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Hi all.
I am new to the forum and to Fiat in general. A bit about me first and then I will get to business.
I am an Englishman that recently moved to Brasil and across to the Fiat brand. I have to be honest when I lived in the UK I was strictly a VAG man and I never gave Fiat a chance. Now I have moved VAG cars here are somewhat different from Europe and apart from the obligatory VW Fusca (air cooled Beetle) I needed to find something pleasant to drive.
Looking with an open mind I discovered Fiat and in particular my 2000 1.6 16v ELX Brava built in Brasil.
From what I can see the car is almost (if not entirely) the same as an Italian model, just much much much more expensive. The key thing is that after a couple of weeks of ownership I am now getting the Fiat buzz and loving the car.
I have quickly and easily fixed most problems on the car but have now run into the air con problem and would apprecaite help from those that know.
SO.... This is the problem. The car has the semi automatic air con system but the air con does not work.
When you press the aircon button there is no light coming on. If the fan is off and you press the button then the fan starts on speed 1. I believe that this means that the system is turning on the A/C or trying to. So I assume the button is OK.
I ran the diagnostics on the dashboard and it comes back with error00 which again I believe means that the sensors are OK. I can also hear the flaps moving on the heater as part of this process so again I hope this means that they all work.
If the system is low on gas does that stop the light on the switch working (is it driven by the ECU?) or could it be something deeper in the system (relay?).
I could just take it to a garage but as mentioned I live in Brasil and things here can not just be taken for granted so I want to eliminate as much as I can to go in armed with knowledge and hopefully get the right work done, not just want they think they can get away with charging a foreigner. This is the usual action here from many people (taxi's, restaurants etc.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I tend to be fussy with cars and want them perfect and once the weather here improves (its only 24 degrees right now but will get back over 35 soon) I will need the A/C to survive any decent journey....
I just realised that this has ended up in tuning.. I meant it to be in technical. I can't work out how to move it. Could a kind admin help me out.
I am new to the forum and to Fiat in general. A bit about me first and then I will get to business.
I am an Englishman that recently moved to Brasil and across to the Fiat brand. I have to be honest when I lived in the UK I was strictly a VAG man and I never gave Fiat a chance. Now I have moved VAG cars here are somewhat different from Europe and apart from the obligatory VW Fusca (air cooled Beetle) I needed to find something pleasant to drive.
Looking with an open mind I discovered Fiat and in particular my 2000 1.6 16v ELX Brava built in Brasil.
From what I can see the car is almost (if not entirely) the same as an Italian model, just much much much more expensive. The key thing is that after a couple of weeks of ownership I am now getting the Fiat buzz and loving the car.
I have quickly and easily fixed most problems on the car but have now run into the air con problem and would apprecaite help from those that know.
SO.... This is the problem. The car has the semi automatic air con system but the air con does not work.
When you press the aircon button there is no light coming on. If the fan is off and you press the button then the fan starts on speed 1. I believe that this means that the system is turning on the A/C or trying to. So I assume the button is OK.
I ran the diagnostics on the dashboard and it comes back with error00 which again I believe means that the sensors are OK. I can also hear the flaps moving on the heater as part of this process so again I hope this means that they all work.
If the system is low on gas does that stop the light on the switch working (is it driven by the ECU?) or could it be something deeper in the system (relay?).
I could just take it to a garage but as mentioned I live in Brasil and things here can not just be taken for granted so I want to eliminate as much as I can to go in armed with knowledge and hopefully get the right work done, not just want they think they can get away with charging a foreigner. This is the usual action here from many people (taxi's, restaurants etc.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I tend to be fussy with cars and want them perfect and once the weather here improves (its only 24 degrees right now but will get back over 35 soon) I will need the A/C to survive any decent journey....
I just realised that this has ended up in tuning.. I meant it to be in technical. I can't work out how to move it. Could a kind admin help me out.
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