PAGERAIN SENSOR
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
SET DATA

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LOOKING AFTER THE SYSTEM
During winter, the climate control system
must be turned on at least once a month
for about 10 minutes. Before summer,
have the system checked at a Abarth Deal-
ership.
The system is filled with
R134a refrigerant which will
not pollute the environment
in the event of leakage. Un-
der no circumstances should R12 fluid
be used as it is incompatible with the
system components.IMPORTANT The inside air recirculation
system makes it possible to reach the re-
quired “heating” or “cooling” conditions
faster.
Do not use the air recirculation function
on rainy/cold days as it would consider-
ably increase the possibility of the win-
dows misting inside. AIR RECIRCULATION
Turn this function on by pressing button
•, the button led with turn on.
This function is particularly useful when
the outside air is heavily polluted (in a traf-
fic jam, tunnel etc.). However, it is better
not to use it for long periods, especially
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During fully automatic operation, the on-
ly manual settings required are the fol-
lowing:
❒MONO, to align the air temperature
and distribution set on the passenger’s
side with that on the driver’s side;
❒•air recirculation, to keep it always
on or off;
❒-to speed up demisting/defrosting of
windscreen, side windows, rear window
and door mirrors;
❒
(to demist/defrost heated rear win-
dow and door mirrors.
During full automatic system operation,
you can change at any time set tempera-
tures, air distribution and fan speed by us-
ing the relevant buttons or knobs: the sys-
tem will automatically change its settings
to adjust to the new requirements.During (FULL AUTO) operation, chang-
ing air distribution and/or flow and/or
compressor activation and/or air recircu-
lation will make the FULLwording dis-
appear. In this way the system will keep
on controlling automatically all functions,
excluding those changed manually. Fan
speed is the same for every area of the
passenger compartment.
Air temperature adjusting
knobs H - N
Turning the knobs clockwise or counter-
clockwise, respectively highers or lowers
the temperature of the air required re-
spectively in the front left zone (knob N) or
in the right zone (knob H) of the passenger
compartment. Since the system controls
two zones of the passenger compartment,
it is possible to personalise required tem-
peratures (driver and passenger) with a
maximum difference of 7 °C. The temper-
atures set are shown on the displays near
the relevant knobs. Pressing button A
(MONO) automatically aligns the temper-
ature on the passenger’s side with that on
the driver’s side; you can therefore set the
same temperature for both zones by turn-
ing knob Non driver side. Separate oper-
ation of air temperatures and distribution is
restored by turning knobs Hor pressing
again button A(MONO) when the button
led is on.Turn the knobs fully clockwise or counter-
clockwise to engage respectively HI(max-
imum heating) or LO(maximum cooling).
To deactivate these two functions, just
turn the temperature knob and set the re-
quired temperature.
Front air distribution buttons I-M
Pressing these buttons it is possible to
choose manually one of the seven possi-
ble air distributions to the passenger com-
partment (right or left side):NAir flow to the windscreen and front
side window vents to demist or de-
frost them.
˙Air flow at central and side dashboard
vents to ventilate the chest and the
face during the hot season.
OAir flow towards the front and rear
lower parts of the passenger com-
partment. Due to the natural tenden-
cy of heat to spread upwards, this type
of distribution allows heating of the
passenger compartment in the short-
est time, also giving a prompt feeling
of warmth.

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IMPORTANT Should the system (after
manual settings) be no longer able to guar-
antee the required temperature set in the
passenger compartment, the set tempera-
ture value will start flashing to indicate this
condition, after one minute the AUTO
message will turn off.
To restore system automatic control at
any time, after one or more manual ad-
justments, press button AUTO.
MONO button (to align set
temperatures and air
distribution) A
Pressing button MONOautomatically
aligns the temperature on the passenger
side with that on the driver side, it is
therefore possible to set the same tem-
perature and air distribution between the
two zones by turning the knob on driver
side. This function is provided to simplify
temperature adjustment of the whole pas-
senger compartment when only the dri-
ver is onboard. Separate operation of set
temperature and air distribution is re-
stored by turning knob H(to set tem-
perature on front passenger side) or by
pressing again button MONOwhen the
button led is on.Air recirculation on/off button C
Air recirculation works according to the
following operating logics:
❒automatic switching on, by pressing one
of the AUTObuttons and indicated by
the turning on of the AUTOicon on the
display near the car outline;
❒forced switching on (inside air recircu-
lation always on), indicated by the turn-
ing off of the button led Cand symbol
íon the display;
❒forced switching off (air recirculation
always off with air inlet from the out-
side), indicated by the turning off of the
button led and symbol
êon the dis-
play. Forced recirculation on/off can be
selected through button C.
IMPORTANT The inside air recirculation
system makes it possible to reach the re-
quired heating or cooling conditions faster.
It is however inadvisable to use it on
rainy/cold days as it would considerably
increase the possibility of the windows
misting inside, especially if the climate con-
trol system is off.When outside temperature is cold, recir-
culation is forced to off (outside air inlet)
to prevent window misting up.
In automatic operation inside air recircu-
lation will be controlled automatically by
the system according to outside environ-
mental conditions.
When setting manual recirculation, word-
ings FULLand AUTOdisappear from
the display.
It is inadvisable to use air re-
circulation on rainy/cold
days as it would considerably increase
the possibility of windows misting up
inside.
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Heated rear window and door
mirror demisting/defrosting button
(for versions/markets,
where provided) G
Press this button to activate heated rear
window demisting/defrosting.
When this function is on, the button led
is on.
This function is timed and switches off au-
tomatically after about 20 minutes or by
pressing again the button or by turning the
engine off. It will not be switched on au-
tomatically when restarting the engine.
IMPORTANT Do not apply stickers on the
inside of the rear window over the heat-
ing filaments to avoid damage that might
cause it to stop working properly.
Switching the climate control
system off (OFF) E
Press button Eto turn the system off.
When turned off the system conditions
are the following:
❒set temperature displays off;
❒air recirculation is on;
❒conditioner compressor off;
❒fan off.
Heated rear window can be turned on or
off also when the system is off.
IMPORTANT The system will store the
temperatures set before turning off and
will resume them when pressing any but-
ton (except heated rear window); if the
function corresponding to the button
pressed is off it will be turned on; if on it
will be kept active.
Press AUTOto turn the system in au-
tomatic mode.ADDITIONAL HEATER
(for versions/markets,
where provided)
This device shall be used to speed up pas-
senger compartment warming when it is
very cold.
The additional heater turns off automati-
cally after reaching the required comfort
conditions.
Automatic two-zone climate
control system
The additional heater will switch on au-
tomatically after turning the ignition key
to ON.
Manual Heater and Climate
control system
The additional heater will switch on au-
tomatically by turning knob Ato the last
red sector and turning the fan on (knob
B) to the first speed at least.
IMPORTANT Heater works only with
low outside temperature and engine
coolant temperature.
IMPORTANT Heater will not turn on if
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TO RESET THE
MEMORISED SPEED
If the device has been disengaged for ex-
ample pressing the brake or clutch pedal,
the memorised speed can be reset as fol-
lows:
❒accelerate gradually until reaching a
speed approaching the one memorised;
❒engage the gear selected at the time of
speed memorising;
❒press button RES B-fig. 39.
TO INCREASE THE
MEMORISED SPEED
The speed memorised can be increased in
two ways:
❒pressing the accelerator and then mem-
orising the new speed reached;
or
❒moving the stalk upwards (+).
Each operation of the stalk will corre-
spond to a slight increase in speed (about
1 km/h), while keeping the stalk upwards
will correspond to a continuous speed in-
crease. TO REDUCE
MEMORISED SPEED
The speed memorised can be increased in
two ways:
❒disengaging the device and then mem-
orising the new speed;
or
❒moving the stalk downwards (–) until
reaching the new speed which will be
memorised automatically.
Each operation of the stalk will corre-
spond to a slight reduction in speed (about
1 km/h), while keeping the stalk down-
wards will correspond to a continuous
speed reduction.
DEVICE DISENGAGEMENT
The device can be disengaged in the fol-
lowing ways:
❒turn knob Ato OFF;
❒turning the engine off;
❒pressing the brake pedal;
❒pressing the clutch pedal;
❒pressing the accelerator pedal; in this
case the system is not really disengaged
but the request for acceleration takes
priority over the system. The cruise
control is however active and it will not
be necessary to press button RES
B-fig. 39to resume previous condi-
tions after ending acceleration.
The device is automatically deactivated in
one of the following cases:
❒ABSor ESPsystem cut-in;
❒ with car speed below the preset limit;
❒system failure.
When travelling with the de-
vice on, never set the
gearshift lever to neutral.
WARNING
In the event of device mal-
function or failure, turn knob
A to OFF and contact a Abarth Deal-
ership.
WARNING