ESP FIAT FREEMONT 2012 Owner handbook (in English)

ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEALING WITH THE VEHICLE AT THE END OF ITS LIFE
FIAT has been committed for many years to safeguarding the environment through the constant improvement of its
production processes and manufacturing products that are increasingly “eco-compatible”.
To give customers the best possible service in terms of respecting environmental laws and in response to European
Directive 2000/53/EC governing vehicles at the end of their life, FIAT is offering its customers the opportunity of handing
over their vehicle* at the end of its life without incurring any additional costs.
The European Directive sets out that when the vehicle is handed over the last keeper or owner should not incur any
expenses as a result of it having a zero or negative market value.
In all European Union countries, until 1st January 2007, only vehicles registered after 1st July 2002 were collected free of
charge, while since 2007 collection has been free of charge irrespective of the year of registration as long as the vehicle
contains its basic components (in particular, the engine and bodywork) and has no additional waste.
To hand your vehicle over at the end of its life without extra cost, go to one of our Dealerships or FIAT-authorized
collection and scrapping centres.
These centres have been carefully chosen to offer high quality service for the collection, treatment and recycling of unused
vehicles with respect to the environment.
You can find further information on these collection and scrapping centres either from a FIAT or FIAT Commercial Vehicle
Dealership or by calling the freephone number 00800 3428 0000 or by going on the FIAT website.
(*) Vehicle for transporting passengers with a maximum of nine seats and a total permitted weight of 3.5 t304

Disposal of Used Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Drain, Flush, and Refill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Points to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Pressure Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Radiator Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Selection of Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . 281,301,302
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Corrosion Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,290
Data Recorder, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Daytime Brightness, Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Daytime Running Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Defroster, Rear Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Defroster, Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,193
Delay (Intermittent) Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Diagnostic System, Onboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,302
Diesel Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Dimmer Switch, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Dipsticks Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,273
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Disabled Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Disposal
Antifreeze (Engine Coolant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Door Locks, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Downshifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Driving
On Slippery Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Through Flowing, Rising, or Shallow Standing
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Driving to Achieve Maximum Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 24
Electric Remote Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electrical Outlet, Auxiliary (Power Outlet) . . . . . . . . 89
Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Electronic Brake Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Anti-Lock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Brake Assist System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Electronic Roll Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Electronic Stability Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Traction Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Electronic Roll Mitigation (ERM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Electronic Speed Control (Cruise Control) . . . . . . . . 81
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) . . . 19,134
Emergency, In Case of Freeing Vehicle When Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Jacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,271
Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Break-In Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Checking Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,273
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Compartment Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280,302
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
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Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,192
Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Flooded, Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,301,302
Oil Change Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,273
Oil Filler Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,273
Oil Filter Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Oil Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Engine Oil Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine Oil Viscosity Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Enhanced Accident Response Feature . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Entry System, Illuminated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,192,279
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,279
Exterior Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Light Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Exterior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,249
Fabric Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Filler Location Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Filters Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,276
Automatic Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Engine Oil Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Flash-To-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Flashers Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,194,226
Flooded Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Fluid Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Fluid Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fluid Level Checks Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,303
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,273
Manual Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,303
Fluid, Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fluids, Lubricants and Genuine Parts . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fog Light Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,250
Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,226,249,250
Fog Lights, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,250
Folding Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,54
Freeing A Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,300 Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Conserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,302
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Filler Cap (Gas Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Instrument Panel and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Instrument Panel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Instrument Panel Lens Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Interior Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Interior Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Intermittent Wipers (Delay Wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Intervention Regeneration Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jack Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Jack Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,236
Jacking Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Key-In Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Key, Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Key, Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Key, Sentry (Immobilizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Keyless Enter-N-Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,196
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Keyless Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Knee Bolster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lane Change and Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lane Change Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lap/Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tether for
CHildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,177
Latch Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Lead Free Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Leveling, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Liftgate Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,248
Light Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,194,249
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,190,193,225
Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Anti-Lock Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Automatic Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Back-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Courtesy/Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Daytime Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Dimmer Switch, Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) Indicator . . . . . 119
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,226,249
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Headlight Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Headlight Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,249
Headlights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Headlights On With Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
High Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,226,249
High Beam Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
High Beam/Low Beam Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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