ESP FIAT IDEA 2009 1.G Owners Manual

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REFUELLING
Petrol engines:refuel with unleaded petrol with an octane rating (RON) of 95 or higher only.
Diesel engines:only refuel with diesel fuel conforming to the European specification EN590.
The use of other products or mixtures may damage the engine beyond repair and consequently cause lapse of war-
ranty in relation to the damage caused.
STARTING THE ENGINE
Petrol engines: 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 to AVV and release it as soon as the engine has started.
Multijet engines: 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 to MAR and wait for the warning lights
Yand mto
go off; turn the ignition key to AVV and release it as soon as the engine has started.
PARKING ON FLAMMABLE MATERIAL
The catalytic converter develops high temperature during operation. Do not park on grass, dry leaves, pine
needles or other flammable material: fire risk.
RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
The car is fitted with a system that allows continuous diagnosis of the components correlated with emis-
sions to ensure better respect for the environment.

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Unlocking the doors and the
tailgate
Press button
Ëbriefly: this will release the
doors, the tailgate, the fuel flap; the inter-
nal ceiling light will come on and the di-
rection indicators will blink twice.
The doors are automatically unlocked
when the fuel inertia switch trips.
IMPORTANT Powerful radio transmis-
sions not related to the car (e.g. mobile
phones, amateur radios, etc.) may inter-
fere with the frequency of the remote
control. Remote control operation may
be impaired.
Locking the doors and the tailgate
Press button
Ábriefly: this will release the
doors, the tailgate, the fuel flap; the inter-
nal ceiling light will come on and the di-
rection indicators will blink twice.Deterrent LED indications
When locking the doors, the deterrent
LED on the button A-fig. 14lights up for
about 3 seconds and than starts flashing
(deterrence function). Once doors are
locked, if one or more doors or the tail-
gate are not closed correctly, the led and
direction indicators start flashing quickly.
IMPORTANT Powerful radio transmis-
sions not related to the car (e.g. mobile
phones, amateur radios, etc.) may inter-
fere with the frequency of the remote
control. Remote control operation may
be impaired.
fig. 14F0H0703m
IMPORTANT Powerful radio transmis-
sions not related to the car (e.g. mobile
phones, amateur radios, etc.) may inter-
fere with the frequency of the remote
control. Remote control operation may
be impaired.
Only press button B-fig. 12
with the key away from your
body, specifically from your eyes and
from objects which could get dam-
aged (e.g. your clothes). Do not leave
the key unattended, because some-
one, a child especially, may acciden-
tally press the button while handling
the key.
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Opening the tailgate with the
remote control
Hold button
Rpressed to unlock
(open) the tailgate. The direction indica-
tors will blink twice when the tailgate is
opened.
IMPORTANT Powerful radio transmis-
sions not related to the car (e.g. mobile
phones, amateur radios, etc.) may inter-
fere with the frequency of the remote
control. Remote control operation may
be impaired.
Electrical closure from inside
fig. 14
With the doors closed, press button Aon
the central dashboard to lock (LED on) or
unlock (LED off) the doors.
IMPORTANT If the door is not correct-
ly closed or if a fault is present in the sys-
tem, the door locking device from inside
the car will not work.
The device will resume normal operation
after removing the cause of the fault.Only the doors used to get
out of the car will be un-
locked if the door lock button
inside the car is pressed by
mistake. The tailgate will remain
locked. Press the lock/unlock buttons
to realign the system.
fig. 15aF0H0704m
Replacing the battery of the key
with remote control Fig. 15
To replace the battery, proceed as fol-
lows:
❒press button Aand open the metal in-
sert B;
❒turn the screw Cto using a fine bit
screwdriver;
❒take out the battery case Dand re-
place the battery Erespecting its po-
larity;
❒refit the battery case Dinside the key
and lock it by turning the screw C.
fig. 15b (where provided)F0H0768m

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Day
YearMonth Example:
CONSUMPTION QUIT MENUSPEED LIMITTRIP B
LIGHT SENS.
CLOCK MODE ECE CLOCK
SET DATE
KEY
UNIT DIST.
BUTTON VOL.
BUZZER VOLUME SERVICE
LANGUAGE TEMP. UNIT
Example:
– +
+– – –
+ +
–
–
+
+++
–––
+ +
–
MODE
button
pressed
briefly
On the standard screen, briefly press MODEto start
browsing. Press + or – browse within the menu.
NOTE Only the short menu may be accessed for rea-
sons of safety while the car is moving (“Brightness” and
“Speed Limit”). Stop the car to access the full menu. On
car equipped with Connect Nav+, many functions are dis-
played on the navigator readout.
–
+ +
–
MODE
button
pressed
briefly
Deutsch
English
Español
Italiano
Português
Français
(*) This function may only
be displayed after the SBR
system is deactivated by a
Fiat Dealership.
fig. 30
+
– +
–+
–
+
–
+ –
BELT BUZZER
(*) (where provided) PASSENGER BAG
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fig. 38F0H0046m
Arranging the driver’s seat
in table position
To arrange the driver’s seat in table po-
sition, remove the head restraint (see
“Extracting the head restraint” in the
“Head restraint” chapter) and proceed as
shown above.
Heated seats
(where provided)
Press buttons B-fig. 38to heat the dri-
ver’s seat Cand to heat the passenger’s
seat.
The LED in the button will light up when
heating is on.SLIDING REAR SEAT
Adjusting from inside the
passenger compartment
Lengthwise direction adjustment
fig. 39
Respectively lift the lever Aor the lever
Bto adjust the required seat portion, then
push the seat back or forwards.
Back rest angle adjustment
fig. 40
Push the lever Cmove the backrest to
position and then release it.
To prevent irregular operation: press the
lever Cas far as it will go.
fig. 39F0H0047mfig. 40F0H0252m
fig. 41F0H0253m
FIXED REAR SEATS
(where provided)
See the “Expanding the boot” paragraph
for how to fold the seat.
Adjusting from inside the boot
Lengthwise direction adjustment
fig. 41
Operate on handles Fand Gto adjust the
required seat portion by pushing the seat
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Manual intervention is only required for
the following functions during fully auto-
matic operation.
❒MONOto uniform the temperature
and the air distribution on front pas-
senger or rear passenger zones to the
driver’s zone;
❒…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 the heated rear
window and the external rearview
mirrors.
During completely automatic system op-
eration, you can vary the set temperature,
the air distribution and the fan speed us-
ing the corresponding buttons or knobs
at any time: the system will automatically
change settings to adapt to the new re-
quest.
During fully automatic operation (FULL
AUTO), the word FULLwill dissapear
if the air distribution, air speed, compres-
sor and/or recirculation settings are
changed. In this way, the functions will
switch from automatic to manual control until AUTOis pressed again. The fan
speed is the same in all the zones of the
passenger compartment.
With on or more manually set functions,
the introduced air temperature is still
managed automatically by the system, ex-
cept for when the compressor is off: in the
case, the air introduced into the passen-
ger compartment cannot be cooler than
the outside air.
CONTROLS FOR
H-N air
temperature setting
knobs
Turn the knobs clock-
wise or anticlockwise to
turn the temperature up
or down in the front left
zone (knob N) and the
right zone (knob H) of
the passenger compart-
ment respectively.
The system manages two passenger com-
partment zones: the driver and passen-
ger can therefore select different tem-
peratures. The maximum difference be-
tween the two zones is 7°C.
The set temperature is shown on the dis-
play near the knobs.Press A(MONO) to automatically align
the temperature in the front passenger
zone to the driver’s side temperature. The
same temperature can be set in both
zones by turning knob N on driver’s side.
This function is used to adjust the tem-
perature in the passenger compartment
when the driver only is in the car.
To go back to separate air and tempera-
ture distribution in the two zones of the
passenger compartment, simply turn the
knobs H or press (A-MONO) when the
LED on the button is on.
Turn the knobs either all to the right or
all to the left to the extreme HIor LO
positions to use the maximum heating or
maximum cooling functions:
❒HIfunction (maximum heating):
select by turning the temperature knob
clockwise over the maximum value
(32 °C). It can be operated from either
by the driver or by the front passenger
(by selecting the MONOfunction).
This function may be used to cool down
the passenger compartment as fast as
possible and exploit the system potential
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maximum coolant temperature while air
and fan speed distribution are managed
by the system according to conditions.
Specifically, if the heating fluid is not
warm enough, the fan will not start up at
the maximum speed immediately to limit
introducing excessively cool air into the
passenger compartment.
All manual settings will be allowed when
this function is on.
To switch the function off, simply turn
the temperature knob anticlockwise and
set the required temperature.
❒LOfunction (maximum cooling):
select by turning the temperature knob
anticlockwise beyond the minimum
value (16 °C). It can be operated from
either by the driver or by the front pas-
senger (by selecting the MONOfunc-
tion).
This function may be used to cool down
the passenger compartment as fast as
possible and exploit the system potential
to the maximum. The function activates
air recirculation and the climate control
compressor, air distribution and fan
speed are managed by the system
according to environmental conditions. All manual settings will be allowed when
this function is on.
To switch the function off, simply turn
the temperature knob clockwise and set
the required temperature.
Air distribution
buttons
(I-M)
Press these buttons to
manually set one of the
five possible air distribu-
tion patterns on the left
and on the right side of
the passenger compart-
ment:
▲air flow to the windscreen and front
side window vents to demist or de-
frost them;
˙air flow at central and side dash-
board vents to ventilate the chest
and the face during the hot season;
▼air flow to the front and rear foot
well vents. Thanks to the natural ten-
dency of hot air to spread upwards,
this distribution pattern allows to
warm the passenger compartment
up as quickly as possible, providing
an immediate feeling of warmth.
˙
▼Air flow between foot well vents
(hotter air) and central and side
dashboard vents (cooler air). This
distribution mode is particularly use-
ful in spring and autumn on a sunny
day.
▲
▼Air flow distributed between foot
well vents and windscreen and front
side window defrosting/demisting
vents. This allows an adequate
warming of the passenger compart-
ment and prevents the windows
from misting up.
The set distribution is shown by the cor-
responding LEDs on the selected buttons.
When the combined function is on, press
a button to activate the corresponding
functions along with the settings. If the
button corresponding to a previously ac-
tive button is pressed, the function is
turned off and the corresponding LED will
go out.
To restore automatic air distribution con-
trol after a manual adjustment, press but-
ton AUTO.
Air distribution is automatically aligned on
driver and passenger side when the driver
selects air distribution towards the wind-
screen. The passenger can select a differ-
ent distribution by pressing the corre-
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Fan speed
adjustment buttons
(L)
Press button pto
increase or to decrease
the fan speed and
therefore the amount of air admitted
into the passenger compartment,
although keeping the required tempera-
ture set.
The fan speed is shown by the lit bars on
the display:
❒Max. fan speed = all bars lit;
❒min fan speed = one bar lit.
The fan can be cut off only if the climate
control compressor has been switched
off pressing button B.
IMPORTANT To restore automatic fan
speed control after a manual adjustment,
press button AUTO.AUTO
(H-N)
buttons (automatic
operation)
Press AUTOdriver’s
side and/or passenger’s
side to automatically ad-
just the air speed and air
distribution in the cor-
responding zones can-
celling al previous manu-
al settings.
The message FULL AUTOwill appear
on the front display in this condition.
By manually intervening on at least of the
functions automatically managed by the
system (air recirculation, fan speed or
compressor on/off), the word FULL will
disappear from the display indicating that
the system is no longer automatically con-
trolling all the functions (the temperature
will still be controlled automatically by the
system).
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 A button
(for aligning
temperature and
air distribution
settings)
Press MONOto auto-
matically align air temperature and distri-
bution settings in the front passenger area
to those of in the driver’s area and to
therefore set both zones by turning the
knob on driver’s side only. This function
is used to adjust the temperature in the
entire passenger compartment in pres-
ence of the driver only. To go back to sep-
arate air and temperature distribution in
the two zones of the passenger compart-
ment, simply turn the knobs H-fig. 62or
press MONO A-fig. 62when the LED
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Air recirculation
on/off button (C)
Air recirculation works
according to the follow-
ing operating logics:
❒forced switching on (inside air recir-
culation always on), indicated by the
turning off of the button led C-fig. 62
and symbol íon the display;
❒function off (air recirculation always
off and introduction of external air),
indicated by the fact that the LED on
the button will go off and symbol
ê
will appear on the display.
These operating conditions are obtained
by pressing Cin sequence.
For safety reasons, the system will auto-
matically turn the recycling function off to
allow the introduction of fresh air after a
certain time.IMPORTANT The air recirculation func-
tion 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 compressor is off.
Recirculation is forced off (i.e. air is in-
troduced from the outside) when the the
outside temperature is cold to prevent
misting up.
Climate control
compressor on/off
button (B)
Press button
√when
the LED on the button
is on, to turn the climate
control compressor off. The LED will go
out. Press the button when the LED is off
to restore automatically system control
and use of the compressor. The LED will
light up on the button in this case.
The system will switch recirculation off
when the compressor is switched off to
prevent misting up. Although the system
is capable of maintaining the requiredtemperature, the word FULLwill disap-
pear from the display. If on the other
hand the system cannot maintain the
required temperature, the digits will
blink and the word AUTOwill disap-
pear.
IMPORTANT With the compressor off,
it is not possible to introduced air cool-
er than ambient temperature into the
passenger compartment. Furthermore,
in certain conditions, the windows could
mist up rapidly because the air is not
dehumidified.
The switching off of the climate control
compressor remains in storage even
when the engine has been stopped. To
restore automatic compressor control,
press √again (in this case, the system
will only work as a heater) or press
AUTO.
When the compressor is off, if the
external temperature is hotter than the
set temperature and the system cannot
satisfy the request, the digits of the set
temperature will blink for a few seconds
and the message AUTOwill go out.
With climate control compressor off,
the fan speed can be set to zero manual-
ly (no bar shown).
With the compressor on and the engine
started, the fan speed may be reduced to
the minimum setting (only one bar
shown).
It is advisable not to use the
air recirculation function
when the outside temperature is low
to prevent the windows from rapidly
misting up.
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Fast window
demisting/
defrosting button
(F)
Press this button: the cli-
mate control system will automatically
switch on all the functions required for fast
windscreen and front side window demist-
ing/defrosting, that is:
❒switches on the climate control com-
pressor when weather conditions are
suitable;
❒air recycle off;
❒maximum air temperature HIon
both areas;
❒sets proper fan speed according to
engine coolant temperature to limit
the flow of not sufficiently warm air
to demist the windows into the pas-
senger compartment;
❒directs the air flow to the windscreen
and front side windows vents;
❒heated rear window on.
IMPORTANT The fast demist/defrost
function will remain on for approximate-
ly 3 minutes, from when the engine
coolant reaches a temperature of 50°C
(petrol versions) or 35°C (Multijet ver-
sions).
When this function is on, the LED of the
corresponding button switches on and
that of the rear window demister. Themessage FULL AUTOgoes off on the
display.
You can only adjust the fan speed and
switch the rear window demister off
manually when this function is active.
To restore running operations before
this function was activated, press either
button F-fig. 62, air recirculation but-
ton C, compressor button Bor button
AUTO Nor H
Rear window heater
and external
rearview mirror
heater on/off button
(G)
Press this button to turn
the rear window demister/defroster on.
The LED in the button will light up when
the function is on.
The heater will go out automatically af-
ter a certain time or by pressing the but-
ton again. It will also go out when the en-
gine is stopped until it is started again.
IMPORTANT Do not apply stickers over
the electric filaments on the inside of the
rear window to prevent damage and en-
sure perfect operation.Switching the
system off (E)
Press Eto switch the cli-
mate control system off.
The display will go out
as a consequence.
The following climate control conditions
will be established when the system is off:
❒LEDs off;
❒set temperature not shown;
❒air recirculation on, passenger com-
partment isolated from the outside;
❒air conditioner compressor off;
❒fan off.
The rear window heater can be turned
on and off manually by pressing Gwhen
the system is off.
IMPORTANT The climate control sys-
tem control unit stores the settings
before the system is turned off and rep-
resents the same settings when it turned
back on by pressing any button (except
for the heated rear window). If the but-
ton of a function was not pressed before
turning off the system if will be turned
on; if the functions was on it will be kept
on.
Press AUTOto turn the system in
automatic mode.