height adjustment FIAT LINEA RHD 2010 1.G Owners Manual

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The fabric upholstery of your
car is designed to withstand
the normal wear and tear of
your car for a long time. Some
precautions are however needed. Avoid
prolonged rubbing against clothing ac-
cessories, such as metal buckles, Velcro
strips and the like, which by applying a
high pressure on the fabric in a small
area could cause the breakage of some
threads and damage the upholster y.
Seat height adjustment
(where provided) fig. 22
Move lever Bupwards or downwards to
achieve the required height.
IMPORTANT
Adjustment must be car-
ried out only seated in the relevant seat.
FRONT SEATS
fig. 22F0R0021m
All adjustments must be
made with the car stationary.
WARNING
Backwards/Forwards adjustment
fig. 22
Lift lever Aand push the seat forwards
and backwards: ensure
your arms should
rest on the steering wheel rim while you
are driving.
After releasing the lever, al-
ways check that the seat is
locked on the guides by tr ying to
move it backwards and forth. If it is
not locked, the seat may move unex-
pectedly and make you loose control
of the car.
WARNING
For maximum safety, keep
the back of your seat up-
right, lean back into it and make sure
the seat belt fits closely across your
chest and hips.
WARNING
Back rest angle adjustment fig. 22
Push lever C.
SAFETY
DEVICES
CORRECT USE
OF THE
CAR
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
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The fabric upholstery of your
car is designed to withstand
the normal wear and tear of
your car for a lon g tim e.
Some precautions are however need-
ed. Avoid prolonged rubbing against
clothing accessories,
such as metal
buckles, Velcro strips and the like,
which by applying a high pressure on
the fabric in a small area could cause
the breakage of some threads and
damage the upholstery.
HEAD RESTRAINTS
FRONT fig. 23
To improve passenger safety, the height of
the head restraints can be adjusted. They
lock into place automatically in the requi-
red position.
To adjust head restraints proceed as
fol-
lows:
upward adjustment: raise the head re-
Downward adjustment: push the head straint until you hear it click.
restraint down to the required position
REAR SEATS
To folds the rear seats refer to paragraph
“Extending the boot” ‘Refer page no. 68’
of this section.
SAFETY
DEVICES CORRECT USE
OF THE
CAR
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLS


The head restraints must be
adjusted so that they sup-
port your neck and not your head.
Only in this way may they perform
their protective action.
WARNING
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STEERING WHEEL
The driver can adjust the steering wheel
position in height.
Proceed as follows:
release the lever A-fig. 25pushing it
forwards (position 1);
adjust the steering wheel as required;
lock the lever Apulling it towards the
steering wheel (position 2).
fig. 25F0R0026m
Any adjustment of the steer-
ing wheel position must be
carried out only with the car station-
ary and the engine turned off.
WARNING
It is absolutely forbidden to
carr y out whatever after-
market operation involving steering
system or steering column modifica-
tions (e.g .: installation of anti-theft
device) that could badly affect per-
formance and safety, cause the lapse
of warranty and also result in non-
compliance of the car with homolo-
gation requirements.
WARNING
SAFETY
DEVICES CORRECT USE
OF THE
CAR
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLS

 
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