Hi folks.
Been reading up on here recently as I'm sure one of you lovely peeps will be able to help.
I have an 03 Stilo Active Aircon. Last week it gave up the ghost on the way home from work, I got in the car and it wouldn't do anything. Instrument panel wouldn't light up, engine wouldn't start etc. Took key out and left it a few mins and then just a whirring noise coming from behind the bulkhead somewhere.
Managed to hoik it eventually 2 miles up the road to a supermarket where it died on me again. Couldn't get a thing out of it as the Engine Management Thingy was shouting EBD Failure, ABS Failure, Airbag Failure. Engine starts but refuses to turn over.
The very nice man from the AA towed me home and then next morning took me to my local Fiat stealership in Bury (Richard Cort Italia). At first glance man said it was the coils (which I read about on the older Puntos but then another chappie said it was not the problem apparently).
Now then - they are completely confuzzled at the problem. They can't work out what it is and why the car refuses to start. They reckoned the transponder in both my sets of keys was faulty so they got the codes again from Fiat - and guess what - it doesn't recognise them anymore! The immobiliser code also isn't recognised. My car seems to have gone into some weird space/time void....
Latest today is that they hooked it up to the diagnostics 'puter and it reckons...(i.e. it's making it up) that it went wonky when I got jump started at some stage. News to me, this has never occurred in the 3yrs I've had the car - I got it 6mths old off their forecourt, pre-registered with 5 miles on the clock. The car's never been out of my sight other than for servicing/new clutch (don't blame me, ex husband burnt it out with his yeti like heavy handedness...grrr...). I don't even own a set of jump leads!
They are now calling in the 'men in the white coats'/Fiat Brainiacs as for the life of them the service blokes at Richard Cort cannot think what is up. I really really hope I don't have to have a new ECU as they've quoted me £600...
I see other folk have had similar problems but not so bad as what appears to be 'total meltdown'. I'm not best pleased seeing as the car's 6mths out of warranty - and...and...last month I paid up all my finance on it early including my final payment. So much for being a good girl!
I have to say I'm always a bit dubious about the main dealers but the guys at my local place are always alright with me and have been ringing me 2/3 times a day with updates but Stephen Hawking himself probably won't be able to work out this problem!
Has anyone any clues at all what I can do?
Cheers
Hells x
Been reading up on here recently as I'm sure one of you lovely peeps will be able to help.
I have an 03 Stilo Active Aircon. Last week it gave up the ghost on the way home from work, I got in the car and it wouldn't do anything. Instrument panel wouldn't light up, engine wouldn't start etc. Took key out and left it a few mins and then just a whirring noise coming from behind the bulkhead somewhere.
Managed to hoik it eventually 2 miles up the road to a supermarket where it died on me again. Couldn't get a thing out of it as the Engine Management Thingy was shouting EBD Failure, ABS Failure, Airbag Failure. Engine starts but refuses to turn over.
The very nice man from the AA towed me home and then next morning took me to my local Fiat stealership in Bury (Richard Cort Italia). At first glance man said it was the coils (which I read about on the older Puntos but then another chappie said it was not the problem apparently).
Now then - they are completely confuzzled at the problem. They can't work out what it is and why the car refuses to start. They reckoned the transponder in both my sets of keys was faulty so they got the codes again from Fiat - and guess what - it doesn't recognise them anymore! The immobiliser code also isn't recognised. My car seems to have gone into some weird space/time void....
Latest today is that they hooked it up to the diagnostics 'puter and it reckons...(i.e. it's making it up) that it went wonky when I got jump started at some stage. News to me, this has never occurred in the 3yrs I've had the car - I got it 6mths old off their forecourt, pre-registered with 5 miles on the clock. The car's never been out of my sight other than for servicing/new clutch (don't blame me, ex husband burnt it out with his yeti like heavy handedness...grrr...). I don't even own a set of jump leads!
They are now calling in the 'men in the white coats'/Fiat Brainiacs as for the life of them the service blokes at Richard Cort cannot think what is up. I really really hope I don't have to have a new ECU as they've quoted me £600...
I see other folk have had similar problems but not so bad as what appears to be 'total meltdown'. I'm not best pleased seeing as the car's 6mths out of warranty - and...and...last month I paid up all my finance on it early including my final payment. So much for being a good girl!
I have to say I'm always a bit dubious about the main dealers but the guys at my local place are always alright with me and have been ringing me 2/3 times a day with updates but Stephen Hawking himself probably won't be able to work out this problem!
Has anyone any clues at all what I can do?
Cheers
Hells x