Well, here we are three weeks down the line from my testing and recording.
I'm as confused as ever now, because things have changed.
Just come in from shopping, and now I have three weeks of starting .......... and I've started her up 38 times (not counting Stop/Start sequences).
Every single one of those was with gears in neutral, no seatbelt fastened,key inserted and turned directly to AVV. Every single one of those 38 times, she has started instantly.
This is contrary to what happened before and contrary to Fiat's instructions, and I'm now at a loss to explain anything. Had it been like this before, I wouldn't have said a dickey bird about anything!
As an added extra to this story, when I started up at Lidl's, I did exactly as above, and she started up as perfectly as normal ................... BUT ............
Something very strange indeed!
She started up, but there was no dash indications at all. Not a sausage, nothing. The engine was running perfectly, the rev counter was showing correctly, but nothing else.
A couple of seconds later, the dash lights came on as if she was at MAR, then went off again as normal then leaving on the handbrake light and the seatbelt warning. Date and time was correct and temp and fuel levels correct too.
I drove home without issue.
Puzzled,
Mick.