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Fiat Linea/ Punto - "Did You Know" Series....

Discussion in 'Technical' started by VahanPujari, May 15, 2010.

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VahanPujari Staff Member Janitor

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rohitjha said: ↑

Some more exclusive features of Linea: i think punto also have same features

The most important- "Advanced On board system diagnostics"

Linea has an advanced onboard diagnostics system in it's driver information system(DIS) that monitors various things like F1 cars and sends data to the DIS e.g. Low Engine oil levels, low brake oil, low power steering oil, fused tail light, brake light, turn indicator, parking lights or even number plate light. e.g. It will display "Check rear left tail light, check rear number plate lights, check left front turn indicator, check brake oil etc)

Linea has a system that allows the Service Managers to connect a device with Linea that allows remote access of the car by the Fiat Engineers at Pune.
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shashanknathani said: ↑

Linea armrest has three levels... Inclined, straight and declined mode.... The hook below the button is used to set this.
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madgoks said: ↑

As most of you must have observed, when one turns the key from 'MAR' to 'STOP' the music system gets switched off and one needs to switch it ON again.. So if this really irritates you and you'd rather like the music system to stay on... do this..

Press the 'Menu' button on the HU and use the 'Up / Down' keys to scroll to the option 'RADIO OFF'. Use the 'Left / Right' arrow keys to change the option from '00 MIN' to '20 MIN'.

Now when you switch off the engine by turning the key to 'STOP', the HU will remain ON for 20 minutes. One needs to switch it ON again after 20 minutes if one wants to keep listening to it ...

The flip side is that you have to manually switch on the music system when you leave the car, unless you want it running for 20 mins.

Am also cross posting to the ICE thread...
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Dilip_dmk said: ↑

The owners maual says -

EXTERNAL LIGHT FAILURE (amber)
The warning light will come on when a fault to one of the following lights is detected:
– side/taillights
– brake lights
– rear fog lights
– direction indicators
– number plate lights.
The fault may be caused byne or more
burnt lamps, a blow protection fuse or interruption
of the electrical connection.

However in the active version of Punto , only this light comes up and no error message display is shown on the MID ...
We have to physically check for all the lights ..
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Thanks, Guys

Added all points on the 1st page in the master list !!!

VahanPujari, Apr 17, 2011

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abk1980 Amatore

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madgoks said: ↑

As most of you must have observed, when one turns the key from 'MAR' to 'STOP' the music system gets switched off and one needs to switch it ON again.. So if this really irritates you and you'd rather like the music system to stay on... do this..

Press the 'Menu' button on the HU and use the 'Up / Down' keys to scroll to the option 'RADIO OFF'. Use the 'Left / Right' arrow keys to change the option from '00 MIN' to '20 MIN'.

Now when you switch off the engine by turning the key to 'STOP', the HU will remain ON for 20 minutes. One needs to switch it ON again after 20 minutes if one wants to keep listening to it ...

The flip side is that you have to manually switch on the music system when you leave the car, unless you want it running for 20 mins.

Am also cross posting to the ICE thread...
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I noticed this while tinkering with my TJet yesterday. If you turn the key to a position halfway between MAR & STOP, the HU stays on. At OFF position, it turns off. This looks similar to the ACC position in Maruti 800 wherein the engine and other electrical are off, but HU is on. I have just bought my car and I noticed this with the default setup - I have not changed any settings regarding the HU.

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abk1980, Apr 18, 2011

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just an addition,other day i noticed my hand brake was engaged , i did not notice it tried driving got beep.
i was left wondering if there is any door open?then noticed the hand brake symbol light was on.
Mod's please delete this if some one else have posted it already.
-Sat

Tony said: ↑

Sure Fiat's have many hidden things among themselves and not know by many peoples, I think no other car in this range has this feature :confused
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I read in the web,as Punto/Linea have electronic accelerator, is that true?

-Sat

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Sat-Chit-ananda, May 4, 2011

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gurjinder Staff Member Janitor

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Sat-Chit-ananda said: ↑

I read in the web,as Punto/Linea have electronic accelerator, is that true?

-Sat
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Yes they have drive-by-wire linkages. Even the older Palio 1.9D has it.

Gurjinder.

gurjinder, May 4, 2011

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jishnu Superiore

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Hi guys!!
Today was talking to my mom via Blue and me, suddenly my dad switched off the ignition. I thought the line got disconnected, but no, u can still talk via blue and me even if the car is switched off!! That's a great feature indeed!
Cheers.
Jishnu

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jishnu, May 8, 2011

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Tony Esperto

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Fiat has many such features hidden in it, The more you drive her, more you will know about her, Think even the Sales guy dont know much about the features.

Tony, May 8, 2011

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jayadev Esperto

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anybody (heard) had ever got his keys locked inside the car . i.e you keep your engine on, close the door buy something return and find doors got locked automatically .
ps: this is one of my real nightmare.

peeped into the fuse box , there are some empty unused slots one of them reads subwoofer , what are they . anything useful ?

jayadev, May 13, 2011

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PaddleShifter Staff Member Janitor

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I don't think this is a possibility. Because automatic door lock in Punto/Linea is speed sensitive and not time sensitive. They will auto lock themselves only when the speed of the car exceeds 20kmph. Aftermarket central lockings are time sensitive and those are the ones that will land someone in the situation you have mentioned above.

Anyways, if you are keeping the engine running while going to buy something, there should be someone sitting in the car or else the chances of car jack are quite high.

PaddleShifter, May 13, 2011

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varoon9999 Superiore

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it doesn't get lock itself even if the ignition is on..had same instance wherein my car was @ ignition and i was polishing it closed the door,nothing happened....

varoon9999, May 13, 2011

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bak Amatore

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If ingnition is on one can never lock the car from outside, even with spare/remote key

bak, May 16, 2011

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