Other Restraint System Info: LATCH system for rear seats; tether anchorage for rear central seat; rear central seat safety belts have no pretensioners; AWD version with 4 or 5 seating positions.
Plant City: Grugliasco
Plant Company Name: AGAP
Plant Country: Italy
Pretensioner: Yes
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: M156
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Essence
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BATTERY NEGATIVE TERMINAL BECAME DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING. CAR LOST ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS. COULD NOT REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION; COULD NOT OPEN TRUNK TO ACCESS BATTERY; COULD NOT TURN ON HAZARD LIGHTS; COULD NOT ACCESS FLARE OR REFLECTOR; INTERNET SEARCH SEEMS TO INDICATE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW IN THE QUICK RELEASE MECHANISM ON THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL. FORTUNATELY THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AT A WELL LIT INTERSECTION ON A ROAD WITH NO INCLINE. *TR