babbo_umbro
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I've mentioned in a couple of other threads the premature ejaculation issues that had started to afflict my 4x4 TA recently, with 7400 miles on the clock after 10 months. Though stopping was slightly reluctant, the problem was that the car always restarted within a few seconds, often showing the ESC warning light and putting up an ELD not available message on the restart. The ELD message was clearly spurious as an immediate select/deselect of ELD always worked OK.
I popped into Vospers in Exeter a week or so ago and outlined the problem; they suggested I gave the car a serious run with minimal electrics loading the battery to see if that cured the problem; I did and it didn't. Booked in today; hour and a half later car returned with a new battery under warranty and updated software. All appears to be cured.
I wonder if the - apparently - higher-rated battery that's supposed to accompany Stop/Start is not always fitted, saving Fiat a couple of quid per car - minus the warranty costs that they've just incurred.
I popped into Vospers in Exeter a week or so ago and outlined the problem; they suggested I gave the car a serious run with minimal electrics loading the battery to see if that cured the problem; I did and it didn't. Booked in today; hour and a half later car returned with a new battery under warranty and updated software. All appears to be cured.
I wonder if the - apparently - higher-rated battery that's supposed to accompany Stop/Start is not always fitted, saving Fiat a couple of quid per car - minus the warranty costs that they've just incurred.