service Lancia Thema 2012 Owner handbook (in English)

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MAINTENANCE
SCHEDULE – DIESEL
ENGINE
To help you have the best driving
experience possible, the manufacturer
has identified the specific vehicle
maintenance service intervals that are
required to keep your vehicle operat-
ing properly and safely. The manufacturer recommends that
these maintenance intervals be per-
formed at your selling dealer. The
technicians at your dealership know
your vehicle best, and have access to
factory trained information, genuine
LANCIA parts, and specially designed
electronic and mechanical tools that
can help prevent future costly repairs.
The maintenance intervals shown
should be performed as indicated in
this section.
NOTE:
Under no circumstances should oil
change intervals exceed 20 000 km
or 12 months, whichever comes
first.
CAUTION!
Failure to perform the required
maintenance items may result in
damage to the vehicle.
Required Maintenance Intervals
Refer to the Maintenance Schedules on the following pages for the required maintenance intervals.
Thousands Of Kilometers 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Months 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96
Flush and replace the engine coolant (or at 60 months). 
Check battery charge status and possibly recharge.        
Check tire condition/wear and adjust pressure, if neces-
sary.        
Check operation of lighting system (headlamps, direction
indicators, hazard warning lights, luggage compartment,
passenger compartment, glove compartment, instrument
panel warning lights, etc.).        
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Key-In Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Key, Programming . . . . . . . . . . 14
Key, Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 14
Key, Sentry (Immobilizer) . . . . 13
Keyless Enter-N-Go . . . . . . 20,191
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . 16
Keyless Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Kicker Sound System . . . . . . . 178
Knee Bolster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lane Change and Turn
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Lane Change Assist . . . . . . . . 107
Lap/Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . 26
LATCH (Lower Anchors and
Tether for CHildren) . . . . . . 46,47
Latch Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Lead Free Gasoline . . . . . . . . 223
Leaks, Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 53,280
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,104Airbag . . . . . . . . . 38,41,52,156 Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Automatic Headlights . . . . . 105
Brake Assist Warning . . . . . 213
Brake Warning . . . . . . . . . . 157
Bulb Replacement . . . . 280,281
Dimmer Switch,
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Electronic Stability Program
(ESP) Indicator . . . . . . . . . 213
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . 240
Headlight Switch . . . . . . . . 104
Headlights . . . . . . . . . 104,281
Headlights On Reminder . . . 107
Headlights On With
Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,111
High Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
High Beam Indicator . . . . . . 154
High Beam/Low Beam
Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Illuminated Entry . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . 104
Intensity Control . . . . . . . . 109
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Lights On Reminder . . . . . . 107
Low Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . 156
Map Reading . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parade Mode (Daytime
Brightness) . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . 108,135
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . 159
Security Alarm (Theft
Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 280,281
Service Engine Soon
(Malfunction Indicator) . . . . 156
SmartBeams . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Theft Alarm (Security
Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Tire Pressure Monitoring
(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 155,219
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . 213
Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . 53,107
Vanity Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Wait to Start . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Warning (Instrument Cluster
Description) . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Load Leveling System . . . . . . 147
Loading Vehicle . . . . . . . 227,228
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Auto Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
302

Service Engine Soon Light
(Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . 156
Setting the Clock . . . . . . . . . . 178
Shift Lever Override . . . . . . . 249
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Automatic Transmission . . . 195
Shoulder Belt Upper
Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Shoulder Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Side Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Side View Mirror Adjustment . . 63
Signals, Turn . . . . . . . 53,107,154
Slippery Surfaces, Driving On . 204
SmartBeams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Snow Chains (Tire Chains) . . . 218
Sound System Kicker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Sound Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Sound Systems (Radio) . . . . . 177
Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Specifications Fuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . 223,284
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259,284
Speed Control
(Cruise Control) . . . . . . . 115,117
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Automatic Transmission . . . 191 Cold Weather . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Engine Fails to Start . . . . . . 192
Starting and Operating . . . . . . 191
Starting Procedures . . . . . . . . 191
Steering Column Controls . . . . . . . . 107
Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Tilt Column . . . . . . . . . 112,113
Wheel, Heated . . . . . . . . . . 114
Wheel, Tilt . . . . . . . . . 112,113
Steering Wheel Audio
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Steering Wheel Mounted Sound
System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,279
Storage, Vehicle . . . . . . . 185,279
Storing Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . 279
Stuck, Freeing . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Sun Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,138
Sunglasses Storage . . . . . . . . . 135
Supplemental Restraint System
- Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sway Control, Trailer . . . . . . . 229
Synthetic Engine Oil . . . . . . . 259
System, Navigation
(Uconnect™ gps) . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Telescoping Steering
Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,113
Temperature Control,
Automatic (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . 184
Temperature Gauge, Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,240
Tether Anchor, Child Restraint
. . 46
Tilt Steering Column . . . . 112,113
Time Delay, Headlight . . . . . . 105
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,214 Aging (Life of Tires) . . . . . . 217
Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . 216
General Information . . . . . . 214
High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Inflation Pressures . . . . . . . 214
Life of Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Pressure Monitor System
(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Pressure Warning Light . . . . 155
Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . 217
305

Tongue Weight/Trailer
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Behind a Motorhome . . . . . . 237
Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 251
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing Vehicle Behind a
Motorhome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Traction Control . . . . . . . . . . 209
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Cooling System Tips . . . . . . 236
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Minimum Requirements . . . 232
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Trailer and Tongue
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Trailer Towing Guide . . . . . . . 231
Trailer Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Transfer Case
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Automatic . . . . . . . 196,199,270
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Transmitter Battery Service
(Remote Keyless Entry) . . . . . . 17
Transmitter Programming
(Remote Keyless Entry) . . . . . . 16
Transmitter, Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transporting Pets . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tread Wear Indicators . . . . . . 217
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Trunk Lid (Deck Lid) . . . . . 24,25
Trunk Release Remote
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Trunk Release, Emergency . . . . 25
Turn Signals . . . . . . . . . . 107,154
UCI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Universal Child Seat Position
Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Universal Consumer Interface
(UCI) Connector . . . . . . . . . . 178
Untwisting Procedure, Seat
Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Vanity Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Vehicle Certification Label . . . 227
Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Loading . . . . . . . 227,228 Vehicle Modifications/
Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . 185,279
Wait to Start Light . . . . . . . . . 162
Warning Flasher, Hazard . . . . 240
Warning Lights (Instrument
Cluster Description) . . . . . . . . 154
Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . 7
Washer
Adding Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Washers, Headlight . . . . . . . . 112
Washers, Windshield . . . . 111,263
Washing Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 271
Water Driving Through . . . . . . . . 204
Wheel and Wheel Trim . . . . . . 272
Wheel and Wheel Trim Care . . 272
Wind Buffeting . . . . . . 24,137,139
Window Fogging . . . . . . . . . . 185
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Windshield Defroster . . . . . . . . 52
Windshield Washers . . . . . 110,111
Windshield Wiper Blades . . . . 263
Windshield Wipers . . . . . . . . . 110
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 263
Wipers, Intermittent . . . . . . . . 110
Wipers, Rain Sensitive . . . . . . 111
306

Notes
Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. - Parts & Services - Technical Services - Service EngineeringLargo Senatore G. Agnelli, 3 - 10040 Volvera - Torino (Italia)
Print n. 603.99.124 - 02/2012 - Edition 1

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