Abarth2106
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Hi - new user of the forum and very impressed!
Just bought an Abarth 2.4 on a 51 plate (Jan 02 which I think is when they first came out), and I think it's a great car. Had a BMW before and the Abarth feels so much more comfortable and relaxing to drive.
Anyway, my question is that the Abarth has the 4 rear parking sensors (colour coded - the car is Metallic grey and so are the sensors strangely but I heard that that is standard on the Abarth), but I can't seem to get the system to work. There is no buzzing sund when I reverse near to an object and there is nothing displayed on the small screen on the dash that the system has been activated or is working - its as though there are no sensors at all.
I had a brief discussion with my local Fiat dealer about it today and he said that the sensors could just be dummy ones?! Weird, why have them at all if they are dummy ones? It's strange cos I thought the sensors were standard on Abarth models.
Does anyone know whether I actually do not have parking sensors on the car, or whether I do and that it just needs to be activated by the Fiat garage's computers (which could be a problem as I bought the car 2nd hand but it didn't come with any special CODE which I think I may need).
Thanks much for any assistance on this!
Just bought an Abarth 2.4 on a 51 plate (Jan 02 which I think is when they first came out), and I think it's a great car. Had a BMW before and the Abarth feels so much more comfortable and relaxing to drive.
Anyway, my question is that the Abarth has the 4 rear parking sensors (colour coded - the car is Metallic grey and so are the sensors strangely but I heard that that is standard on the Abarth), but I can't seem to get the system to work. There is no buzzing sund when I reverse near to an object and there is nothing displayed on the small screen on the dash that the system has been activated or is working - its as though there are no sensors at all.
I had a brief discussion with my local Fiat dealer about it today and he said that the sensors could just be dummy ones?! Weird, why have them at all if they are dummy ones? It's strange cos I thought the sensors were standard on Abarth models.
Does anyone know whether I actually do not have parking sensors on the car, or whether I do and that it just needs to be activated by the Fiat garage's computers (which could be a problem as I bought the car 2nd hand but it didn't come with any special CODE which I think I may need).
Thanks much for any assistance on this!