I have run into an interesting/concerning situation with my 2nd hand 2013 1.2L Dualogic trying to navigate up my steep driveway. The incline is steep, about 26 degree slope starting from a close to standing start (no run up) and easily accomplished with my other cars, but the Fiat has started to battle up and the clutch is smoking and burning when attempting it.
Given it's the Australian Dualogic, there's not much I can do apart from make sure it is in 1st gear and that is clearly not enough.
The car has done around 60k and there are no other issues with gear changes or hills while driving, although at this stage I'm getting a bit nervous to drive routes that have hills and stop-start traffic.
Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong or what may be wrong here?
Given it's the Australian Dualogic, there's not much I can do apart from make sure it is in 1st gear and that is clearly not enough.
The car has done around 60k and there are no other issues with gear changes or hills while driving, although at this stage I'm getting a bit nervous to drive routes that have hills and stop-start traffic.
Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong or what may be wrong here?