airbag FIAT FREEMONT 2011 Owner handbook (in English)

SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM
(SRS) — AIR BAGS
This vehicle has Advanced Front Air Bags for both the
driver and front passenger as a supplement to the seat
belt restraint systems. The driver's Advanced Front Air
Bag is mounted in the center of the steering wheel. The
passenger's Advanced Front Air Bag is mounted in the
instrument panel, above the glove compartment. The
words SRS AIRBAG are embossed on the air bag
covers. (fig. 129)
NOTE:These air bags are certified to the new
regulations for Advanced Air Bags.
The Advanced Front Air Bags have a multistage inflator
design. This allows the air bag to have different rates of
inflation based on the severity and type of collision. This vehicle may be equipped with a driver and/or front
passenger seat belt buckle switch that detects whether
the driver or front passenger seat belt is fastened. The
seat belt buckle switch may adjust the inflation rate of
the Advanced Front Air Bags.
This vehicle is equipped with Supplemental Side Air Bag
Inflatable Curtains (SABIC) to protect the driver, front,
and rear passengers sitting next to a window. The
SABIC air bags are located above the side windows and
their covers are also labeled: SRS AIRBAG.
This vehicle is equipped with Supplemental Seat-
Mounted Side Air Bags (SAB). The SABs are marked
with an air bag label sewn into the outboard side of the
front seats.
NOTE:
• Air Bag covers may not be obvious in the interior
trim, but they will open during air bag deployment.
• After any accident, the vehicle should be taken to an
authorized dealer immediately.
Air Bag System Components
Your vehicle may be equipped with the following air bag
system components:
• Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC)
• Air Bag Warning Light
• Steering Wheel and Column
• Instrument Panel
• Knee Impact Bolster
• Driver Advanced Front Air Bag(fig. 129)
Advanced Front Air Bag And Knee Bolster Locations
1 — Driver And Passenger Advanced Front Air Bags
2 — Knee Bolsters 153
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CONTENTS
About Your Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,169
ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,189
Adding Engine Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adding Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Air Cleaner, Engine (Engine Air Cleaner Filter) . . . . . 220
Air Conditioner Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Air Conditioning Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,221
Air Conditioning Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Air Conditioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,221
Air Conditioning, Operating Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air Conditioning, Rear Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Air Pressure, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,235
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,159
Airbag Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Airbag Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,161,164,185
Airbag Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Airbag, Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,157,159
Airbag, Window (Side Curtain) . . . . . . . . . 155,157,159
Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,189
Alarm System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,16
Alterations/Modifications, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Anti-Lock Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,107,189
Anti-Theft Security Alarm (Theft Alarm) . . . . . . . . . 14
Anti-Theft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . 226,227,241 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Arming Theft System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Auto Down Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Auto Unlock, Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Automatic Dimming Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,91
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Automatic Oil Change Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic Temperature Control (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 61
Automatic Transaxle
Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Selection Of Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Auxiliary Electrical Outlet (Power Outlet) . . . . . . . . 82
Auxiliary Power Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Back-Up Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Keyless Transmitter Replacement (RKE) . . . . . . . . 13
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,163
Body Mechanism Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Booster Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Brake Control System, Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,228 Anti-Lock (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Fluid Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228,243
Master Cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Brake, Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,228
Break-In Recommendations, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . 166
Brightness, Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,201
Bulbs, Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,200 247
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On With Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Time Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
High Beam Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
High Beam/Low Beam Select (Dimmer) Switch . . . . . 68
Holder, Coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Holder, Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hood Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Ignition Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Immobilizer (Sentry Key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,143
Inflation Pressure Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Information Center, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inside Rearview Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,185
Instrument Panel and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Instrument Panel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Instrument Panel Lens Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Interior Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Interior Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Intermittent Wipers (Delay Wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jack Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Jack Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,195
Jacking Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Key-In Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Key, Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Key, Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Key, Sentry (Immobilizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Keyless Enter-N-Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,167
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Keyless Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Knee Bolster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lane Change and Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lane Change Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lap/Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tether for
CHildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,149
Latch Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Leveling, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Liftgate Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,200
Light Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,165,201 Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,161,164,185
Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Anti-Lock Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Back-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Courtesy/Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 251
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Selection of Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . 226,242
Sentry Key (Immobilizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sentry Key Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sentry Key Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Service Engine Soon Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . 185
Shoulder Belt Upper Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Side Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Side Repeater Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Side View Mirror Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Signals, Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,165,186,203
Slippery Surfaces, Driving On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sound Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sound Systems (Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,237,238
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
SpecificationsFuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Speed Control (Cruise Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Cold Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting and Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Starting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Starting Procedures (Diesel Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Steering Column Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,113
Tilt Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Wheel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Wheel, Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Steering Wheel Audio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Steering Wheel Mounted Sound System Controls . . . 127 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,173
Storage, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Stuck, Freeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Sun Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sun Visor Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Sunglasses Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sunroof Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Supplemental Restraint System - Airbag . . . . . . . . . 153
Sway Control, Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
System, Navigation (Uconnect™ gps) . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Telescoping Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Temperature Control, Automatic (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 61
Temperature Gauge, Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tether Anchor, Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Theft Alarm (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Theft System (Security Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tie Down Hooks, Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tilt Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Time Delay, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,235
Aging (Life of Tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Inflation Pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 255
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