Hi All

I have had my Punto 1.3 JTD for a couple of months now.
JUst today the engine management light has come on and staying on.
The cars seems ok.
Can someone please help - could it be something serious and do I need to take it to Fiat or should I just see how it behaves?

Thanks in advance.

Hi mate, and WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!

If the lights on and there are no other symptoms, then its impossible to say what it is. Theres over 1000 different things that could cause it to illuminate. I would definitely recommend that you do further investigation at least, as without knowing what has caused it, its impossible to say that severe engine damage wont result if its left.

Most decent independant garages will be able to read the fault codes. However, its worth noting that fiat will be able to carry out more in depth diagnostic procedures.

It may have been a speradic fault, and after 3 "normal" drive cycles the light MAY go out, but as I say, its impossible to dignose without any symptoms.

Hope that helps,
Alan

your car is EOBD compatible if it is from 2004 or later so that would mean any garage can read the codes and tell you what is wrong. actually i can do that for you for free if you live in the north east.

HI Guys!

Thank you very much for your replies.
I think, too be safe I will take it to a Fiat dealer to check out.
Just hope its nothing serious/expensive!
Will report back.

Jug - thanks for the offer but Im in London at the moment and wouldnt want to take the risk of coming to the North East - appreciate you offer though!

Take care

HI All!

An update - I took it to a Fiat Dealer and the diagnostic showed a Turbo fault - I hope its not serious.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
The car was ok upto around 70 mph and then there was no acceleration at all.

Will know more tomorrow when the mechanic is going to try and find out the problem.

Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated.

Kind Regards

speedy1