Alfa Romeo 147 GTA owners manual page 119

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• the brake is pressed for over 10 min- WARNING TOWING THE CAR In the event of a gearboxutes; IMPORTANT For towing the car follow • the driver’s door is opened and no ac-local regulations. Make sure that the gear- fault to any component, tion is made on the accelerator and contact Alfa Romeo Authorised box is in neutral ( N) (checking that the car brake for at least 1 second;moves if pushed) and tow as for a car with Services as soon as possible to normal mechanical gearbox following the in- have the system checked over.• a gearbox failure has been detected. structions given in the chapter “In an emer- BUZZER WARNINGS gency”. PARKING THE CAR Should it be impossible to set to neutral, The buzzer is activated when:To park the car safely it is absolutelydo not tow the vehicle but contact Alfa – reverse gear is engaged (R);necessary to engage first gear (1) or re-Romeo Authorised Services. verse (R) and also the hand brake if the – the car is parked with the gearbox in road is on a slope. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CARneutral ( N); signal that can be noted turn- ing the ignition key to STOP;Turning off the engine with the car on anWARNING uphill slope and a gear engaged, it is ab-While towing the car do – clutch overheating occurs when movingsolutely necessaryto wait for the re- off; configurable multifunction display showingnot start the engine. – the car moves in the opposite directionthe gear engaged to go off before releasing the brake pedal, so that the clutch is com- to the gear engaged (e.g.: the car moves pletely inserted. downwards with reverse gear engaged); – in the event of gearbox failure;If the gearbox is in neutral (N) and want- ing to engage a parking gear, the system – the system has shifted automatically should be activated and with the foot on the to neutral ( N) when: brake pedal it is necessary to engage 1st • an attempt is made to start the enginegear (1) or (R). with a gear engaged and the brake ped- al is not pressed completely; • no action is made on the accelerator and/or brake pedal for at least 3 min- utes; 118

owners manual Alfa Romeo 147 GTA

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