FIAT 500 - Manual (Page 37)

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SAFETY DEVICES
CORRECT USE OF THE
CAR
W
ARNING
LIGHTS AND MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICA
TIONS
INDEX
YOUR CAR
LOW BEAMS SIDE/TAILLIGHTS
fig. 32
With the key on MAR turn the knurled
ring to
2. If low beams are activated, day-
light lights are deactivated and taillights and
low beams are activated. The warning light
3 on the instrument panel will come on
at the same time. With ignition key on
STOP or removed, rotate the knurled
ring from position O to position
2. The
light 3 on the instrument panel turns on
and all taillights and number plate lights
turn on.
MAIN BEAMS fig. 32
With knurled ring in position
2, push the
stalk forward toward the dashboard
(steady position). The warning light
1
on the instrument panel will come on.
They switch off pulling the stalk toward
the wheel (low beams turn on).
FLASHING fig. 32
You can flash the beams pulling the stalk
toward the wheel (unstable position).
The warning light 1 on the instrument
panel will come on at the same time.
DIRECTION INDICATORS fig. 33
Move the stalk to (steady) position:
up (position
a): right-hand indicator
down (position b): left-hand indicator
Warning light ¥ or Î will blink on the in-
strument panel. Direction indicator auto-
matically turn off, when the car travels
again in a straight direction.
Lane change function
If you want to signal that you want to
change lane, move the left stalk to un-
steady position for less than half a second.
The direction indicator of the selected
side activates for three blinks and then au-
tomatically turns off.
EXTERNAL LIGHTS
The left-hand stalk operates most of the
external lights. The external lights can on-
ly be switched on when the ignition key
is on MAR. The instrument panel and the
various instrument panel controls will
come on with the external lights.
DAYLIGHT LIGHT (D.R.L.)
(for versions/markets, where provided)
fig. 32
With the key on MAR and the knurled ring
on O the daylight lights automatically turn
on; the other lights and the internal lighting
do not turn on. The daylight lights auto-
matic switch on function can be en-
abled/disabled using the display menus (see
paragraph “Multifunctional and reconfig-
urable multifunctional display” in this chap-
ter). If daylight lights are disabled, with
knurled ring in position O no light turns on.
fig. 32 F0S0210m fig. 33 F0S0211m
Daylight lights are an alter-
native to the low beams
during daylight travelling, when they
are mandatory, and their use is al-
lowed when low beams are not
mandatory.
Daylight lights do not replace low
beams when travelling in tunnels or
during the night.
The use of daylight lights is governed
by the Highway Code of the country
you are in. Keep to the rules.
WARNING