I'm at a bit of a loss to understand what happened to Higgle today (1.2 eleganza dualogic) I was driving back from a meeting when the orange engine light came on, quickly followed by the words "engine failure" and power trickled down to about 5mph, but it didn't cut out. I called the AA who arrived, ran a diagnostic check which registered "P1220" reset the display and then pronounced it was "probably just a glitch" followed me home to ensure I was safe and just advised me to contact the garage if it happened again. It was very strange, never had any problems before and now I'm a bit frightened it might happen again in some isolated spot. Can any one cast a light on what went wrong, or perhaps it has happend to other people too?

P1120 is throttle Position Sensor (out of range)

What mileage is on the car?

T14086 said:

P1120 is throttle Position Sensor (out of range)

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He said P1220. How do you know what code's what, by the way?

T14086 knows what the codes are because he's a genius! Either that or he's a Fiat technician
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hmallett said:

T14086 knows what the codes are because he's a genius! Either that or he's a Fiat technician
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:worship: T14086

Higgle has done just over 9,000miles and was serviced last July at 2,000 miles- she is a 1995 54 plate hope this helps - all theories about thi;s peculiar fault very welcome!

hmallett said:

T14086 knows what the codes are because he's a genius! Either that or he's a Fiat technician
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.....he cant read though

I apologise P1220 is Series Throttle Control fault.More than likely to be connector or wiring fault than component.