Brakes; Suspensions; Steering - Fiat 500 Owner's Handbook Manual

BRAKES

Service brakes:
– front
– rear
Parking brake
IMPORTANT Water, ice and salt sprinkled on the roads may deposit on the brake disks reducing braking efficiency
the first time the brakes are applied.

SUSPENSIONS

Front
Rear

STEERING

Type
Diameter of steering between platforms
(versions 1.2 and 1.3 Multijet)
8V
Diameter of steering between platforms
(versions 1.4
16V
1.2 69 HP - 1.4
8V
disk type (self-ventilated for Multijet 1.3 and 1.4 engines)
drum-type and self-centring shoes with control cylinder
for each wheel/disk type for 1.4 engine
controlled by hand lever, acting on rear brakes
1.2 69 HP - 1.4
8V
with Mc Pherson type independent wheels; consisting of a mechanical crosspiece,
shock absorbers, helical springs and for the versions with power steering by
with torquing axle and interconnected wheels; consisting of torquing axle and
two tubular arms with shock absorbers and helical springs.
1.2 69 HP - 1.4
8V
rack and pinion with electric power steering (where provided for)
m
m
100 HP - 1.3 Multijet 75 HP
16V 16V
100 HP - 1.3 Multijet 75 HP
16V 16V
stabilizer bar.
100 HP - 1.3 Multijet 75 HP
16V 16V
9.2
10.6
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