ignition Lancia Thesis 2009 Owner handbook (in English)

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Remember that until the
engine has started, the
brake booster and power
steering systems will not work
and a greater effort will therefore
be required to press the brake
pedal and turn the steering
wheel. For cars equipped with
turbosupercharger in
particular, but generally
for any kind of cars, avoid abrupt
accelerations immediately before
turning the engine off. A quick
burst on the accelerator serves
absolutely no practical purpose,
wastes fuel and may damage seri-
ously the turbosupercharger
rotor bearings.EMERGENCY START-UP
If the Lancia CODE system fails to
recognise that code transmitted by
the ignition key (symbol Ytogeth-
er with message “VEHICLE PRO-
TECTION SYSTEM FAULT” on the
multifunction display) the emer-
gency start-up can be performed by
using the CODE card code.
For the correct procedure see chap-
ter “In an emergency”.
Before opening the lug-
gage compartment bonnet
to reload the battery or to
connect an auxiliary battery,
carefully read and comply with
the instructions contained in the
paragraph “If battery is to be dis-
connected” in the chapter “In an
emergency”.Never bump start the
engine (by pushing, tow-
ing or coasting downhill)
as this could cause fuel to flow
into the catalytic exhaust system
and damage it beyond repair.
IMPORTANTIf the engine turns
off while the car is running, the
Lancia CODE symbol Yand the
message “VEHICLE PROTECTION
SYSTEM FAULT” may appear on
the multifunction display when the
engine starts again. In this case
check that the warning light switch-
es off when turning the engine off
and on again with the car stationary.
Otherwise contact aLancia
Dealership.

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Never leave unsuper-
vised children in the car;
always remove the keys
and take them with you when you
leave the car.
If the CID device is
inside the car, the engine
can be started: therefore,
we recommend that you take the
greatest care since, in this cir-
cumstances, the engine could be
started unlawfully or by children
left unattended inside the car.PARKING
To park the car, proceed as fol-
lows:
– Stop the engine.
– Check for electric parking brake
engagement.
– Engage the 1
stgear if the car is
facing uphill or reverse if facing
downhill.
– In automatic gearbox versions
put selector to P.
– Leave the front wheels steered so
to stop the car immediately if the
parking brake is accidentally
released.
On versions equipped with sunroof
(where provided), the upper part of
the sunroof incorporates a set of
solar cells that feed the climate con-
trol system fan at first speed when
the car is parked to reduce the tem-
perature inside the passenger com-
partment.Never leave the ignition
key at MAR when the
engine is off to prevent
draining the battery.
IMPORTANTBest operation of
the fan when the car is parked is
obtained by closing completely the
windows and sunroof. Furthermore,
to check operation at first speed of
the fan, disengage air vents and set
air distribution from central dash-
board vents only before leaving the
car.

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DRIVING IN FOG
If the fog is thick, do not start out
on a journey unless you absolutely
have to. If driving in mist, blanket
fog or when there is danger of fog
patches:
– Keep your speed down.
– Turn on the dipped headlights,
rear fog lights and front fog lights
even during the day. Do not drive
with your headlights at main beam.
IMPORTANTOn stretches of road
with good visibility, switch off your
rear fog lights; the brightness of
these lights could annoy the people
travelling in the cars behind.
– Remember that fog also means
the tarmac is very wet and therefore
manoeuvres of all kinds are more
difficult and stopping distances are
longer.
– Keep a good distance from the
cars in front of you.
– As far as possible, avoid spurts of
speed or sudden decelerations. – Do not overtake other vehicles if
you can help it.
– If you are forced to stop your car
(breakdown, limited visibility etc.),
try to stop off the road. Turn on the
hazard lights and, if possible, the
dipped beam headlights.
Rhythmically sound the horn if you
realise another car is coming. DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS
– When driving downhill use the
engine braking effect by engaging a
low gear so as not to overheat the
brakes.
– Under no circumstances should
you drive downhill with the engine
off or with the gear in neutral, let
alone with the ignition key out.
– Drive at a moderate speed with-
out cutting corners.
– Remember that overtaking while
going uphill is slower and therefore
requires more free road. If you are
being overtaken while driving
uphill, make it easier for the other
vehicle to pass.

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Ignoring the above rules
may lead to fire. When functioning nor-
mally, the catalytic con-
verter reaches high tem-
peratures. For this reason, do not
park the car over inflammable
material (grass, dry leaves, pine
needles, etc.): fire hazard.
Do not allow anything to
be sprayed onto the cat-
alytic converter, lambda
sensor and exhaust pipe. Do not install other heat
shields and do not remove
those already fitted to the
catalytic converter and exhaust
pipe.Never run the engine with the
spark plugs disconnected even for
testing purposes. Do not warm up
the engine by letting it idle for a
while before moving off unless the
outside temperature is very low and,
even in this case, only do so for less
than 30 seconds.
If you have trouble starting, do not
keep turning the ignition key for
long periods. Be especially careful to
avoid bump starting the car by
pushing, towing or rolling downhill:
these are all manoeuvres that can
damage the catalytic exhaust sys-
tem. Use an auxiliary battery for
start-ups only.
If the engine begins to “lose its
smoothness” when travelling, con-
tinue your journey but reduce the
demands you are making on the
engine and have the car seen at a
Lancia Dealershipas soon as you
can.
When the instrument panel fuel
reserve warning light comes on, fill
up as soon as possible. A low level of
fuel can cause an uneven supply of
fuel to the engine with the inevitable
increase in the temperature of the
exhaust gas and serious damages to
the catalytic converter.

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TOWING A
TRAILER
GENERAL NOTES
The car must be fitted with a
homologated tow hitch and suitable
electrical system for towing a cara-
van or a trailer. Have the tow hitch
fitted by an expert who will issue
specific documentation for use on
roads.
Fit special and/or additional
rearview mirrors in accordance with
the highway code.
Remember that towing a trailer
makes it harder for the car to climb
the maximum gradients specified,
increases braking and overtaking
distance, proportionally to the over-
all weight of the trailer.Engage a low gear when driving
downhill rather than constantly
braking.
The weight the trailer exerts on the
car’s tow hitch coupling reduces the
car’s loading capacity by the same
amount. In order to be sure you are
not exceeding the maximum towing
weight (as specified in the registra-
tion book), you have to take into
account the trailer’s fully laden
weight, including accessories and
personal luggage.
Do not exceed the speed limits for
towing a trailer in the country you
are driving in. In any case, do not
exceed the top speed of 100 km/h.
Trailer electrical connection shall
only be performed with ignition key
atSTOPor removed.
When trailer electrical connection
is on and you switch on the rear fog
lights, only the trailer rear fog lights
will come on.The ABS system will not
control the trailing brak-
ing system. Great care
should therefore be taken when
driving on slippery road surfaces.
Under no circumstances
modify the car’s braking
system for trailer braking
control. The trailer’s braking sys-
tem must be completely indepen-
dent of the car’s hydraulic sys-
tem.
The rear parking sensors
are automatically deacti-
vated when the plug of the
trailer’s electrical cable is insert-
ed in the car’s tow hitch socket.
The rear sensors activate auto-
matically when the trailer’s plug is
disconnected.

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EMERGENCY
START-UP
If the Lancia CODE system cannot
deactivate the engine immobilising
system, symbols YandUwill
remain lit on the multifunction dis-
play together with messages
“ELECTRONIC KEY NOT
RECOGNISED” and “ENGINE
CONTROL SYSTEM FAULT”, and
the engine will not start. Follow the
emergency start-up procedure to
start the engine.
Read the whole procedure care-
fully before trying to carry it out.
If you make a mistake in the emer-
gency procedure you must turn the
ignition key back to STOPand
repeat the whole operation from the
beginning (step 1).
1) Read the five-digit electronic
code on the CODE card.
2) Turn the ignition key to MAR.3) Press and hold down the accel-
erator pedal. The warning light U
on the instrument panel will light up
for about 8 seconds, and then go
out. At this point release the acceler-
ator pedal and get ready to count the
flashes of the warning light U.
4) Count the number of flashes
that corresponds to the first figure of
the code on the CODE card, then
press the accelerator pedal and keep
it down until the Uwarning light
comes on for four seconds and then
goes out. Release the accelerator
pedal.
5) The Uwarning light will start
flashing again: after it has flashed
the number of times that corre-
sponds to the second figure on the
CODE card, press the accelerator
pedal to the floor and keep it there.
6)Do the same for the remaining
digits on the CODE card.7) Once the final figure has been
entered, keep the accelerator pedal
pressed. TheUwarning light will
light up for 4 seconds and then go
out. Release the accelerator pedal.
8) The Uwarning light will flash
rapidly for about 4 seconds to indi-
cate that the operation has been
completed correctly.
9) Start the engine by turning the
ignition key from MARtoAVV
(without turning it to STOP).
If, however, warning light Ustays
on, turn the ignition key to STOP
and repeat the procedure from step
1).
IMPORTANTAfter an emergency
start, you should contact a Lancia
Dealershipimmediately as you will
have to repeat the procedure
described each time you want to
start the engine.
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7) Start the engine.
8) When the engine has started,
remove the leads in the reverse order
to before: D,C,Band finally A.
IMPORTANTIf the engine fails to
start after a few attempts, do not keep
turning the key but have the car seen
to at aLancia Dealership.
9) Put the cover back on the bat-
tery positive terminal by fitting the
lock flanges in.
10) Put the cover back and retight-
en the knob.
11) Close the boot tailgate.IMPORTANTWhen the tailgate is
closed, the boot latch is not locked.
To lock it, turn the metal insert of
the key anticlockwise in the latch.
Do not carry out this
procedure if you lack
experience: if it is not
done correctly it can cause very
intense electrical discharges and
the battery might even explode.
Do not to put naked flames or
lighted cigarettes near the battery
and do not cause sparks: risk of
explosion and fire.
Never use a battery
charger to jump start the
engine: you could damage
the electronic system, with spe-
cial reference to ignition and
injection control unit.
BUMP STARTING
Do not bump start by pushing,
towing or coasting downhill. This
way of starting could cause a rush of
fuel into the catalytic converter and
damage it beyond repair.
Remember that ifthe engine is not
running, the brake booster and the
power steering will not work. You
therefore have to use considerably
more effort on both the brake pedal
and the steering wheel.
Never connect the nega-
tive terminals of the two
batteries directly: sparks
could ignite the flammable gas
from the battery. If the auxiliary
battery is installed on another
car, prevent accidental contact
between the metal parts of the
two vehicles.

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IF AN EXTERIOR
BULB BURNS OUT
FRONT LIGHT CLUSTER
The front light cluster includes
main beam headlights/dipped beam
headlights, additional main beam
headlights, direction indicators and
sidelights.Light layout is the following
(fig. 23):
A– Main beam headlight/dipped
beam headlight (bi-Xeno bulb)
B– Sidelight
C– Additional main beam head-
light
D– Direction indicator.Any operation on the
front light cluster must be
made with the stalk at 0
(lights off) and ignition key
removed for at least 15 minutes
(to let bulb cooling and con-
densers discharging): risk of elec-
trical discharge!
fig. 23
L0A0106b
To replace front head-
light bulbs, front light
clusters shall be removed.
It is therefore recommended to
the bulbs replaced at Lancia
Dealership.Due to high voltage, the
bulb of bi-Xeno gas-dis-
charge headlights must
only be replaced by experts: dan-
ger of death! Contact the Lancia
Dealership.

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IF A FUSE BLOWS
GENERAL (fig. 67)
The fuse is a protective device for
the electric system. It comes into
action (i.e. it cuts off) in the event of
a failure or improper actions on the
electric system.
If an electrical device is not work-
ing, check whether the respective
fuse is blown. The conductor should
not be broken. If it is, replace it with
another with the same amperage
(same colour).A- Undamaged fuse
B- Fuse with broken filament.
Use the tongs Cto extract a fuse to
be replaced. The tongs are to be
found in the main fuse box.
Before changing a fuse,
check the ignition key has
been removed and that all
the other electrical devices have
been switched off.
fig. 67
L0A0127b
Never replace a fuse
with metal wires or any-
thing else. Always use an
intact fuse of the same colour
(same value).
Never change a fuse with
another of higher amper-
age: FIRE RISK!If a general fuse (MIDI-
FUSE or MEGA-FUSE)
blows, do not repair it,
but go to a Lancia Dealership.
If the fuse blows again,
have the car inspected at a
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The devices protected by the fuses
(fig. 75) are listed in the tables on
the following pages.
After replacing the fuses refit the
cover by refitting the fastening clips.FUSES IN THE BOOT
The fusebox (fig. 77) is located on
the right side of the boot, inside the
service compartment.
To open the compartment flap turn
the catch A(fig. 76) to 1with the
ignition key and lower it. The spare fuses, with different
amperage, are housed in vertical
position at the sides of the fusebox.
The devices protected by the fuses
(fig. 78) are listed in the tables on
the following pages.
fig. 75
L0A0267b
fig. 76
L0A0275b
fig. 77
L0A0146b
fig. 78
L0A0266b