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Hello! My beloved car is experiencing some serious hick-ups.
She is 6 year old, beautiful performance et al. Love it - 2015 500L Trekking with all the extras. Fastidious about always putting mid-range fuel, an attendant made a mistake (NJ) to put in low-grade. Immediately I felt something was not right. Difficult choppy acceleration, gears going back to 3, 2 even on the highway putting a lot of pressure on engine. I've had 3 (correct) refills since and yet the issue persists. If I pull aside and restart, it somewhat fixes it for a while. The engine light has come up. A check came up with two issues: tank and the (missing) cap, which I am aware of and has to live with it and the much more serious Turbocharger issue. The additional problem, folks, is that it was checked not at an FCA service shop and they had erased the code.
Drove to a FCA shop, was told that perhaps particles of the bad fuel are still lodged in and that a drain/full clean of the tank may be necessitated. However nothing can be done if the light is not on! Car is not well, drives but being forced to do so. Thank you for your advice!
She is 6 year old, beautiful performance et al. Love it - 2015 500L Trekking with all the extras. Fastidious about always putting mid-range fuel, an attendant made a mistake (NJ) to put in low-grade. Immediately I felt something was not right. Difficult choppy acceleration, gears going back to 3, 2 even on the highway putting a lot of pressure on engine. I've had 3 (correct) refills since and yet the issue persists. If I pull aside and restart, it somewhat fixes it for a while. The engine light has come up. A check came up with two issues: tank and the (missing) cap, which I am aware of and has to live with it and the much more serious Turbocharger issue. The additional problem, folks, is that it was checked not at an FCA service shop and they had erased the code.
Drove to a FCA shop, was told that perhaps particles of the bad fuel are still lodged in and that a drain/full clean of the tank may be necessitated. However nothing can be done if the light is not on! Car is not well, drives but being forced to do so. Thank you for your advice!