Abarth 500C User Manual

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STARTING THE VEHICLENotes❒ At starting, the system sets in AUTOmode.❒ With the buttons 1, N, R and brakepedal depressed, the 1st speed, neutral(N) and reverse (R) can be engaged.❒ With the buttons 1, N, R and with-out depressing the brake pedal, nogear change request is implemented bythe system.❒ With the levers on the steering wheel(see paragraph “Levers on the steer-ing wheel”) and even with the brakepedal depressed, no gear can be en-gaged.❒ If the vehicle is switched off with modeSPORT or NORMAL active, themode previously set is maintainedwhen the engine is restarted.With key extracted from the starting de-vice, the buttons on the gearbox dash-board (fig. 12) can be pressed with orwithout the brake pedal depressed. Whenthe buttons are pressed, the system willnot perform any activation, therefore thespeed engaged before switching off the en-gine remains engaged.With vehicle stationary and key in theMAR position (ignition-operated electri-cal services activated), the screen displaysthe speed engaged and the active operat-ing mode (automatic = AUTO or manu-al = no display).ABARTHCOMPETIZIONETRANSMISSIONThe vehicle is equipped with an electron-ically controlled manual transmissionknown as Abarth Competizione trans-mission which allows two operating log-ics: MANUAL and AUTO.The transmission consists of a conven-tional manual transmission to which anelectronically-controlled electrohydraulicdevice that controls the clutch and gearshifts automatically has been added.F0S0163mfig. 1211603_97_890 ABARTH 500C GB 1ed 31-05-2010 10:54 Pagina 11