(T) stalling car

does anybody who owns a stilo 1.6 dinamic feel like they are going to stall their car when pulling off,it seems like you have to give a lot of revs to get these babys goin,i have stalled my car on anumber of occasions and is well embarassing,any views anybody or am i just a bad driver

I sometimes have this problem, except mine does stall by itself. Its not because I'm a female driver! Sometime, I can start it up and sit there with it in neutral and feet off pedals it will stall, intermittent fault that keeps being 'fixed' but always comes back.

Never had that problem on my 1.2 i can labour the car and pull aways with 500rpm showing on the rev counter and it still won't stall! :I Of Course i am fairly renound for my skills with clutch control! :p

2003 3 Door Stilo 1.2 Active, Sassy Grey, 5 disc CD Changer, Abarth boot badge, plastic wheel trims - and 42.4mpg average so far. Love it, Oh yes!

can someone explain to me what "stall" is?

FIAT STILO 1.6 3dR Tiziano Red
Sub=Pioneer TS WX20LPA
AUTOMOBILE SK

Basically it's when you let up the clutch without giving the car enough gas, when your moving off.

And the engine dies.

FIAT Stilo Sport. Pretty Much Bog Standard Really. Rear Roof Spoiler,
Sill Protectors, Aluminium Foot Pedals, Eibach 30mm Drop Springs.

[quote]Originally posted by Tashy
I sometimes have this problem, except mine does stall by itself. Its not because I'm a female driver! Sometime, I can start it up and sit there with it in neutral and feet off pedals it will stall, intermittent fault that keeps being 'fixed' but always comes back.

Hello Tashy, It sounds like you need to have your throttle body replacing. It is a common fault on 1.6 models and there is a tech. bulletin about it so your dealer should know about it.:)

It Sound to me as if the Ecu software needs upgrading. Throttle body only replaced if no throttle at all.[8D]

Hi Stiloactive,

I have had the throttle body replaced, seems to work fine for months but its come back and I just can't cope any more with having such an unreliable car, does anybody know another way of fixing this problem??

THROTTLE BODY HAS BEEN REPLACED ON MINE, WASN'T PICKIN UP ANY REVS WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED IT UP BUT YOU COULD ONLY GET 1500RPM OUT OF IT. WHICH WASN'T TOO CLEVER. YOUR PROBLEM SOUNDS MORE LIKE AIRFLOW PROBLEM WHICH WILL KEEP MAKIN YOUR CAR STALL, WHICH IS HIGHLY EMBARASSING AT THE BEST OF TIMES. CALL THE RECOVERY PEOPLE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE IT ALTHOUGH THEY SAID IT WAS AN AIRFLOW PROBLEM ON MINE BUT THE THROTTLE WAS JUST KNACKERED. COULD BE THE FUEL DELIVERY BUT THAT IS NOT VERY LIKELY. HOPE YOU GET YOU MOTOR SORTED COS STILO'S RULE.

OH AND IF ANY ONE HAS ANY DECENT PLACES FOR MODS AND STUFF I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY URLS OR NUMBERS.

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52 Crystal Green 1600 Dynamic

LAT - Thanks for the reply

I have had to call the AA 3 times now and each time they read the fault, I write it down, but Fiat says it means nothing to them! So I have to hope the fault occurs when I take it to the dealer, but it probably won't. I do like my Stilo, but its so unreliable, and I will never buy a Fiat again, shame really because the cars are so nice. We'll see if they can fix it this time!! I wonder if anybody has ever been able to reject their Stilo for having so many faults. I might post this question somewhere.

Tashy,
I would be interested to see if anyone has rejected theirs and how long they have had it for.

Fiat Stillo MW. 1.9JTD
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17" 7 spoke alloys.
Rear Parking sensor and Puddle Lights.


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