key FIAT IDEA 2008 1.G User Guide
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IGNITION SWITCH
The key can be turned to 3 different po-
sitions fig. 24:
❒STOP: engine off, key can be re-
moved, steering column locked. Cer-
tain electrical devices (e.g.: sound sys-
tem, power windows…) can work.
❒MAR: driving position. All electrical
devices are powered.
❒AVV: engine starting (unstable posi-
tion).
The ignition switch is fitted with a safety
mechanism that, in the event the engine is
not started, turns back the ignition key to
STOPbefore repeating the starting op-
eration.
fig. 24F0H0021m
STEERING COLUMN LOCK
Engaging
When the key is to STOPremove the
key and turn the steering wheel until it
locks.
Disengaging
Rock the steering wheel slightly as you
turn the ignition key to MAR.
If the ignition device is tam-
pered with (e.g.: attempted
theft), have it checked over by a Fiat
Dealership.
WARNING
Never remove the ignition
key while the car is moving.
The steering wheel would automati-
cally lock as soon as you try to turn
it. This also applies when the car is
being towed.
WARNING
When getting out of the car,
always remove the key to
prevent any occupants from acci-
dentally activating the controls. Re-
member to engage the handbrake. If
the car is parked on uphill slope to
engage the first gear. If the car is fac-
ing downhill, engage the reverse gear.
Never leave unsupervised children in
the car.
WARNING
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This shows the temperature of the engine
coolant fluid and begins working when the
fluid temperature exceeds approx. 50°C.
Under normal conditions, the needle
should hover around the middle of the
scale according to the working conditions.
IMPORTANT If the needle reaches the
low temperature area with warning light
Aon, this means that there is a failure.
Contact a Fiat Dealership.
If the needle reaches the red
area, stop the engine imme-
diately and contact a Fiat
Dealership.MULTIFUNCTIONAL
DISPLAY
(on two-line modal
panel)
The car can be equipped with a multi-
function display that shows useful infor-
mation for car driving according to the
settings made.
fig. 29F0H0027m
“STANDARD” SCREEN fig. 29
The standard screen shows the following
information:
AOdometer (viewing of covered km or
miles)
BTime (always displayed, even with ig-
nition key removed and front doors
closed)
CHeadlight aiming position (only with
dipped beam headlights on).
NOTE When opening one of the front
doors, the display turns on and shows the
clock and the kilometres or miles covered
for a few seconds.
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fig. 31F0H09000m
MULTIFUNCTIONAL
DISPLAY
(on three-line comfort
panel)
The car can be equipped with a multi-
function display that shows useful infor-
mation for car driving according to the
settings made.
“STANDARD” SCREEN fig. 31
The standard screen shows the following
information:
ADate
BOdometer (viewing of covered km or
miles)
CTime (always displayed, even with ig-
nition key removed and front doors
closed)CONTROL BUTTONS fig. 32
+To scroll the next items on the dis-
played menu and the related options
or increase the displayed value.
MODEPress briefly to access the menu
and/or go to next screen or con-
firm the required menu option.
Hold pressed to go back to the
standard screen.
–To scroll the previous items on the
displayed menu and the related op-
tions or reduce the displayed value.
NOTE Buttons +and –activate different
functions according to the following situ-
ations. DExternal temperature
EHeadlight aiming position (only with
dipped beam headlights on)
NOTE When opening one of the front
doors, the display turns on and shows the
clock and the kilometres or miles covered
for a few seconds.
fig. 32F0H0736m
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Day
YearMonth Example:
CONSUMPTION EXITING THE MENUSPEED BEEP.CLOCK SETTING LIGHT SENS.TRIP B
CLOCK MODE
SETTING THE DATE
KEY
DIST. UNIT
VOL. BUTTONS
VOL. BUZZER SERVICE
LANGUAGETEMP. UNIT
Example:
– +
+– – –
+ +
–
–
+
+++
–––
+ +
–
MODE
brief button
pressing
From the standard screen, briefly press button MODE
to start browsing. Press +or –to browse within the
menu. NOTE Only the short menu may be accessed
for reasons of safety while the car is moving (“Bright-
ness” and “Speed Beep” settings). Stop the car to ac-
cess the full menu. In cars equipped with a Connect
Nav+ system, many functions are viewed from the nav-
igator display.
–
+ +
–
MODE
brief button
pressing
Deutsch
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Español
Italiano
Português
Français
(*) This function may only be
displayed after the SBR sys-
tem is deactivated by a Fiat
Dealership.
fig. 33
+
– +
–+
–
+
–
+ –
BELT BUZZ.
(*) where provided BAG. PASS.
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Release of doors and tailgate (Key)
This function enables the release of the
front and rear doors, the release of the
driver's door only or the release of all the
doors including the tailgate.
To set the function, proceed as follows:
– press the MODEbutton for a short
time, the display shows “Open doors”,
“Op. drv.door” and “Open all”.
– press +or –to select; the selected item
will flash.
– Press MODEfor a short time to return
to the menu screen or press the button
for a longer time to return to the standard
screen without confirming the selection. – briefly press button MODE: the month
starts flashing on the display;
– press button +or –to set the month;
– briefly press button MODE: the day
starts flashing on the display;
– press button +or –to set the day.
NOTE The setting increases or decreas-
es by one unit each time button + or –
is pressed. Hold the button pressed to
start automatic quick increase/ decrease
of the setting. Complete the setting by
briefly pressing the button when the re-
quired setting is approached.
– briefly press button MODEto go back
to the menu screen or press the button
for a prolonged time to go back to the
standard screen without storing the set-
tings. 12h/24h clock mode
(Clock mode)
This function enables setting the screen to
either 12 or 24 hour mode.
Proceed as follows:
– briefly press button MODE: 12h or 24h
starts flashing on the display (depending
on the previously set parameter);
– press button +or –for selecting the de-
sired value;
– briefly press button MODEto go back
to the menu screen or press the button
for a prolonged time to go back to the
standard screen without storing the set-
tings.
Setting the date (Set Date)
This function enables updating the date
(year - month - day).
To update the date proceed as follows:
– briefly press button MODE: the year
starts flashing on the display;
– briefly press button +or –to set the
year;
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Adjusting the button volume
(Button Vol.)
This function enables setting the volume
of the roger-beep accompanying the acti-
vation of buttons MODE, +and – ac-
cording to 8 levels.
To adjust the desired volume proceed as
follows:
– briefly press button MODE: the previ-
ously set volume “level” starts flashing on
the display;
– press button +or –to set the volume
level;
– briefly press button MODEto go back
to the menu screen or press the button
for a prolonged time to go back to the
standard screen without storing the set-
tings.
S.B.R. buzzer reactivation
(Belt Buzzer) (where provided)
This function can only be displayed after
Fiat Dealership has deactivated the S.B.R.
system (see paragraph “S.B.R. system” in
section “Safety devices”).The indications will appear more fre-
quently when there are 200 km left. For
1.3 Multijet versions refer to the instruc-
tions provided in the “Scheduled Servic-
ing Plan” in section “Car Maintenance” for
air filter, engine oil and engine oil filter re-
placement. The indication will appear in
kilometres or miles according to the unit
settings. When the next scheduled ser-
vicing is near, the message “Service” will
appear on the display followed by the
number of kilometres or miles or days left
before servicing when the key is turned to
MAR. The “Scheduled Servicing” message
shows information in either kilometres
(km) or miles (mi) or in days (dd) de-
pending on the deadline showing up first.
Go to the Fiat Dealership where the ser-
vicing operations envisaged in the “Sched-
uled Service Plan” or “Yearly Inspection
Plan” will be performed and the message
will be reset. Scheduled Servicing (Service)
This function enables viewing of informa-
tion on proper car servicing depending on
the kilometres travelled or daily intervals.
This information is consulted as follows:
– briefly press button MODE: the display
shows service requirements in km or mi
according to the previous setting (see
paragraph “Distance unit”);
– press button +or –to view the service
interval in days;
– briefly press button MODEto go back
to the menu screen or press the button
for a prolonged time to go back to the
standard screen.
Note According to the “Scheduled Ser-
vicing Plan” the car must be serviced every
20,000 km (or equivalent mileage) or on
a yearly basis. This message appears au-
tomatically when the key is positioned on
MARafter travelling for 2,000 km (or
equivalent mileage) or 30 days after the
deadline. It appears every 200 km (or
equivalent mileage) or 3 days.
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Exiting the Menu
This is the last function that closes the set-
ting cycle listed in the initial menu screen.
Briefly press button MODEto go back to
the standard screen without storing the
settings.
Press button +to return to the first menu
option (Speed Beep).Both functions can be reset (to start a new
trip).
The “General Trip” function is used to dis-
play information relating to:
– Range
– Trip distance
– Average consumption
– Instant consumption
– Average speed
– Travel time (driving time).
The “Trip B” function is used to display in-
formation relating to:
– Trip distance B
– Average consumption B
– Average speed B
– Travel time B (driving time).
Note “Trip B” functions may be disabled
(see “Trip B on”). “Range” and “Instan-
taneous consumption” cannot be reset. TRIP COMPUTER
(where provided)
General features
The “Trip computer” is used to display in-
formation on car operation when the key
is turned to MAR. This function includes
a “General trip” system that monitors the
“entire mission” (trip) of the car and the
“Trip B” system that monitors the partial
mission of the car. The former function
is part of the entire mission (as illustrat-
ed in fig. 34).
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New mission
The new mission begins after:
– “manual” resetting by the user, by press-
ing the relevant button;
– “automatic” resetting, when the “Trip
distance” reaches 9999.9 km or when the
“Travel time” reaches 99.59 (99 hours and
59 minutes);
– disconnection/reconnection of the bat-
tery.
IMPORTANT The reset operations per-
formed after the “General Trip” message
appears are used to also reset the “Trip
B”, which, on its turn, is used to reset the
values of the corresponding function. Travel time
This value shows the time elapsed since
the start of a new mission.
IMPORTANT If information is not avail-
able, the message “----” will appear instead
of the Trip Computer values. Displaying
of the values will be resumed regularly
when normal operation is restored with-
out resetting the values displayed before
the failure nor starting a new mission.
TRIP button fig. 34
Button TRIPlocated on the top of the
right steering column stalk is used (with
ignition key at MAR) to display and re-
set the previously described values to start
a new mission:
– short pressing to display the different
values;
– long pressing to reset and then start a
new mission. Values displayed
Range
It indicates the distance left to travel based
on the fuel in the tank assuming that dri-
ving conditions will not change. The mes-
sage “----” will appear on the display in the
following cases:
– the range value is below 50 km (30
miles) or the fuel level is below 4 litres;
– car left parked with engine running for
long.
Trip distance
This value shows the distance covered
from the start of a new mission.
Average consumption
This value shows the average consump-
tion from the start of a new mission.
Instant consumption
This indicates the fuel consumption. The
value is constantly updated. The message
“----” will appear on the display if the car
is parked with the engine running.
Average speed
This value shows the car average speed as
a function of the overall time elapsed since
the start of the a mission.
fig. 34F0H0755m
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Start of journey procedure
With ignition key at MAR, press and keep button TRIPpressed for over 2 seconds to reset.
Exit TRIP
Exit Tripis performed automatically after having displayed all the related values or by keeping the button MODEpressed for over
2 seconds.
Reset TRIP B
End partial mission
Start new partial mission
End partial mission
Start new partial mission
Reset TRIP B
End partial mission
Start new partial mission Reset GENERAL TRIP
End entire mission
Start new missionReset GENERAL TRIP
End entire mission
Start new mission
End partial mission
Start new partial mission Reset TRIP B
Reset TRIP B
TRIP B
TRIP B
TRIP B GENERAL TRIP
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DOOR MIRRORS
Manual adjustment
Use knob A-fig. 57to adjust the mirror
Electric adjustment
This operation can be only performed
with ignition key to MAR.
Proceed as follows:
❒use switch B-fig. 58to select the mir-
ror required (left or right);
❒to adjust the mirror move the switch
Cin the four directions.
Adjust mirrors with car stationary and
handbrake on.
Mirror defrosting, where provided, starts
automatically when switching the heated
rear window on.
fig. 57F0H0244m
fig. 58F0H0058m
fig. 59F0H0059m
Folding fig. 59
When required (for example when the
mirror causes difficulty in narrow spaces)
it is possible to fold mirrors moving them
from position 1to position 2.When driving the mirrors shall
always be in position (
1).
As the driver’s door mirror is
curved, it may slightly alter
the perception of distance.
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