Summary of 500C ABARTH
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- 1 - fiat 500 c – s&s fiat 500 c.
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- 2 - fiat 500 c – s&s documentation amendments/updates date contact file name modification description © 2009 – fiat group automobiles s.P.A. All rights reserved. The circulation and reproduction of all or part of this guide by any means is prohibited. Material processing cannot involve special lia...
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- 3 - fiat 500 c – s&s briefing .................................................................................................................................................. 5 soft top structure .......................................................................................................
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- 4 - fiat 500 c – s&s.
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- 5 - fiat 500 c – s&s briefing expressing a "free and emotional" vehicle, the original convertible version pays tribute to the "open- top discovery" vehicle of 1957while at the same time it offers vanguard solutions as for mechanics, engines and comfort on board. All this is aligned with the most a...
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- 6 - fiat 500 c – s&s soft top structure the fiat 500 c soft top system is formed by an electrical and a mechanical part. The electrical part is used for management and control; it is mainly formed by an ecu, a motor (with integral position sensor) and two movement buttons. Soft top movement button...
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- 7 - fiat 500 c – s&s the soft top frame is fastened in 17 points to the body: 2 screws at the front, 6 nuts in the area next to the spoiler position and 9 screws at the back. The whole contour of the soft top frame is sealed. Soft top frame fastened on body. Front left side area front right side a...
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- 8 - fiat 500 c – s&s vehicle interior side area (left side) vehicle interior side area (right side) vehicle interior rear area vehicle interior rear area (next to the control unit) (next to the motor) vehicle exterior rear area..
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- 9 - fiat 500 c – s&s guides. On the soft top frame side parts the two guides are fastened by rivets; the movement pads are located in these guides. Guide bowden cable and control unit. Control unit the bowden cables slide inside the guides, pulled by a mechanism including a toothed reel operated b...
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- 10 - fiat 500 c – s&s ribs. The ribs on the horizontal section are 7: 1 front rib and 6 centre ribs. The front rib, the second, the fourth and the sixth ribs are linked to the pads; they are the so-called movement ribs. The first, the third and the fifth ribs are not linked to the pads and mainly ...
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- 11 - fiat 500 c – s&s cover canvas. The cover canvas through the front rib is fastened to the pads by four screws: two on the right and two on the left side. Soft top cover canvas with rear window. Canvas fastening screws to the first front rib, on the left side. At the back of the frame, a rib fa...
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- 12 - fiat 500 c – s&s interior trim. Ribs and guides are coated by an interior trim inside the car. Interior trim the interior trim is fastened to the ribs and is operated during movement..
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- 13 - fiat 500 c – s&s rear window movement kinematic components. The rear window is made of glass and, during the soft top vertical movement, it must carry out a slight transfer and following rotation movement, so that the exterior cover canvas can be wound up in soft top total opening position. L...
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- 14 - fiat 500 c – s&s rear spoiler. A spoiler over the rear window supports the third brake light as well. Rear spoiler the spoiler is fastened by four screws on a cross member between the rear window and the sixth horizontal rib. The cross member is linked to the rear window movement kinematic co...
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- 15 - fiat 500 c – s&s front spoiler. Front spoiler a spoiler is located in the front part of the soft top; it can be lifted to improve aerodynamic comfort inside the compartment. In the centre of the spoiler a retaining tooth makes it integral to the soft top frame. To lift the spoiler, just move ...
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- 16 - fiat 500 c – s&s spoiler canvas. The front spoiler lifts a canvas usually folded when the spoiler is closed. The canvas is linked to the spoiler at the top and to the soft top frame at the bottom, by rivets. The spoiler must be raised when the roof horizontal section is open, at speeds over 6...
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- 17 - fiat 500 c – s&s movement logics. The roof movement can be achieved in two ways: 1. Movement through interior buttons. 2. Movement by remote control for door locking/release. The roof opening and closing can be made according to two modes: • manual if the opening/closing buttons are pressed f...
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- 18 - fiat 500 c – s&s pressing the opening button once, the roof starts its movement towards the full horizontal opening position (spoiler position). If, before reaching the spoiler position, the button (opening or closing) is pressed again, the roof stops in an intermediate position in the horizo...
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- 19 - fiat 500 c – s&s starting condition: roof in spoiler position from the spoiler position, pressing the opening button once, the roof goes automatically to the full vertical opening position. Complete horizontal opening position (spoiler position) complete vertical opening position from the spo...
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- 20 - fiat 500 c – s&s roof in spoiler position roof in vertical opening process roof in spoiler position after pressing the button..
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- 21 - fiat 500 c – s&s starting condition: fully open roof. Starting from the fully open roof position, pressing the closing button once the roof closes automatically until reaching the spoiler position. Roof in vertical opening position. Roof in spoiler position. The vertical opening control is pr...
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- 22 - fiat 500 c – s&s roof in full opening position roof in closing process roof in closing and movement reversal process..
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- 23 - fiat 500 c – s&s from roof in spoiler position to roof fully closed. From the spoiler position, pressing the closing key once, the roof starts closing automatically up to about 25 cm from the fully closed position. In the last 25 cm closing must be completed manually keeping the closing butto...
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- 24 - fiat 500 c – s&s if, during automatic horizontal closing the closing/opening button is pressed, the roof movement stops in an intermediate position. Pressing the closing button again, the roof continues its automatic closing movement up to about 25 cm from the fully closed position, then clos...
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- 25 - fiat 500 c – s&s emergency manoeuvre if the control buttons fail, the soft top can be moved manually proceeding as described below: 1. Take the supplied wrench a placed in the luggage compartment with the tool box or the fix & go. 2. Fit the wrench in the suitable housing inside the luggage c...
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- 26 - fiat 500 c – s&s stop&start and electrical soft top interaction if the stop&start function (optional) is implemented in addition to the electrical soft top system on the fiat 500 c, these two systems must coexist in all those situations where both of them need to operate. First of all, the el...
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- 27 - fiat 500 c – s&s motor locked in the vertical section if, during the closing movement in the vertical section, the soft top stops as a result of the motor locking, the movement is reversed until reaching the fully open position. The closing control by the interior button is prevented for 30 s...
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- 28 - fiat 500 c – s&s electrical system. The soft top system electrical part is formed by: 1. Motor (with hall effect position sensor). 2. Rcu control unit (roof control unit) motor. Rcu control unit (roof control unit). Wiring harness. The rcu control unit and the motor are located at the back of...
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- 29 - fiat 500 c – s&s rcu control unit and motor. The motor includes a hall effect position sensor. The "fully open" and "fully closed" positions are stored by the ecu during learning (initialisation) the first time by fiat auto poland factory. The rcu, depending on the total stroke and on the inf...
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- 30 - fiat 500 c – s&s the bcm body computer input data are: • autostart (concerning the s&s function intervention) • luggage compartment lock release (information coming from the button on the tailgate handle or from the remote control) • comfort opening (from the lock release button of the remote...
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- 31 - fiat 500 c – s&s wiring diagram..
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- 32 - fiat 500 c – s&s key: m001: body computer node b001: engine compartment control unit h130: opening/closing buttons m187: roof control unit (soft top control unit) m193: motor (with integrated position sensor) rcu control unit pinout: 1. +30 battery supply 2 gnd earth for integrated hall effec...
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- 33 - fiat 500 c – s&s diagnosis and recovery conditions. In the following table, the signals exchanged between bcm and rcu are listed, concerning the diagnosis strategies and the possible recovery strategies. Diagnosis signals description recovery strategies vehicle speed status failure it is set ...
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- 34 - fiat 500 c – s&s failure code list - dtc. Dtc description cause detection conditions b1061 rcu roof movement control unit - faulty incorrect performance or operations the dtc is stored if the bcm receives from the rcu one of the following signals: - roof position failure - timeout failure. - ...
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- 35 - fiat 500 c – s&s spare parts the following table lists all the components and the kits to be supplied as spare parts: kit no. Description remarks image 1 exterior canvas include fasteners, glue, stitching, etc... 2 roof interior trim include fasteners, glue, stitching, etc... 3 lh rear window...
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- 36 - fiat 500 c – s&s 7 bis right guide include fasteners 8 rear rib + reinforcement single kit with both elements 9 contour seal include butyl 10 plastic covers single kit with no. 4 covers (front + rear, lh + rh) 11 complete wind deflector include fasteners 12 wiring harness 13 control unit 14 m...
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- 37 - fiat 500 c – s&s 16 drive unit bowden cable managed as a single piece quantity 2 on vehicle 17 lh mechanism assembly include lh strap 17 bis rh mechanism assembly include rh strap.
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- 38 - fiat 500 c – s&s suspension structure. Suspensions. The suspensions allow the vehicle to undertake any type of route, without transmitting the bumps from the wheels into the passenger compartment, reducing side oscillation (rolling) and longitudinal oscillation (pitching) of the body. The 500...
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- 39 - fiat 500 c – s&s • reduced weight • pre-assembly of suspension before installing it on the vehicle. There are two rear axle versions depending on the vehicle version. The following illustrations show that the structure of the rear axle is similar for both versions, the difference is the prese...
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- 40 - fiat 500 c – s&s the torsion beam suspension is secured to the body with: pressed-steel mounting brackets; each bracket is secured to the body by three screws. non-structural dual tube shock absorbers with horizontal lower bushing (y axis) and horizontal upper bushing for fastening to the...