Fiat 500L User Manual page 30

OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
Instrument Cluster Messages
• Messages will be displayed in the instrument cluster (if equipped with an EVIC) to alert
the driver when certain conditions occur.These messages are described below.
MESSAGE
GEAR NOT AVAILABLE
SHIFT NOT ALLOWED
SHIFT TO NEUTRAL THEN D or R
AUTOSTICK NOT AVAILABLE
AUTOMATIC MODE NOT AVAILABLE
REDUCE GEAR CHANGES
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DESCRIPTION
In AutoStick® mode, the gear selected by
the driver is not available due to a fault
condition. See your authorized studio for
diagnosis and service.
The gear position requested by the driver is
currently blocked.This occurs if NEUTRAL
is requested while moving, if REVERSE is
requested while moving (at 6 mph
[10 km/h] or faster), if DRIVE is requested
while moving backwards (at 6 mph
[10 km/h] or faster), or if 3rd gear or
higher is requested at a stop. Make sure the
vehicle is stopped before engaging DRIVE
or REVERSE.
The transmission has shifted itself into
NEUTRAL (due to a fault condition, or
overheat due to excessive idling when
stopped in DRIVE with the brakes re-
leased), but the shift lever remains in gear.
Shift into NEUTRAL and then back into
gear for continued driving. If the transmis-
sion will not reengage, see your authorized
studio.
AutoStick® mode is unavailable due to a
shift lever fault. See your authorized studio
for diagnosis and service.
The transmission is unable to shift itself
automatically, due to a fault condition. Use
the AutoStick® mode to shift the transmis-
sion manually. See your authorized studio
for diagnosis and service.
The transmission pump is overheating. In
AutoStick® mode, try to drive in one spe-
cific gear as much as possible, avoiding fre-
quent gear changes. In DRIVE, the transmis-
sion will automatically modify its shift
schedule to reduce the number of shifts.