FIAT 500 User Manual

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SAFETY DEVICES

CORRECT USE OF THE

CAR

ARNING

LIGHTS AND MESSAGES

IN AN

EMERGENCY

CAR

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICA

TIONS

INDEX

YOUR CAR

If warning light

x only lights

up on the instrument panel,

(with a message on the multifunc-
tional reconfigurable display, where
provided), immediately stop the car
and contact the nearest Fiat Dealer-
ship. Leakage of hydraulic fluid from
the braking system will compromise
functionality of the braking system,
either of the conventional type or
with ABS.

WARNING

ESP SYSTEM (Electronic
Stability Program)
(where provided)

The ESP system is an electronic system
controlling the car stability in the event of
tyre grip loss.

The ESP system is therefore particularly
useful when grip conditions of the road sur-
faces change.

Besides the ESP, the car is provided with
ASR (traction control with interventions
on brakes and engines), HILL HOLDER
(device for start on gradient without us-
ing the brakes), MSR (control of engine
braking torque when shifting gear down)
and HBA (automatic increase of braking
pressure in case of emergency braking).

SYSTEM INTERVENTION

It is signalled by the blinking of the warn-
ing light á on the instrument panel, to in-
form the driver that the car is in critical
stability and grip conditions.

EBD failure

It is indicated by the turning on of warn-
ing lights > and

x on the instrument

panel together with the dedicated message
on the reconfigurable multifunctional dis-
play (where provided); see section “Warn-
ing lights and messages”.

In this case, the rear wheels may sudden-
ly lock and the car may swerve. Drive
carefully to the nearest Fiat Dealership to
have the system checked.

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