battery FIAT LINEA 2008 1.G Owners Manual

ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES
If, after buying the car, you decide to add electrical accessories (with the risk of gradually draining the battery),
visit a Fiat Dealership. They can calculate the overall electrical requirement and check that the car’s electric
system can support the required load.
CODE card
Keep it in a safe place, non in the car. Make sure you have the electronic code with you at all times.
SCHEDULED SERVICING
Correct maintenance of the car is essential for ensuring it stays in tip-top condition and safeguards its safety
features, its environmental friendliness and low running costs for a long time to come.
THE OWNER’S MANUAL CONTAINS…
... important information, advise and warnings for correct use, driving safety and maintenance of your car in time.
Pay special attention to the symbols
"(personal safety) #(environmental protection) !(car’s wellbeing).

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Replacing the battery of the key
with remote control fig. 6
Battery replacement:
❒press button Aand open the metal in-
sert B;
❒turn the screw Cto :using a fine bit
screwdriver;
❒take out the battery case Dand replace
the battery Emaking sure that the bias
is correct;
❒refit the battery case Dinside the key
and lock it turning the screw Cto Á
Used batteries are harmful to
the environment. They should
be disposed of as specified by
law in the special containers
provided, or take them to a Fiat Deal-
ership, which will deal with their dis-
posal.
fig. 6F0R0007m
Request for additional remote
controls
The system may recognise up to 8 remote
controls. Should a new remote control be
necessary, contact a Fiat Dealership, tak-
ing with you the CODE card, a personal
identity document and the car’s owner-
ship documents.
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INSTRUMENTS
Instrument background colour and type
may vary according to the version.
SPEEDOMETER fig. 12
It shows the car speed.REV. COUNTER fig. 13
Rev counter shows engine rpm.
IMPORTANT The electronic injection
control system gradually shuts off the flow
of fuel when the engine is ‘over-revving’
resulting in a gradual loss of engine pow-
er.
When the engine is idling, the rev counter
may indicate a gradual or sudden increase
of the speed.
This is normal and does not indicate a
fault. It may be caused, for example, by the
operation of the climate control system
or fan. In these case, a slow change in en-
gine speed is used to protect the battery
charge.
fig. 12F0R0012mfig. 13F0R0013m
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Average consumption
This indicates the average consumption
from the start of the 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 run-
ning.
Average speed
This shows the car average speed as a
function of the overall time elapsed since
the start of the new mission.
Travel time
This value shows the time elapsed since
the start of the 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 when nor-
mal operation is restored without reset-
ting the values displayed before the prob-
lem nor starting a new mission. TRIP button fig. 26
Button TRIP, set on the top of the right
steering column stalk, shall be used (with
ignition key at MAR) to display and to re-
set the previously described values to start
a new mission:
– briefly press to display the different val-
ues
– hold pressed to reset and then start a
new mission.
New mission
Reset can be:
– “manual” resetting by the user, by press-
ing the relevant button;
– “automatic” resetting, when the “Trip dis-
tance” reaches 3999.9 km or 9999.9 km
(according to the type of display) or when
the “Travel time” reaches 99.59 (99 hours
and 59 minutes);– after disconnecting/reconnecting the
battery.
IMPORTANT The reset operation in the
presence of the screens concerning the
“Trip A” makes it possible to reset only
the information associated with this func-
tion.
IMPORTANT The reset operation in the
presence of the screens concerning the
“Trip B” makes it possible to reset only
the information associated with this func-
tion.
Start of journey procedure
With ignition key at MAR, press and keep
button TRIPpressed for over 2 seconds
to reset.
Exit Trip
To exit the Trip function: hold MENU
ESCpressed for longer than 2 seconds.
fig. 26F0R0020m
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CEILING LIGHTS
FRONT CEILING WITH SPOT
LIGHTS fig.48 /a AND WITH
DIFFUSED LIGHTIING LED
(where provided) fig.48 /b
Switch Aturn on/off these lights.
With switch Ain central position, lights
Cand Dwill turn on/off when opening/
closing the front doors.
With switch Apressed on the left side,
lights Cand Dwill always stay off. With
switch Apressed on the right side, lights
Cand Dwill always stay on.
Light turning on/off is gradual.
Switch Bperforms the spot function; with
light off, it will turn on:
❒light Cif pressed on the left side;
❒light Dif pressed on the right side.
IMPORTANT Before getting out of the
car, make sure the switch is at central po-
sition: lights off with doors closed in or-
der to avoid draining the battery.
In any case, if the switch is left inadver-
tently to the on position, the lights will
turn off automatically 15 minutes after
turning the engine off.
fig. 48/aF0R0043m
FRONT CEILING LIGHT WITH
MOVABLE LENS
The light will turn on/off by pressing the
movable lens rightwards or leftwards as
shown in fig. 49.
fig. 48/bF0R0240m
fig. 49F0R0042m
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COURTESY LIGHTS
(where provided) fig. 53
Lights Bby the side of the courtesy mir-
ror will light up when cover Aon the sun
visor on driver’s or passenger’s side is
raised with the key at MAR. The lights al-
lows to use the courtesy mirror also in
poor conditions of light.
IMPORTANT The lights may only be op-
erated for 15 minutes when the key is
turned to stop STOP. They will be au-
tomatically switched off after this to pro-
tect the battery charge.
fig. 51F0R0044mfig. 53
B
B
A
F0R0216mfig. 52F0R0045m
BOOT LIGHT (where provided)
fig. 51
For versions fitted with boot light, it will
turn on automatically when opening the
tailgate and it will turn off at closing.PUDDLE LIGHTS
(where provided) fig. 52
These lights Aare located in the doors
and they will turn on when opening the
relevant door, regardless of the ignition
key position.
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Door unlocking in the event
of a crash
If the fuel cut-off switch trips following an
accident, the doors will be automatically
unlocked to let you leave the car and the
ceiling lights will be switched on at the
same time. The doors can always be
opened from the inside of the car by
means of the specific levers.
Proceed as follows if no fuel leakage is
found and and the car is in condition to be
driven to rearm the fuel cut-off switch.FUEL CUT-OFF SWITCH
The car is fitted with a safety switch that
in the event of a crash comes into opera-
tion by cutting off fuel and turning off the
engine as a consequence.
This device therefore prevents fuel leaks
due to fuel piping breaking.
IMPORTANT After the accident, re-
member to remove the electronic key
from the ignition device to prevent drain-
ing the battery.The message “FPS on” will appear on the
digital display when the switch trips. The
message “Inertia switch tripped. See hand-
book” will appear on the multifunctional
display.
If, after a crash, you smell fu-
el or see leaks from the fuel
system, do not reset the switch to
avoid fine risk.
WARNING
If the centralised door lock-
ing system was operated
from inside the car and the fuel cut-
off switch did not manage to auto-
matically release the doors, it will not
be possible to access the passenger
compartment from the outside after
an accident. The possibility of open-
ing the doors from the outside de-
pends on the conditions of the doors
themselves after the accident: if may
not be possible to open a damaged
door. In this case, try to open the oth-
er doors of the car.
WARNING
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DOORS
CENTRAL DOOR
LOCKING/UNLOCKING SYSTEM
Locking from the outside
With the doors closed, press button
Áon
the remote control fig. 77or insert and
turn the metallic insert in the driver’s side
door lock and turn clockwise fig. 78(an-
ticlockwise on the passenger door ). The
LED on the driver’s door will blink once
to indicate that the doors have been
locked. The doors will be locked only if all
doors are closed. If one or more doors
are open, the indication indicators and the
LED on the driver’s door will flash in rapid
sequence for approximately 3 seconds if
one or more doors are open when but-
ton
Áon the remote control is pressed
fig. 77.
If instead one or more doors are opened
after turning the metallic insert of the key,
only the LED on the driver’s door will
blink rapidly for approximately three sec-
onds. If all the doors are closed and the
boot is open, the doors are locked and:
the direction indicators (if locked by press-
ing
Áfig. 77only) and the LED on the
driver’s door will flash rapidly for ap-
proximately 3 seconds.Door unlocking from the outside
Briefly press button
Ëfig. 77to obtain
remote door unlocking, timed ceiling light
turning on, directions indicator double
flashing or fit the metal insert into the dri-
ver’s door lock and turn it anticlockwise.
fig. 78F0R0067m
fig. 79F0R0000m
Door locking/unlocking from the
inside
Press lever A-fig. 79to unlock all doors.
Pull the lever to unlock all doors. A LED
on the driver’s door will indicate the state
(doors locked or unlocked). The LED is
on when the doors are locked and off
when the doors are unlocked. The doors
will be locked only if all doors are closed.
Lacking power (blown fuse, battery dis-
connected, etc.) it is however possible to
lock the doors manually.
After exceeding 20 km/h speed, doors will
be locked automatically if the set up menu
function has been selected (see paragraph
“Multifunction display” in this section).
fig. 77F0R0066m
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Power window system initialisation
Safety system shall be re-initialised after
disconnecting the battery or if the rele-
vant protection fuse is blown.
Initialisation procedure:
❒fully close manually the window to ini-
tialise;
❒rafter the window has reached the up-
per end of travel, hold the up button
pressed for at least one second.
Incorrect use of the power
windows may be dangerous.
Before operation, always check that
no-one is exposed to the risk of being
injured by directly by the moving win-
dow or objects getting caught and
dragged. When leaving the car, al-
ways remove the key from the igni-
tion device to avoid the risk of injury
due to accidental operation of the
power windows.
WARNING
Front and rear passenger door
windows (where provided)
Front passenger door armrest and rear
door armrests feature the switches A-
fig. 83to be used for controlling the cor-
responding window.
Press button A-fig. 84to inhibit rear door
controls (where provided).MANUAL REAR
(where provided) fig. 85
To open and to close the window use the
relevant window winder.
fig. 85F0R0070mfig. 83F0R0069m
fig. 84F0R0000m
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BOOT
OPENING THE BOOT
The boot lock may be released from the
outside of the car by pressing
Ron the
remote control (where provided) or by
inserting and turning the metallic insert of
the key in the boot lock anticlockwise as
shown in fig. 88. The boot lock can be re-
leased from inside the vehicle operating
on lever A-fig.87 located on driver side
seat or pressing push-button B-fig.89.BOOT CLOSING
To close the boot, lower it onto the lock
until you hear it click. In emergency con-
ditions (if either the remote control or car
battery is flat), release the boot lock by
turn the key in clockwise.
fig. 86F0R0071m
fig. 87F0R0210m
fig. 88F0R0072m
Do not fit additional objects
onto the rear window shelf or
tailgate (speakers, spoilers,
etc.) except when contem-
plated by the manufacturer to ensure
the correct operation of the side gas
shock absorbers of the tailgate itself.
Never exceed the maximum
allowed load in the boot (see
“Technical Specifications”). Make
sure that the objects are well
arranged in the boot so that they will
not be projected forwards following
sudden braking.
WARNING
Never travel with objects on
the rear window shelf: they
cause cause injury to passengers in
the event of an accident or sudden
braking.
WARNING
fig. 89
B
F0R0239m
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