Fiat 500L 2015, User Manual

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INTRODUCTION/WELCOME
WELCOME FROM FIAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CONTROLS AT A GLANCE
DRIVER COCKPIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
GETTING STARTED
KEY FOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
VEHICLE SECURITY ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POWER DOOR LOCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SEAT BELT SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT
SYSTEM (SRS) — AIR BAGS
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CHILD RESTRAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
HEAD RESTRAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
FRONT SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
REAR SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
HEATED SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TILT/TELESCOPING STEERING COLUMN . . . 24
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
ENGINE BREAK-IN RECOMMENDATIONS . . . 25
TURN SIGNAL/LIGHTS/HIGH BEAM LEVER . . . 25
WIPER/WASHER LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROL . . . . . . . . . 28
MANUAL CLIMATE CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . 30
AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE
CONTROLS (ATC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
REAR PARK ASSIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
POWER SUNROOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
EURO TWIN CLUTCH SIX-SPEED
TRANSMISSION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ADDING FUEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) . . . 37
ELECTRONICS
YOUR VEHICLE'S SOUND SYSTEM . . . . . . . 38
IDENTIFYING YOUR RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Uconnect® 5
.
0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Uconnect® 6 . 5N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Uconnect® PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
STEERING WHEEL AUDIO CONTROLS . . . . . 82
ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFORMATION
CENTER (EVIC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . 84
UNIVERSAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER
(HomeLink®)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
POWER INVERTER — IF EQUIPPED . . . . . . . 87
POWER OUTLET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
UTILITY
TRAILER TOWING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
RECREATIONAL TOWING
(BEHIND MOTORHOME, ETC
. ) . . . . . . . . . 89
WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING LIGHTS . . . 90
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INDICATOR
LIGHTS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
IF YOUR ENGINE OVERHEATS . . . . . . . . . . 97
JACKING AND TIRE CHANGING . . . . . . . . . 98
TIRE SERVICE KIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
JUMP-STARTING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . 111
SHIFT LEVER OVERRIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
TOWING A DISABLED VEHICLE . . . . . . . . . 114
FREEING A STUCK VEHICLE . . . . . . . . . . . 117
EVENT DATA RECORDER (EDR) . . . . . . . . 118
CAP-LESS FUEL FILL FUNNEL . . . . . . . . . . 118
MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
OPENING THE HOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
ENGINE COMPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
FLUID CAPACITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
FLUIDS, LUBRICANTS, AND
GENUINE PARTS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . 124
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . 124
FUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
TIRE PRESSURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
SPARE TIRES — IF EQUIPPED . . . . . . . . . . 132
WHEEL AND WHEEL TRIM CARE . . . . . . . 133
REPLACEMENT BULBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
CONSUMER ASSISTANCE
FIAT CUSTOMER CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
FIAT CANADA CUSTOMER CENTER . . . . . . 135
ASSISTANCE FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED . . . 135
PUBLICATIONS ORDERING . . . . . . . . . . . 135
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS IN THE
UNITED STATES
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
MOPAR ACCESSORIES
AUTHENTIC ACCESSORIES BY MOPAR® . . . 137
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS . . . . . . . 138
INDEX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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