i cant believe they got the FIRE engine through euro 6
origins date back to the 1980s!
origins date back to the 1980s!
Yeah my engine does feel a bit 'old school' I think they didn't manage with the 1.4 though, they have discontinued it anyway. I am with the Euro 5 1.4 emitting 135 g/km without S/S (with ss its 130).i cant believe they got the FIRE engine through euro 6
origins date back to the 1980s!
I just had a phone call from Fiat Head Office. They wanted us to meet with a main representative at our local dealers, to discuss the car and to talk though with us how to drive it. I told them that they had already had the car back twice and they had told us that they couldn't do anything. The last remapping changed the position at which the clutch recognition came in, but since then it has continued to change and now revs up immediately the pedal comes off the floor. Now the engine sometimes tries to rev constantly when in 1st or 2nd gear, it doesn't want to idle, sometimes it surges. They wanted to have the car, but I told them that they are not having it until DVSA have had a chance, and that there were other people with the same problem and I want to get something for everyone affected not just me. I was then told they would close my file in that case.
I have had some advice on the technical side and from this I have concluded that it is very unlikely that there is an easy fix, its probably back to the drawing board time.
Recently bought a 2012 500 1.2 Lounge and I have to say I haven't really noticed any of the problems with clutch or acceleration. Let's face it, all cars feel different from the one you're used to! And as for the flat spot so many talk about, the only time this happens is if you floor the pedal after changing gear - usually from 1st to 2nd. If you treat it with a light foot it doesn't do it! And so if adjusting your driving style means a more frugal driving style that can't be bad - can it?
The problem with this issue is that it wasn't consistent across the fleet; some folks reported their cars as being practically undriveable, others said they were just fine. Some had software updates and said their cars were infinitely better, others had software updates which made no difference.
We never really got to the bottom of this. The only advice we could give at the time was to properly test drive the specific car you were going to buy, and only complete the deal if you were happy with the way it performed. That advice is still good today.
Th great news is that you're happy with yours; it just remains to wish you many more miles of trouble free motoring.
Thanks for the good wishes! Is the software update readily available at Fiat Dealers and do they make a charge for doing it? I've also heard that having the ECU remapped can be beneficial too - although it is expensive!