STARTING THE VEHICLE
Notes
❒
At starting, the system sets in
AUTO
mode.
❒
With the buttons
1
,
N
,
R
and brake
pedal depressed, the
1
st
speed, neutral
(
N
) and reverse (
R
) can be engaged.
❒
With the buttons
1
,
N
,
R
and with-
out depressing the brake pedal, no
gear change request is implemented by
the system.
❒
With the levers on the steering wheel
(see paragraph “Levers on the steer-
ing wheel”) and even with the brake
pedal depressed, no gear can be en-
gaged.
❒
If the vehicle is switched off with mode
SPORT
or
NORMAL
active, the
mode previously set is maintained
when the engine is restarted.
With key extracted from the starting de-
vice, the buttons on the gearbox dash-
board (
fig. 12
) can be pressed with or
without the brake pedal depressed. When
the buttons are pressed, the system will
not perform any activation, therefore the
speed engaged before switching off the en-
gine remains engaged.
With vehicle stationary and key in the
MAR
position (ignition-operated electri-
cal services activated), the screen displays
the speed engaged and the active operat-
ing mode (automatic =
AUTO
or manu-
al = no display).
ABARTH
COMPETIZIONE
TRANSMISSION
The vehicle is equipped with an electron-
ically controlled manual transmission
known as Abarth Competizione trans-
mission which allows two operating log-
ics:
MANUAL
and
AUTO
.
The transmission consists of a conven-
tional manual transmission to which an
electronically-controlled electrohydraulic
device that controls the clutch and gear
shifts automatically has been added.
F0S0163m
fig. 12
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