Dualogic Gearbox - Fiat Punto Owner's Handbook Manual

DUALOGIC
GEARBOX
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The vehicle can be equipped with an
electronically controlled manual
gearbox known as Dualogic which
allows two operating modes: MANUAL
and AUTO.
GEAR LEVER
The gear lever A fig. 69 is the
multistable floating type, in other words
it has three stable and three unstable
positions. The three stable positions
correspond to neutral (N), reverse
(R) and the central position located
between the unstable positions (+) and
(-).
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The unstable positions, in other words
those that are abandoned as soon
as the lever is released, are the
positions for requesting a higher gear
(+), requesting a lower gear (–) and
requesting automatic operating mode
(A/M).
IMPORTANT With the engine started,
any error between the lever position
and the gear actually engaged is
signalled by a buzzer until consistency
is restored.
MANUAL MODE
Proceed as follows:
press the brake pedal and start the
engine;
if AUTO appears on the display,
move the lever A fig. 69 to A/M to
select MANUAL mode;
push gear lever A towards (+) to
engage first gear (if starting from N or
R, simply place the lever in the middle
position) or R to engage reverse;
release the brake pedal and press
the accelerator pedal;
in driving conditions, push lever A of
the gearbox towards (+) to engage
the next gear up or towards (–) to
engage the next gear down.
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AUTOMATIC MODE
Proceed as follows:
press the brake pedal;
start the engine;
if AUTO does not appear on the
display, move the gear lever A fig. 69 to
A/M to select AUTOMATIC mode;
push the gear lever towards (+) to
engage 1st gear (if starting from N or R,
simply place the lever in the middle
position) or R to engage reverse;
release the brake pedal and press
the accelerator pedal.
AUTO-ECO OPERATION
To activate the function press the ECO
button fig. 70. The function can be
activated only with automatic mode
active.
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