fuel FIAT PUNTO 2013 Owner handbook (in English)

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REFUELLINGPetrol engines : refuel only with unleaded petrol with an octane rating (RON) of no l\
ess than 95 conforming to
the European specification EN228.
Diesel engines: refuel only with diesel fuel conforming to the European specification \
EN590.
The use of other products or mixtures may damage the engine beyond repai\
r and consequently invalidate the war-
ranty, depending on the damage caused.
STARTING THE ENGINE Petrol engines: make sure that the handbrake is engaged, set the gearshift lever to ne\
utral, 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.
Diesel engines: make sure that the handbrake is engaged, set the gearshift lever to ne\
utral, fully depress the clutch
without pressing the accelerator, then turn the ignition key to MAR and \
wait for the warning lights
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go off; turn the ignition key to AVV and release it as soon as the engin\
e has started.
PARKING ON FLAMMABLE MATERIAL The catalytic converter develops high temperatures during operation. Do \
not park the vehicle on grass, dry leaves,
pine needles or other flammable material: fire hazard.
RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT The car is fitted with a system that allows continuous diagnosis of the \
components correlated with emissions to en-
sure better respect for the environment.
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AND DEVICESDASHBOARD ......................................................................\
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SYMBOLS ........................................................................\
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THE FIAT C ODE SYSTEM ................................................. 6
THE KEYS ........................................................................\
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ALARM ........................................................................\
........... 10
IGNITION .......................................................................\
...... 12
INSTRUMENT PANEL ........................................................ 13
INSTRUMENTS .................................................................... 14
DIGITAL DISPLAY ............................................................... 16
MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY ............................................ 21
TRIP COMPUTER ................................................................ 30
FRONT SEATS ..................................................................... 32
REAR S EATS ........................................................................\
.. 33
HEAD RESTRAINTS ........................................................... 34
STEERING WHEEL .............................................................. 35
MIRRORS .......................................................................\
........ 35
HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTE M .................... 37
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTE M .................... 41
EXTERIOR LIGHTS ............................................................. 47
WINDOW CLEAN ING ..................................................... 49
CEILING COURTESY LIGHTS ......................................... 51
CONTROLS .......................................................................\
. 53
FUEL CUT-OFF SYSTEM ................................................... 55 INTERIOR FI
TTINGS ........................................................... 56
DOORS ........................................................................\
.......... 60
ELECTRIC WINDOW OPENING ................................. 63
BOOT ........................................................................\
............. 65
BONNET .......................................................................\
........ 68
ROOF RACK/SKI RACK .................................................... 69
HEADLIGHTS ....................................................................... 70
ABS SYSTE M ......................................................................\
... 72
ESP SYSTEM ......................................................................\
.... 73
EOBD SYSTEM ..................................................................... 76
“DUAL DRIVE” ELECTRIC POWER
STEERING SYSTEM ............................................................. 77
START&STOP SYSTEM ...................................................... 79
SYSTÈME GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR ............................. 84
SOUND SYSTE M ................................................................. 85
ABILITY TO INSTALL A PORTABLE
NAVIGATION SYSTEM ..................................................... 86
ACCESSORIES PURCHASED BY THE OWNER ......... 86
REFEULLING THE CAR ..................................................... 88
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT ........................... 89
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KEY WITH REMOTE CONTROL
fig. 4
(for versions/markets, where provided)
The metal insert Aenables:
❒the ignition;
❒the door locks;
❒the fuel cap lock/release (for versions/
markets, where provided).
To open/close the metal insert, press
button B.
Button Ëis used for unlocking the doors
and the boot.
Button
Áis used for locking the doors and
the boot.
Button
Ris used to open the boot re-
motely.
When unlocking the doors, the passenger
compartment lights will come on for
a preset time.
THE KEYS
CODE CARD fig. 3
(for versions/markets, where provided)
The car is delivered with two copies of the
ignition key and with the CODE card
which bears the following:
A the electronic code;
B the mechanical key code to be given to
the Fiat Dealership when ordering du-
plicate keys.
You should have the electronic code A-
fig. 3 with you at all times.
IMPORTANT In order to ensure com-
plete efficiency of the electronic devices
inside the keys, they should never be ex-
posed to direct sunlight.
All the keys and the CODE
card must be handed over to
the new owner when selling
the car.
fig. 3F0M0351m
Press button B only with the
key away from your body,
specifically from your eyes and from
objects which could get damaged (e.g.
your clothes). Do not leave the key
unattended to avoid the button being
accidentally pressed while it is being
handled, e.g. by a child.
WARNING
fig. 4F0M0394mfig.
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KEY WITHOUT REMOTE
CONTROL fig. 8
The metal insert of the key Ais fixed.
The key operates:
❒the ignition;
❒the door locks;
❒the fuel tank cap lock (for versions/
markets, where provided).
fig. 8F0M0352m
ALARM
The car alarm system is available at Lin-
eaccessori Fiat.
Used batteries are harmful to
the environment. You can dis-
pose of them either in the
correct containers as speci-
fied by law or by taking them to a Fiat
Dealership, which will deal with their
disposal.
Requesting additional
remote controls
The system acknowledges 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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INSTRUMENT PANEL
Versions with digital display
A Speedometer
B Fuel level gauge with reserve warning
light
C Engine coolant temperature gauge and
excessive temperature warning light
D Rev counter
E Digital display
Versions with multifunction display
A Speedometer
B Fuel level gauge with reserve warning
light
C Engine coolant temperature gauge and
excessive temperature warning light
D Rev counter
E Multifunction display
F0M0535m
fig. 10
F0M0536mfig. 11
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INSTRUMENTS
Instrument background colour and type
may vary according to the version.
SPEEDOMETER fig. 12
This shows the speed of the vehicle.REV COUNTER fig. 13
The rev counter shows the number of en-
gine revolutions per minute.
IMPORTANT The electronic injection
control system gradually shuts off the flow
of fuel when the engine is over-revving, re-
sulting in a gradual loss of engine power.
When the engine is idling, the rev counter
may indicate a gradual or sudden increase
of the rate.
This is normal and does not indicate a fault.
It may be caused, for example, by the op-
eration of the climate control system or
fan. In these cases, a slow change in revs
is used to protect the battery charge.
fig. 12F0M0405mfig. 13F0M0406m
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FUEL LEVEL GAUGE fig. 14
This shows the amount of fuel left in
the tank.
E tank empty.
F full tank.
The reserve warning light A turns on to
indicate that approximately 7 litres of
fuel are left in the tank.
Do not travel with the fuel tank almost
empty: the gaps in fuel delivery could dam-
age the catalyst.
See the description in the “Refuelling”
paragraph.
IMPORTANT The needle will point to E
and warning light Awill blink to indicate
a fault in the system. If this happens, go
to a Fiat Dealership to have the system
checked. ENGINE COOLANT
TEMPERATURE GAUGE fig. 15
This shows the temperature of the engine
coolant fluid and starts working when the
fluid temperature exceeds approx. 50 °C.
Under normal usage, the needle should
hover around the middle of the scale ac-
cording to the working conditions.
C
Low engine coolant temperature.
H High engine coolant temperature. Warning light B
may light up (and a mes-
sage on the multifunctional display may ap-
pear in certain versions) to indicate that
the coolant fluid temperature is too high;
in this case, stop the engine and contact
a Fiat Dealership.
If the needle reaches the red
area, stop the engine imme-
diately and contact a Fiat
Dealership.
fig. 14F0M0407mfig. 15F0M0408m
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Selecting language (Language)
Display messages can be shown in differ-
ent languages: Italian, English, German,
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Polish and
Dutch.
To set the required language, proceed as
follows:
– briefly press MENU ESC – the previ-
ously set language will flash on the display;
– press + or –to make your choice;
– briefly press MENU ESC to return to
the menu screen or hold the button down
to return to the standard screen without
saving. Adjusting the failure/warning
buzzer volume (Alert Volume)
This function allows the volume of the
buzzer which accompanies the display of
failures/warnings to be adjusted (over
8 levels).
To set the desired volume, proceed as fol-
lows:
– briefly press MENU ESC
– the previ-
ously set volume level will flash on the dis-
play;
– press + or –to set the value;
– briefly press MENU ESCto return to
the menu screen or hold the button down
to return to the standard screen without
saving.
If the distance unit set is “km” the fuel con-
sumption unit will be displayed in km/l or
l/100km.
If the distance unit set is “mi” the fuel con-
sumption unit will be displayed in “mpg”.
– press +
or –to make your choice;
– if selecting “Temperature” : briefly press
MENU ESC and the display will show
“C” or “F” (depending on the previous
setting);
– press + or –to make your choice;
When you have made the adjustment,
briefly press MENU ESC to go back to
the sub-menu screen or hold the button
down to go back to the main menu with-
out saving.
– hold down MENU ESC again to go
back to the standard screen or main
menu, depending on where you are in the
menu.
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TRIP COMPUTER
Introduction
The “Trip computer” is used to display in-
formation on car operation when the key
is turned to MAR. This function allows
you to define two separate trips called
“Trip A” and “Trip B” for monitoring the
car’s “complete journey” in a reciprocal-
ly independent manner.
Both functions are resettable (reset – start
of a new journey).
“Trip A” shall be used to display the fig-
ures relating to:
– Outside temperature;
– Range
– Distance travelled
– Average consumption
– Instant consumption
– Average speed
– Travel time (driving time). “Trip B”, available on multifunction display
only, shall be used to display the figures
relating to:
– Distance travelled B
– Average consumption B
– Average speed B
– Travel time B (driving time).
NB
“Trip B” functions may be excluded
(see “Trip B on”). “Range” and “Instant
consumption” parameters cannot be reset.
Values displayed
Outside temperature
Indicates the temperature outside the
vehicle passenger compartment.
Range
This indicates the distance which may be
travelled with the fuel in the tank assum-
ing that driving style does not change. The
display will show the reading “- - - -“ when
the following events take place:
– value lower than 50 km (or 30 mi)
– car left parked with engine running for
a long time.
Distance travelled
This value shows the distance covered
from the start of the new journey. Average consumption
This value shows the average consump-
tion from the start of the new journey.
Instant fuel consumption
Indicates the fuel consumption. The val-
ue is constantly updated. The message
“- - - -” will appear on the display if the car
is parked with the engine running.
Average speed
This value shows the car’s average speed
based on the overall time elapsed since the
start of the new journey.
Journey time
This value shows the time elapsed since
the start of the new journey.
IMPORTANT If information is not avail-
able, the message “- - - -” will appear in-
stead of the Trip Computer values.
Counting of the different values will be re-
sumed regularly when normal operation
is restored. This will not cause any reset-
ting of the values displayed before the fail-
ure nor the starting of a new journey.
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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 allow access to the passenger
compartment 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 using the appropriate controls.
if no fuel leakage is found and the car is
roadworthy, ensure the correct operation
of the vehicle by adhering to the following
instructions.
DOOR LOCKING fig. 50
To lock all doors at the same time, press
button
A, located on the central console
control panel, regardless of the position
of the ignition key.FUEL CUT-OFF SYSTEM
This system triggers after a collision and
activates the following:
❒cut-off of fuel supply with consequent
switching off of the engine;
❒automatic door unlocking;
❒switching on of all interior lights.
When the system has been triggered, the
message “Fuel cut off, see handbook” is
displayed.
Carefully check the car for fuel leaks, for
instance in the engine compartment, un-
der the car or near the tank area.
After a crash, turn the key to STOP to
avoid draining the battery.fig. 50F0M0618m
If, after a crash, you smell fu-
el or notice leaks from the
fuel system, do not reactivate the sys-
tem to avoid the risk of fire.
WARNING
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