I have 2008 Fiat 500 deisel, which has the particular filter. I was not warned of this when I purchased the car until one day, the little light came on. I immediately rang the garage, as it said to do so in the hand book. I was told to take it on a run on a dual carriage way to clear it! I did this and it did clear. A few weeks later this happened again, so I took it for a run and so it went on. This week I was driving back from town when suddenly clouds of white smoke was coming from the exhaust, the engine was revering like mad. I turned the key and took them out but still it was going but getting much worse! The street was filled with thick white smoke, the neighbours were coming out thinking a was a boy racer. At this point I thought the car was going to catch on fire!!!!! Then it just cut out....phew!
My husband and I towed it to our local garage (one we trust). The long and short of it, is, the engine has had it and it's all because of this filter (there is a lot more technical stuff but that is what it boiled down to).
We are now looking for a replacement engine and having the particular filter removed. It's going to cost aprox. £2000, it would have been better if it did catch on fire!!!!!
WARNING
If you have a deisel, make sure you have a long run every month, THIS IS NOT A CITY CAR AS IT WAS SOLD TO ME!!!! AND IT'S NOT JUST FIAT THAT HAVE THEM
My husband and I towed it to our local garage (one we trust). The long and short of it, is, the engine has had it and it's all because of this filter (there is a lot more technical stuff but that is what it boiled down to).
We are now looking for a replacement engine and having the particular filter removed. It's going to cost aprox. £2000, it would have been better if it did catch on fire!!!!!
WARNING
If you have a deisel, make sure you have a long run every month, THIS IS NOT A CITY CAR AS IT WAS SOLD TO ME!!!! AND IT'S NOT JUST FIAT THAT HAVE THEM