Last week I posted an appeal for assistance re checking my car with multiecuscan. I had been assured by a non-FIAT garage that they could change my oil and reset the ECU, as my "change oil" lamp and warning had lit- only to find that after the oil was changed they discovered they could not reset the ECU !
They had tried to reset initially without success using a SnapOn "Solus" machine. In fairness to them, they called me back a couple of days later, had a second attempt with the SOLUS- again no success! They then connected a Toughbook laptop with some unknown software, tried numerous times, apparently unsuccesfully, then declared themselves beaten, and said I would need to go to FIAT.They advertise diagnostics fault finding, so I was a little peeved but in no position to argue as I had to leave the next day. So I drove off again with the warnings still lit up.
Fortunately moderator Robert - aka g8rpi- had stepped into the breach to offer assistance, and by good fortune I was due to pass within a couple of miles of his home that very Sunday- good fortune or what? Anyway,I felt a little relieved that I could get a check done, but rather worried until I got there. So, the fateful day dawned- I started the fully laden Qubo, wife, dog, cat and baggage all onboard- there was NO warning light!!! Bizarre- I'd driven off with the warnings active, the garage had declared themselves unable to reset them- but they appeared to be so.
I took a VERY steady 50mph drive to Robert's place. Incidentally, the Qubo since about 35k miles appears to have "run in" and I got a recorded 64.9mpg for the 103 miles to Robert's home, far better than any previous run- maybe the new oil, maybe divine intervention, who knows?
So, Robert puts the Qubo on FIAT multiecuscan on his laptop. Lo and behold, the ECU has been reset! The mileage for the oil change is correctly recorded, the oil degradation meter is correct at over 98%, and a complete check shows no fault codes. Amazing- unknown to the garage, or me, SOMETHING had gone right and they had been able to do the reset- just nobody knew that it was so!
So, a huge THANK YOU in public from me to Robert for having put aside the time during his Sunday relaxation to check my car using his expertise and superb software. My mind was set at rest for the rest of my return to France...... and here I am, over 700 miles later, all safe 'n' sound, the Qubo performed again without hitch.
They had tried to reset initially without success using a SnapOn "Solus" machine. In fairness to them, they called me back a couple of days later, had a second attempt with the SOLUS- again no success! They then connected a Toughbook laptop with some unknown software, tried numerous times, apparently unsuccesfully, then declared themselves beaten, and said I would need to go to FIAT.They advertise diagnostics fault finding, so I was a little peeved but in no position to argue as I had to leave the next day. So I drove off again with the warnings still lit up.
Fortunately moderator Robert - aka g8rpi- had stepped into the breach to offer assistance, and by good fortune I was due to pass within a couple of miles of his home that very Sunday- good fortune or what? Anyway,I felt a little relieved that I could get a check done, but rather worried until I got there. So, the fateful day dawned- I started the fully laden Qubo, wife, dog, cat and baggage all onboard- there was NO warning light!!! Bizarre- I'd driven off with the warnings active, the garage had declared themselves unable to reset them- but they appeared to be so.
I took a VERY steady 50mph drive to Robert's place. Incidentally, the Qubo since about 35k miles appears to have "run in" and I got a recorded 64.9mpg for the 103 miles to Robert's home, far better than any previous run- maybe the new oil, maybe divine intervention, who knows?
So, Robert puts the Qubo on FIAT multiecuscan on his laptop. Lo and behold, the ECU has been reset! The mileage for the oil change is correctly recorded, the oil degradation meter is correct at over 98%, and a complete check shows no fault codes. Amazing- unknown to the garage, or me, SOMETHING had gone right and they had been able to do the reset- just nobody knew that it was so!
So, a huge THANK YOU in public from me to Robert for having put aside the time during his Sunday relaxation to check my car using his expertise and superb software. My mind was set at rest for the rest of my return to France...... and here I am, over 700 miles later, all safe 'n' sound, the Qubo performed again without hitch.
