Fiat 500 Abarth Owner's Handbook Manual - page 35

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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.)

(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

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