Signalling With The Buzzer; Parking The Vehicle - Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Owner's Manual

If the warning light t
comes on, contact the Alfa
Romeo Authorized Services
as soon as possible to remove the
fault.
In the case of a fault to the gearshift lever,
the system automatically activates the au-
tomatic CITY mode to allow the car to
reach the nearest Authorized Alfa Romeo
Services to have the fault detected elimi-
nated.
In the event of faults to other components
of the gearbox, the system only allows the
engagement of certain ratios: first gear (1),
second (2) and reverse (R).
WARNING
In case of transmission
fault, contact the Alfa
Romeo Authorized Services as
soon as possible to check the sys-
tem.
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SIGNALLING WITH THE BUZZER

The buzzer is activated when:
– reverse gear (R) is engaged;
– the vehicle is parked with the gearbox
at neutral (N); this can be seen turning the
ignition key to STOP;
– clutch overheating takes place during
pick-up;
– the car moves in the opposite direction
to the gear engaged (e.g.: the car tends to
do downhill with reverse gear engaged);
– in the event of gearbox failure;
– the system has automatically engaged
neutral (N) after:
• there is no action on the accelerator
and/or brake pedal for at least 3 min-
utes;
• the brake pedal is pressed for over 10
minutes;
• the driver's door is opened and the ac-
celerator and brake pedal are not
pressed for at least 1 second;
• detection of a gearbox fault.

PARKING THE VEHICLE

To park the car safely it is absolutely
necessary to engage first gear (1) or re-
verse (R) and, when on a sloping road, al-
so engage the hand-brake.
Turning the engine off with the car facing
uphill and a gear engaged, it is absolute-
ly necessary to wait for the display on
the rev counter to go off before releasing
the brake pedal, so that the clutch has
innested completely.
If the gearbox is in neutral (N) and you
want to engage a parking gear, it is neces-
sary to activate the system and engage the
gear (1) or reverse (R) with your foot on
the brake pedal.