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Suspensions, Steering, Brakes – FIAT Panda Classic User Manual

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ARNING

LIGHTS AND MESSAGES

INDEX

DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS

SAFETY DEVICES

CORRECT USE OF THE CAR

IN AN

EMERGENCY

CAR

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICA

TIONS

disc (self-ventilating for 1.3 Multijet engine)

drum, self-centering shoes with control cylinder for each wheel

controlled by hand lever, it works on rear brakes

SUSPENSIONS

1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3 Multijet

Front

Rear

STEERING

1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3 Multijet

Type

Minimum steering
cycle

m

Mc Pherson independent wheels, mechanical cross member,

shock absorbers and helical springs; stabiliser bar for versions with electric

power steering.

twisting axle with interconnected wheels; twisting axle and
two tubular arms with shock absorbers and helical springs.

rack and pinion with electric power steering (where provided)

9.1

BRAKES

1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3 Multijet

Service brakes:

– front

– rear

Parking brake

IMPORTANT Water, ice and antifreeze salt on roads may deposit on the brake discs thus reducing braking efficiency at first braking.