tow Lancia Thema 2012 Owner handbook (in English)

(*) Change the automatic transmis-
sion fluid and filter(s) at 100 000 km
or 60 months if using your vehicle for
any of the following: city driving,
short (less than 7-8 km) and repeated
journeys, or frequent trailer or cara-
van towing.
(**) The actual oil and oil filter re-
placement interval depends on the car
usage conditions and is indicated by a
warning light or message on the in-
strument panel, or in any case every
12 months.
Periodic Checks
Every1 000 km or before long jour-
neys, check and, if necessary, restore:
 engine coolant;
 brake fluid;
 windshield washer fluid level;
 tire inflation pressure and condi- tion;  operation of lighting system (head-
lights, direction indicators, hazard
warning lights, etc.);
 operation of windshield washer/ wiper system and positioning/wear
of windshield/rear window wiper
blades.
Every 3 000 km, check and top up, if
required, the engine oil level.
Heavy-Duty Use Of The Car
If the car is used mainly under one of
the following conditions:
 towing a trailer or caravan;
 dusty roads;
 short, repeated journeys (less than 7-8 km) at sub-zero outside tem-
peratures;
 engine often idling or driving long distances at low speeds or long pe-
riods of idleness. You should perform the following in-
spections more frequently than shown
on the Scheduled Servicing Plan:
 check front disc brake pad condi-
tions and wear;
 check cleanliness of hood and trunk locks, cleanliness and lubrication of
linkage;
 visually inspect conditions of: en- gine, transmission, pipes and hoses
(exhaust - fuel system - brakes) and
rubber elements (boots - sleeves -
bushes - etc.);
 check battery charge and battery fluid level (electrolyte);
 visually inspect condition of the ac- cessory drive belts;
 check and, if necessary, change en- gine oil and replace oil filter;
 check and, if necessary, replace pol- len filter;
 check and, if necessary, replace air cleaner filter.
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Through Flowing, Rising, or
Shallow Standing Water . . . 204
Driving to Achieve Maximum
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Electric Rear Window
Defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Electric Remote Mirrors . . . . . . 64
Electrical Power Outlets . . . . . 140
Electronic Brake Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Anti-Lock Brake System . . . 209
Brake Assist System . . . . . . 209
Traction Control System . . . 209
Electronic Power Distribution
Center (Fuses) . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Electronic Speed Control
(Cruise Control) . . . . . . . 115,117
Electronic Stability Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electronic Vehicle Information
Center (EVIC) . . . . . . . . 134,159
Emergency Deck Lid Release . . 25
Emergency Trunk Release . . . . 25
Emergency, In Case of Freeing Vehicle When
Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Hazard Warning Flasher . . . 240
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . 246 Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Break-In Recommendations . . 50
Compartment . . . . . . . 255,256
Compartment
Identification . . . . . . . . 255,256
Coolant (Antifreeze) . . . 265,284
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . . 51
Fails to Start . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Flooded, Starting . . . . . . . . 192
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . 223
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . 246
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,283,284
Oil Change Interval . . . 164,258
Oil Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Oil Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Oil Selection . . . . . 258,259,283
Oil Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . 159
Enhanced Accident Response
Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Entry System, Illuminated . . . . 16
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . 41 Exhaust Gas Caution . . . . . 51,264
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . 51,264
Exterior Folding Mirrors . . . . . . 63
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . 104
Exterior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Filler Location Fuel . . . . . . . . 156
Filters
Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Air Conditioning . . . . . 185,261
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . 259,284
Flash-To-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Flashers Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . 240
Turn Signal . . . . . . . 53,107,154
Flooded Engine Starting . . . . . 192
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Fluid Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Fluid Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fluid Level Checks Automatic Transmission . . . 270
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . 265
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Fluid, Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Fluids, Lubricants and
Genuine Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
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Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Outlet (Auxiliary Electrical
Outlet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,138
Tilt/Telescoping Steering
Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . 285
Pregnant Women and Seat
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pretensioners Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Programming Transmitters
(Remote Keyless Entry) . . . . . . 16
Radial Ply Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Radiator Cap (Coolant
Pressure Cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Radio (Sound Systems) . . . . . 177
Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . 180
Radio Remote Controls . . . . . . 179
Rain Sensitive Wiper System . . 111
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear Cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Rear Fog Lights . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rear Park Sense System . . . . . 129 Rear Seat, Folding . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear Window Defroster . . . . . 145
Rear Window Features . . . . . . 145
Recorder, Event Data . . . . . . . . 41
Recreational Towing . . . . . . . . 237
Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Reminder, Lights On . . . . . . . 107
Reminder, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) . . 16
Remote Sound System (Radio)
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Remote Trunk Release . . . . . . . 24
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . 280
Replacement Keys . . . . . . . . . . 14
Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . 257
Replacement Tires . . . . . . . . . 217
Resetting Oil Change
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,164
Restraint, Head . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Restraints, Child . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Restraints, Occupant . . . . . . . . 25
Rocking Vehicle When Stuck . . 248
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Safety Checks Inside Vehicle . . . 51
Safety Checks Outside Vehicle . . 53
Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety, Exhaust Gas . . . . . . . . . 51
Schedule, Maintenance . . 290,293Seat Belt Maintenance . . . . . . 274
Seat Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . 25,26,51
Adjustable Upper Shoulder
Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
And Pregnant Women . . . . . . 33
Child Restraint . . . . . . 42,45,49
Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,27
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Operating Instructions . . . . . 27
Pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Untwisting Procedure . . . . . . 29
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Easy Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . 99
Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . 96
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear Folding . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Seatback Release . . . . . . . . 101
Tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Selection of Coolant
(Antifreeze) . . . . . . . . . . 266,284
Selection of Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Sentry Key (Immobilizer) . . . . . 13
Sentry Key Programming . . . . . 14
Sentry Key Replacement . . . . . . 14
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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
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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
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