[FONT="]2010 fiat grande punto sound 115k.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A while ago while driving to work I suddenly had the "no FPS" error message flash up on the dash and the seat belt, airbag, triangle warning lights all came on at once and mileage started flashing after the message went away.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The lights have stayed on, the mileage is still flashing and on start up the car still shows the "No FPS" but the car still starts first time, every time and there’s no other faults.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]So far I have checked:[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Battery health.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Battery reads on a multimeter at 13.23v, when the ignition is clicked but car not started 12.92v, then 14.06v when the cars turning over. Everything I’ve read online says this ok?
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[FONT="]Fuel reset switch.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]It was suggested trying to reset the fuel reset switch or that it might be faulty. After taking off the plastic around both passenger and driver footwells I couldn’t find it in either side of the footwells. Don’t know if this year of punto has this switch?[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Reset sequence?[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]In the same vain as the fuel reset switch, I tried the indicator sequence I found online and it did nothing to help. Don’t know if this year of punto uses the sequence?[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Battery off for an hour[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]I have disconnected the battery several times while checking other things like connections and at times left the battery off for 24h and it make no changes to the lights or warnings.
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[FONT="]Fuses.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]All fuses tested for continuity both top right of engine bay and behind glovebox. Neither areas showed any signs of ingress or corrosion at all.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Earth strap[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Using a multimeter I proved continuity from negative battery terminal to several points around engine bay including gearbox housing.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Unplugging and replugging seat connections?[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Taking the battery off and disconnecting the seats and reconnecting it didn’t do anything. Connectors and cables look fine no ingress or corrosion.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Diagnostics plug in[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Brought an elm327 adapter, connects fine with some software and finds no faults. Tried using multicausal but cannot get it to connect.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Front sensor near bumper?[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]I read on a different post someone had similar problems but it turned out to be a 'pre crash sensor' which should be behind the front bumper or behind top grill. Iv looked behind the grill but couldn’t find any sensor and I haven’t taken the bumper off yet as I don’t have space to take it off.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I have been through some of the other punto groups and spoken to a few people but I can’t get to the bottom of it.
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[FONT="]The car is now getting older and mileage higher and I don’t waste money on it if I don’t have to, the MOT runs out in November (2 months) and I don’t think it’ll pass with all these lights on.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Any other ideas or things to try would be great, as much as I want to fix the car I now just want to know whats wrong! [/FONT]
[FONT="]Thanks![/FONT]
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[FONT="]A while ago while driving to work I suddenly had the "no FPS" error message flash up on the dash and the seat belt, airbag, triangle warning lights all came on at once and mileage started flashing after the message went away.[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]The lights have stayed on, the mileage is still flashing and on start up the car still shows the "No FPS" but the car still starts first time, every time and there’s no other faults.[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]So far I have checked:[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Battery health.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Battery reads on a multimeter at 13.23v, when the ignition is clicked but car not started 12.92v, then 14.06v when the cars turning over. Everything I’ve read online says this ok?
[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Fuel reset switch.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]It was suggested trying to reset the fuel reset switch or that it might be faulty. After taking off the plastic around both passenger and driver footwells I couldn’t find it in either side of the footwells. Don’t know if this year of punto has this switch?[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Reset sequence?[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]In the same vain as the fuel reset switch, I tried the indicator sequence I found online and it did nothing to help. Don’t know if this year of punto uses the sequence?[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Battery off for an hour[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]I have disconnected the battery several times while checking other things like connections and at times left the battery off for 24h and it make no changes to the lights or warnings.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Fuses.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]All fuses tested for continuity both top right of engine bay and behind glovebox. Neither areas showed any signs of ingress or corrosion at all.[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Earth strap[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Using a multimeter I proved continuity from negative battery terminal to several points around engine bay including gearbox housing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Unplugging and replugging seat connections?[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Taking the battery off and disconnecting the seats and reconnecting it didn’t do anything. Connectors and cables look fine no ingress or corrosion.[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Diagnostics plug in[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Brought an elm327 adapter, connects fine with some software and finds no faults. Tried using multicausal but cannot get it to connect.[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Front sensor near bumper?[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]I read on a different post someone had similar problems but it turned out to be a 'pre crash sensor' which should be behind the front bumper or behind top grill. Iv looked behind the grill but couldn’t find any sensor and I haven’t taken the bumper off yet as I don’t have space to take it off.[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]I have been through some of the other punto groups and spoken to a few people but I can’t get to the bottom of it.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]The car is now getting older and mileage higher and I don’t waste money on it if I don’t have to, the MOT runs out in November (2 months) and I don’t think it’ll pass with all these lights on.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thanks![/FONT]