Does anybody know how easy it may be to fit a Fiat 500 steering wheel into a 09 Fiat Grande Punto?
I've just experience from my own Fiat 500, I asume it pretty easy for your Grand Punto too. Watch this video as a good reference:
Some further guideline together with some attached photos:
1) Important:
FOR ANYONE ATTEMPTING THIS TAKE GREAT CARE WORKING WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM AS IT IS AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE..... TAKE YOUR BATTERY OFF FOR ABOUT 30 MINS BEFORE TINKERING WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM TO ALLOW THE AIR BAG COMPUTERS CAPACITORS TIME TO DISCHARGE ....
2) Detach the plastic cover under your steering wheel column (2 screws).
3) Turn the steering wheel so you get access to the 3 holes in the back of the wheel then you unclip the airbag with a screwdriver.
4) Disconnect the Air bag senter connectors by pressing the release tab sidewise on the connector and pull out (one pink, one yellow). Further remove the white sliding connector and the airbag should be loose.
5) Align your driving wheel so they point to the straight-ahed-positions.
6) You might remove the steering wheel controls and harness by discontent the black connector (in the steering wheels upper part).
7) Remove the rubber protection to get access to the senter nut. The stearing wheel is pulled strait out after the senter nut is removed (attached on prisme/one way direction).
8) Take note of the steering wheels connectors and harness before you remove the steering wheel.
9) Reinstall your new steering wheel and do all instruction in the opposite sequence. Don't forget to recheck all connectors, senter nut and the rubber cap protection before you attach the Air Bag module.
Sorry going a bit offtrack now, but are you saying that if one variant is offered then it should be sold by selected dealerships ? and what do you mean by serviced at a select few dealerships - what difference would it make as the car would be a shell with a 1.2, TA, 1.4 etc. i.e. standard run of the mill engines. Sorry if I missed something.
