Punto.owner
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Hello, I have a problem with my Punto I. The car is a 1.2 60sx Year: 1996.
I have the red key the two blue keys and the original FIAT code card with the mechanical and electrical code.
The problem
I just had a replacement engine in the car (the new engine is the same as the old one). Neither the original ECU nor the immobilizer code box was replaced. After the engine replacement, the code lamp stopped working and I was not able to start the car. It could only be started by using the electronic code using the speeder and counting blinking lights at the dash, the procedure works, but it takes 1-2 minutes each time and it is driving my nuts.
I went to a Fiat dealer telling him about the problem, he told me the code box immobilizer was damaged (he tested it by putting in a code box from another Punto, this turned the code lamp permanently on) Then he sold me a brand new code box for 180£.
Solution - what I have tried so far
I went home and installed the brand new code box, and the code light went on blinking in sequences of two blinks. The code lamp did not stopped blinking when I put in a key in the ignition. I have tried recoding the keys by putting in the red key into the ignition and turn it into the MAR position (the code lamp keeps blinking) then remove the red key from the ignition, and one by one putting in the blue key into the ignition turn it to MAR position and ending up with the red key again. This procedure did not help at all, the code lamp keeps blinking and I can only start the car by using the electronical code – just as before the immobiliser was replaced.
I have talked to the FIAT dealer again, and he told me that he would like to perform some measurements before he would be able to diagnose the car. I my ears this sounds expensive and I have already paid a fortune for the new immobilizer code box.
Any ideas are welcome - hope you can help
Thanks
Punto owner
I have the red key the two blue keys and the original FIAT code card with the mechanical and electrical code.
The problem
I just had a replacement engine in the car (the new engine is the same as the old one). Neither the original ECU nor the immobilizer code box was replaced. After the engine replacement, the code lamp stopped working and I was not able to start the car. It could only be started by using the electronic code using the speeder and counting blinking lights at the dash, the procedure works, but it takes 1-2 minutes each time and it is driving my nuts.
I went to a Fiat dealer telling him about the problem, he told me the code box immobilizer was damaged (he tested it by putting in a code box from another Punto, this turned the code lamp permanently on) Then he sold me a brand new code box for 180£.
Solution - what I have tried so far
I went home and installed the brand new code box, and the code light went on blinking in sequences of two blinks. The code lamp did not stopped blinking when I put in a key in the ignition. I have tried recoding the keys by putting in the red key into the ignition and turn it into the MAR position (the code lamp keeps blinking) then remove the red key from the ignition, and one by one putting in the blue key into the ignition turn it to MAR position and ending up with the red key again. This procedure did not help at all, the code lamp keeps blinking and I can only start the car by using the electronical code – just as before the immobiliser was replaced.
I have talked to the FIAT dealer again, and he told me that he would like to perform some measurements before he would be able to diagnose the car. I my ears this sounds expensive and I have already paid a fortune for the new immobilizer code box.
Any ideas are welcome - hope you can help
Thanks
Punto owner