fiatstilo2002ireland
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Hey guys, looking for a bit of expertise here on a Stilo 2002 1.2 Active with 66k miles. Had it for over 2 years and its been fine for me until maybe the last 4-5 months. there are 3/4 issues which im 99% sure are all related. Ill go through it in order. This generally happens when im doing some mileage. 45 mins or so in the car and it starts in this order.
1) Fuel gauge randomly bottoms out, computer says 'low fuel' etc etc. This recovers after a couple mins.
2) Fuel gauge and odometer randomly bottom out. again these recover after a min or so, but will continue to flicker and bottom out.
3) 2 happens again, and this time i get a slight shudder in the accelerator. Almost as if the car is trying to stall. Im not doing any insane speeds, standard motorway / dual carriageway speeds.
also as a side note, i normally have the car in 'City' mode on the power steering. I notice that when ever 1-3 occur the car defaults back to the normal setting.
Im guessing that its all related considering the clear escalation of the problem. The last time i did a couple hundred miles in it the 'shudder' became quite severe and i pulled it over once or twice. Theres no warning lights, no overheating i can see.
Brought it to a garage for the yearly service and asked them to check it out, they only found a faulty sensor in the exhaust system. which wasnt the problem. In any case the service seemed to make it go away ( for 3 months) until last week and it started back up.
Anyway, theres my life story... would appreciate it if anybody had some ideas!
Thanks in advance - i love the car and it'd pain me to get rid of it!
1) Fuel gauge randomly bottoms out, computer says 'low fuel' etc etc. This recovers after a couple mins.
2) Fuel gauge and odometer randomly bottom out. again these recover after a min or so, but will continue to flicker and bottom out.
3) 2 happens again, and this time i get a slight shudder in the accelerator. Almost as if the car is trying to stall. Im not doing any insane speeds, standard motorway / dual carriageway speeds.
also as a side note, i normally have the car in 'City' mode on the power steering. I notice that when ever 1-3 occur the car defaults back to the normal setting.
Im guessing that its all related considering the clear escalation of the problem. The last time i did a couple hundred miles in it the 'shudder' became quite severe and i pulled it over once or twice. Theres no warning lights, no overheating i can see.
Brought it to a garage for the yearly service and asked them to check it out, they only found a faulty sensor in the exhaust system. which wasnt the problem. In any case the service seemed to make it go away ( for 3 months) until last week and it started back up.
Anyway, theres my life story... would appreciate it if anybody had some ideas!
Thanks in advance - i love the car and it'd pain me to get rid of it!