Levers On The Steering Wheel; Starting The Engine - Fiat 500C ABARTH Supplement Manual

fig. 15
LEVERS ON THE STEERING
WHEEL fig. 15
These enable sequential gear shifting.
– steering wheel lever + (pulling lever to-
wards driver, see fig. 16): engage higher
gear;
– steering wheel lever − (pulling lever to-
wards driver, see fig. 16): engage lower
gear.
Using the levers incorrectly
(levers pushed towards the
dashboard, see fig. 17) could
break them.
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fig. 17
The engagement of a lower (or higher) gear
is only permitted if the engine revs allow it.

STARTING THE ENGINE

To start the engine press the brake pedal:
the system engages neutral (N) automati-
cally.
After the starting procedure, the 1
( 1 ) or reverse (R) can be engaged.
Independently of the mode (AUTO/
MANUAL), to engage the 1
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reverse (R), it is necessary to depress the
brake pedal and press the button 1 on
the transmission panel and the button R to
st
engage the 1 speed and the reverse re-
spectively.
The levers on the steering wheel work on-
st
ly if the 1 speed has been engaged by
pressing the button 1 : setting off in 2
speed is therefore possible by operating
the "+" lever with brake pedal depressed
(in this case the selected mode AUTO/
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MANUAL is kept active).
st
IMPORTANT The 1
gaged by pressing the lever "−" on the
steering wheel.
st
speed
st
speed or the
nd
speed cannot be en-