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PRACTICAL INFORMATION -> Boot loading and anchoring for Your Fiat Doblo Van 2000-2009

From the inside  
Tipping the entire seat  
BOOT  
With the doors closed, press (to  
lock) or lift (to unlock) one of the side  
door knobs (Fiat Doblò Passengers  
Transport versions). Alternatively, ei-  
ther press “LOCK” (to lock) or pull  
(to unlock) the front and side door  
handles (Fiat Doblò Cargo versions).  
The seat back and cushion release  
devices are in the points shown in fig.  
119.  
EXTENDING THE BOOT  
Split seat  
Lift knobs A-fig. 119 and tip the seat  
back forwards.  
Before setting off, make sure that the  
seats in the direction of travel and per-  
fectly fastened to the anchoring. On-  
ly in this position can be seat belts be  
used correctly.  
To tip the entire seat, lift the cush-  
ion with lever B-fig. 120.  
The side door knobs will lock or un-  
lock only the specific door.  
IMPORTANT If one of the doors  
is not shut properly or there is a fail-  
ure in the system, the central locking  
(where provided) feature will cut out  
and after some attempts the device  
stops working for about two minutes.  
In these two minutes, the doors can  
be locked or unlocked manually with-  
out the electrical system coming into  
play. After the two minutes, the con-  
trol unit is ready to receive commands  
once more.  
The boot can be extended com-  
pletely or partially.  
A
fig. 119  
If the cause of the failure is removed,  
the device will start working proper-  
ly, otherwise it will cut out once more.  
B
fig. 120  
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Tipping part of the left seat  
To remove the rear window  
shelf  
2) Lift part A-fig. 124 of the shelf  
and place it on part B.  
To tip the left-hand side of the seat  
back:  
3) Fasten the two parts by means of  
rubber fasteners C-fig. 125.  
The shelf is split into to parts  
fig. 124. Proceed as follows to re-  
move the entire shelf:  
– remove the head restraint (if pro-  
vided);  
1) Open the rear doors or the tail-  
gate.  
– lift knob A-fig. 121 then tip the en-  
tire seat fig. 122.  
Refit head restraints back into the  
seats A-fig. 123.  
fig. 122  
fig. 124  
C
A
A
fig. 121  
fig. 123  
fig. 125  
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4) Lift part B-fig. 126 making the  
shelf slide along the available space be-  
hind the seat so that the upper part is  
fastened to the rear window shelf and  
the lower central part to the seat.  
IMPORTANT Check and adjust  
the height of the dipped headlight  
beam when travelling at night with a  
rather heavy load in the boot (see  
“Headlights” in this section).  
7-seat versions  
To extend the boot, proceed as fol-  
lows:  
– remove head restraints;  
If the seat is down, proceed as fol-  
lows:  
To take the seat back to normal po-  
sition:  
– release the right locking lever B-  
fig. 127 moving it to 1 (“released  
lever”); do the same on the left side  
then lower the seat back and tip the  
seat forward. This operation is made  
friendly by two springs. Make sure the  
seat is completely tipped.  
5) Remove the shelf and arrange it  
crosswise between the front seat  
backs and the tipped seat on the rear  
seat.  
1) Check that the seat belt webbing  
is correctly fitted in its bracket.  
2) Take the cushion to its horizontal  
position and check that it is correctly  
fastened.  
To refit the shelf, refit central catch-  
es D-fig. 124 and tip first part B and  
then part A, make sure shelves are  
properly secured.  
– refit head restraints back into the  
seats C-fig. 128.  
3) Tip the seat back backwards and  
check that it is correctly fastened.  
B
fig. 126  
fig. 127  
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It is absolutely forbidden  
to use the third row seat  
To re-position the seat:  
To remove the seat in order to in-  
crease the boot space, tilt the seat and  
remove the tool bag (keep it on the  
vehicle) then use lever D-fig. 128 to  
release catches.  
– seat back anchoring levers, both  
right and left B-fig. 127 must be at 1  
(released); otherwise move both  
levers to position 1;  
for transporting loads  
when the seat back is tilted. Load  
could be projected forward  
against the seat back of the sec-  
ond row seats thus causing in-  
juries to passengers fig. 127a.  
Reverse the above operations for re-  
fitting.  
– raise first the seat back (without se-  
curing it) then secure the entire seat  
to the floor anchorings and then se-  
cure the seat back.  
To increase the boot space you can  
also tilt the second rear row as fol-  
lows:  
– tilt side seats (as described in para-  
graph “access to the third row rear  
seats”);  
Always check that seats  
are anchored to the floor  
before securing the seat  
backs.  
fig. 127a  
fig. 128  
fig. 129  
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– tilt the central seat back pulling  
To re-position the seats, release the  
belts C-fig. 131, tilt the side seats and  
the central seat cushion then pull band  
A-fig. 129 to tilt the seat back and an-  
chor it to the proper brackets.  
ANCHORING THE LOAD  
band A-fig. 129 upwards;  
A boot mat is provided (optional for  
Fiat Doblò Cargo base versions). To  
fasten the load, fastening hooks are  
provided (quantity varying according  
to versions) fig. 132 secured to the  
floor and that can be accessed direct-  
ly also if the mat is fitted.  
– pull the bands B-fig. 130 and tilt  
the seat completely;  
– secure tilted seats by the proper  
belts C-fig. 131 (one per seat) to the  
front headrests.  
IMPORTANT Do not travel with  
second row seats tipped and third row  
seats set in normal position of use, a  
buzzer will sound to indicate the  
wrong seat position.  
It is absolutely forbidden  
to travel with the second  
row seats tipped and pas-  
sengers seated on the third row  
seats (as specified on the seat la-  
bel).  
fig. 130  
fig. 131  
fig. 132  
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