Can anyone shed some light on my problem. I've had my twinair 500c 2011 from new. It's done 33000 miles in just over 2 years.
My problem started in August when it intermitantley started to occasionally stall in first gear and then would not restart for 30 to 40 minutes.
I have worked out that it does it when startstop is engaged or not so this is not the problem. It only does it when the car is half way warmed up ( when the temperature light has between 2 or 3 bars lit on the dash). Once the engine is warm and when it is first started it does not happen.
It also only happens when I am crawling along in heavy traffic in first gear, usually going home from work on a very busy road at peak time! If the traffic keeps moving or I get into 2nd gear it doesn't seem to happen.
Once the car has stalled it will not start, the starter ticks over but no engine start up until the car has cooled ( 1 bar lit on the dash of temp gage) and at that point it takes a good 3 attempts of the turning the key for a good few seconds.
The dealership cannot find anything wrong and have kept the car for a week and of course it won't cut out for them, nothing shows up on their computer data either. I have Fiat UK involved from today as the dealer want me to pick the car up and see if it does it yet again but I feel I cannot keep risking it cutting out in heavy peak time traffic yet again.
I have called green flag out but of course by the time they arrive I get it started again and the same would be with the dealer as I am a good drive away from them.
Anyone else having the same problem?
My problem started in August when it intermitantley started to occasionally stall in first gear and then would not restart for 30 to 40 minutes.
I have worked out that it does it when startstop is engaged or not so this is not the problem. It only does it when the car is half way warmed up ( when the temperature light has between 2 or 3 bars lit on the dash). Once the engine is warm and when it is first started it does not happen.
It also only happens when I am crawling along in heavy traffic in first gear, usually going home from work on a very busy road at peak time! If the traffic keeps moving or I get into 2nd gear it doesn't seem to happen.
Once the car has stalled it will not start, the starter ticks over but no engine start up until the car has cooled ( 1 bar lit on the dash of temp gage) and at that point it takes a good 3 attempts of the turning the key for a good few seconds.
The dealership cannot find anything wrong and have kept the car for a week and of course it won't cut out for them, nothing shows up on their computer data either. I have Fiat UK involved from today as the dealer want me to pick the car up and see if it does it yet again but I feel I cannot keep risking it cutting out in heavy peak time traffic yet again.
I have called green flag out but of course by the time they arrive I get it started again and the same would be with the dealer as I am a good drive away from them.
Anyone else having the same problem?