User manual FIAT NEW PUNTO

[. . . ] 001-020 Punto GB 20-02-2008 10:42 Pagina 1 Dear Customer, Thank you for selecting Fiat and congratulations on your choice of a Fiat Punto. We have written this handbook to help you get to know all your new Fiat Bravo features and use it in the best possible way. You should read it right through before taking the road for the first time. You will find information, tips and important warnings regarding the driving of your car to help you derive the maximum from your Fiat Bravo technological features. ou are recommended to read carefully the warnings and indications, marked with the respective symbols, at the end of the page: personal safety; the car’s wellbeing; environmental protection. Y The enclosed Warranty Booklet lists the services that Fiat offers to its Customers: ❒ the Warranty Certificate with terms and conditions for maintaining its validity ❒ the range of additional services available to Fiat Customers Bestregards and good motoring! This Owner Handbook describes all Fiat Punto versions. As a consequence, you should consider only the information which is related to the engine and bodywork version of the car you purchased. 001-020 Punto GB 20-02-2008 10:42 Pagina 2 MUST BE READ! REFUELLING K Petrol engines: only refuel with unleaded petrol with octane rating (RON) not less than 95. [. . . ] If the car changes ownership, the new owner must be informed of the method of use of air bags and the above warnings and also be given this “Owner handbook”. IMPORTANT The triggering of pretensioners, front air bags and front and rear side bags is decided in a differentiated manner by the electronic control unit, depending on the type of crash. The failure to deploy one or more of them does not mean that the system is not working properly. 145 INDEX TECHNICAL CAR SPECIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE IN AN EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES CORRECT USE OF THE CAR SAFETY DEVICES DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS 124-148 Punto GB 20-02-2008 10:45 Pagina 146 DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS GENERAL WARNINGS WARNING CORRECT USE OF THE CAR SAFETY DEVICES If the ¬ warning light does not turn on when turning the ignition key to MAR or if it stays on when travelling, this could indicate a failure in safety retaining systems; under this condition air bags or pretensioners could not trigger in the event of collision or, in a restricted number of cases, they could trigger accidentally. Stop the car and contact Fiat Dealership to have the system checked immediately. IN AN EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES WARNING Do not cover the back rest of front seats with trims or covers there are not set for the use of side bags. TECHNICAL CAR SPECIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE WARNING Never travel with objects on your lap, in front of your chest or with a pipe, pencil, etc. Injury may result in the event of the air bag being triggered. WARNING INDEX Always keep your hands on the steering wheel rim when driving, so that if the air bag is triggered, it can inflate without meeting any obstacles which could cause serious harm to you. Do not drive with the body bent forwards, keep the seat back rest in the erect position and lean your back well against it. 146 124-148 Punto GB 20-02-2008 10:45 Pagina 147 WARNING WARNING Remember that with the key engaged and in the MAR position, even with the engine not running, the air bags may be triggered on a stationary vehicle if it is bumped by another moving car. Therefore, never seat children on the front seat even when the vehicle is stationary. On the other hand, remember that with the ignition key at STOP no safety device (air bags or pretensioners) will be triggered in the event of an impact; in these cases, failure to come into action of the air bags cannot be considered as a sign that the system is not working properly. WARNING WARNING Do not wash the seat back rest with pressurised water or steam (by hand or at automatic seat washing stations). 147 INDEX TECHNICAL CAR SPECIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE When the ignition key is turned to the MAR position, the warning light F (with passenger’s front air bag deactivation (where required) switch in the ON position) turns on and flashes for few seconds to remind that passenger’s air bag will be deployed in a crash, after which it should go off. IN AN EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES CORRECT USE OF THE CAR SAFETY DEVICES DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS If the car has been stolen or an attempt to steal it has been made, if it has been subjected to vandals or floods, have the air bag system checked by Fiat Dealership. 124-148 Punto GB 20-02-2008 10:45 Pagina 148 DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS WARNING The front air bag is triggered for shocks greater in magnitude than the pretensioners. For impacts between these two thresholds, it is therefore normal that only the pretensioners are triggered. SAFETY DEVICES WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES CORRECT USE OF THE CAR WARNING Do not hook rigid objects to the coat hooks and to the support handles. WARNING 148 INDEX TECHNICAL CAR SPECIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE IN AN EMERGENCY The air bag does not substitute the seat belts, but only increases their effectiveness. Moreover, since the front air bags do not come into operation in the event of front impact at low speed, side collisions, bumps from behind or overturning, in these circumstances the occupants would only be protected by the seat belts which must therefore always be fastened. 149-163 Punto GB 20-02-2008 10:45 Pagina 149 ENGINE STARTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARKING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USING THE MANUAL GEARBOX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONTAINING RUNNING COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOWING TRAILERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SNOW TYRES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SNOW CHAINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAR INACTIVITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 153 154 155 158 161 162 163 149 INDEX TECHNICAL CAR SPECIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE IN AN EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES CORRECT USE OF THE CAR SAFETY DEVICES DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS CORRECT USE OF THE CAR 149-163 Punto GB 20-02-2008 10:45 Pagina 150 DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS ENGINE STARTING The car is fitted with an electronic engine lock device. If the engine fails to start, see paragraph “Fiat Code system” in section “Dashboard and controls”. STARTING PROCEDURE FOR PETROL VERSIONS Proceed as follows: ❒ Ensure that the handbrake is up; ❒ Put the gear lever into neutral; ❒ Press the clutch pedal down to the floor without touching the accelerator; ❒ Turn the ignition key to AVV and let it go the moment the engine starts. If the engine does not start at the first attempt, return the ignition key to STOP before repeating starting. If, when the ignition key is on MAR, warning light Y remains lit together with warning light U, turn the key to STOP and then back to MAR; if the warning light remains on, try with the other keys provided with the car. If you are still unable to start the engine, perform the emergency start-up procedure (see “Emergency startup” in section “In an emergency”) and contact Fiat Dealership. IMPORTANT Never leave the ignition key at MAR when the engine is off. IN AN EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES CORRECT USE OF THE CAR SAFETY DEVICES TECHNICAL CAR SPECIFICATIONS MAINTENANCE We recommend that during the initial period you do not drive to full vehicle performance (e. g. : excessive acceleration, long journeys at top speed, sharp braking, etc). When the engine is switched off never leave the ignition key in the MAR position to prevent pointless current absorption from draining the battery. INDEX WARNING Running the engine in confined areas is extremely dangerous. [. . . ] 164 Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Wheel geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Wheels – changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 – spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]