My mom has had her 2014 FIAT 500 Pop ( (NA VERSION) 1.4 16v 105cv/100HP MultiAir 4 CYL GAS N/A SOHC AISIN 6AT) for 4 years and put about 32,000 miles on it. The car has about 45,600 miles on it. Every oil change light we change the oil, but haven't followed the maintenance procedures in the owners manual. The car needed a battery in 2017 so we replaced that. We bought the car in 2016 with 12,995 miles on the clock. The car only had 2 only oil changes since we bought it, one in 2018
(about one month and 1,500 miles after the light came on), and another one about 7 weeks ago (right on time). In Dec. 2019 the car had a big misfire, jumped, and went into limp mode. With a simple restart the car ran fine but the CEL/MIL was on, and the next day when we went to have the codes read the light went off, never to be seen again. In Feb. 2020 the car started leaking oil, starting with a few drops, then more drops, and then a puddle, and then stopped. We needed a new vacuum pump, and a PCV valve o-ring, so we placed those two parts.
Yesterday the CEL/MIL was on, and the car was running OK. Today we had the OBD II system scanned, and received a P0303 code. So apparently the car was running on 3 cylinders for the last 24 hours. We had the spark plugs changed, and had ignition coil 3 swapped with ignition coil 4 (the Autozone tech did that so if the light came back and read P0304 (cyl 4 misfire) than we would just have to replace the coil). So far it's been running GREAT. Can you give us any advice on what we should do to keep our FIAT properly maintained? We only take our car to a very good local mechanic in my town. Feel free to critique our actions a little.
P.S. Sorry for the long thread.
(about one month and 1,500 miles after the light came on), and another one about 7 weeks ago (right on time). In Dec. 2019 the car had a big misfire, jumped, and went into limp mode. With a simple restart the car ran fine but the CEL/MIL was on, and the next day when we went to have the codes read the light went off, never to be seen again. In Feb. 2020 the car started leaking oil, starting with a few drops, then more drops, and then a puddle, and then stopped. We needed a new vacuum pump, and a PCV valve o-ring, so we placed those two parts.
Yesterday the CEL/MIL was on, and the car was running OK. Today we had the OBD II system scanned, and received a P0303 code. So apparently the car was running on 3 cylinders for the last 24 hours. We had the spark plugs changed, and had ignition coil 3 swapped with ignition coil 4 (the Autozone tech did that so if the light came back and read P0304 (cyl 4 misfire) than we would just have to replace the coil). So far it's been running GREAT. Can you give us any advice on what we should do to keep our FIAT properly maintained? We only take our car to a very good local mechanic in my town. Feel free to critique our actions a little.
P.S. Sorry for the long thread.