General Abarth gearbox

[winger]

Recently while driveing my Abarth the alarm on the dash went off,saying gearbox failure return to dealer,which i did,the diagnostic said problem with speed disc sensor,they deleted the fault and withing a mile of garage it went off again,their quoteing me £530 to fix it!!!e'r the fault not the quote!!!anyone else had this!!!.

 

[DublinAbarth]

I get this fault a lot of the time too.:bang:

Has anyone had an actual fault with their gearbox after the sensor go's off or is it always just the sensor itself?

Seems like a very high price for a sensor only! Do you know where it is located? I.e is it inside the gearbox?

 

[winger]

They tell me the cost of the sensor is £86 and 7 hours labour to take the box off and fit it.

The only other Abarth owner i've spoken to(WSB's at Silverstone yes i'm a bike man as well)) told me he has the same problem,starting to realise why they went to manual with the latter models.

 

[Stu DemonD]

I had a lot of 'gearbox failure' warnings just before my acutuator gave up, and left me stranded on the entrance to a busy roundabout

Since it has been fixed, I hardly ever get the warning anymore.

 

[Citizen Smith]

The 'speed disc sensor' is in the gearbox - the pickup for the sensor IIRC is on 2nd gear itself.

The sensor gets dirt/swarf etc on it and there is no reading for the ecu to determine how fast the gears are going and therefore goes on strike - very italian.

 

[DublinAbarth]

I had a lot of 'gearbox failure' warnings just before my acutuator gave up, and left me stranded on the entrance to a busy roundabout

Since it has been fixed, I hardly ever get the warning anymore.

Remember what you paid for this?

 

[Stu DemonD]

Remember what you paid for this?

£0 - under warranty

Although my car was offroad for about 3 to 4 weeks, and I ended up having to get a hire car sorted out luckily my work picked up the tab.

 

[DublinAbarth]

The 'speed disc sensor' is in the gearbox - the pickup for the sensor IIRC is on 2nd gear itself.

The sensor gets dirt/swarf etc on it and there is no reading for the ecu to determine how fast the gears are going and therefore goes on strike - very italian.

Hard to know whether its worth getting fixed outside warranty, only that one day there actually might be a fault with the box which may cost more!

 

[Citizen Smith]

Hard to know whether its worth getting fixed outside warranty, only that one day there actually might be a fault with the box which may cost more!

Selespeed - the reason I have a manual Abarth.

 

[DublinAbarth]

Selespeed - the reason I have a manual Abarth.

I wonder do the Alfa's have the same problem with the Selespeed models they produce. It's the same unit isn't it? Or is this just a Fiat thing? Hmm

 

[winger]

You can imagine what i'm thinking!!,mine started playing up a month ago,it was the first time i'd used to go any further than round the block this year!!!!,i can afford to take it off the road for months if need be,but i've a gut feeling it's regular fault!!! i was warned about how crap they were before i bought it!!!!.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

You all just persuaded me to stick with my 1.2!

Mind you even my gear box isnt healthy at the moment.

 

[Citizen Smith]

I wonder do the Alfa's have the same problem with the Selespeed models they produce. It's the same unit isn't it? Or is this just a Fiat thing? Hmm

In a word yes - ive not had any experience of the 6speed Selespeed fitted on the 3.2 GTA's, nor would i like to either.

The parts are different - but the operating principle is the same. The Panda/Punto Dualogic system is a lot better due to it being more basic in design with fewer componants - fancy that.

 

[winger]

I,m still doing some ducking and diveing about who's going to do the job,but does it need doing if i (we) are prepared to put up with the alarm going off??

 

[DublinAbarth]

I should have said nothing.:bang: Now the gearbox alarm has started going off every time I drive. Used to just go off when I did not push the lever forward/back properly when parking. Now it goes off when I gear up to third or down to second. Yet the box is working fine.

 

[winger]

Mines exactly the same!!!.

 

[winger]

D.A.

Try when your driving your Abarth only change gear with the gear stick and not the paddles,see if it's any better???

 

[DublinAbarth]

D.A.

Try when your driving your Abarth only change gear with the gear stick and not the paddles,see if it's any better???

Thanks for advice. Had already tried this but fault just as likely to appear. Put the car in Fiat dealer on Friday to get this and other things looked at. Will keep you posted.

 

[DublinAbarth]

Thanks for advice. Had already tried this but fault just as likely to appear. Put the car in Fiat dealer on Friday to get this and other things looked at. Will keep you posted.

UPDATE. Car still with main Fiat dealer a week later. Waiting for advice from Fiat Ireland/UK on what to do even though I suggested a few causes:bang:

Will keep y'all posted

 

[winger]

Cheers