portland_bill said:

With so many issues, the fault is probably simple.

There's either a supply problem, or an earth problem. Not individual components failing all together.

Start with the battery. How old is it? A voltage reading after it has sat for a few hours will give an idea of its state, needs to be min 12.5v. A reding while cranking will then give an idea of its ability to provide amps to start the car. Whilst these are not the issues you have, they may give an indication of whether the battery has an internal fault that may cause voltage issues while driving. Any doubt, have a garage do a test on it.

The earth cables on small Fiats have a habit of corroding internally, creating resistance, and breakages. The connections at the battery, gearbox and body need to be clean and tight, but an internal break can be intermittent as the engine flexes. A jump cable from battery to engine can show if the earth cable is an issue.

Main battery feed is usually more durable, but also needs checking.

Whilst there, check the engine mounts, as excess movement can lead to cable failure.

Check under the windscreen, theres a chamber below the wipers that catches rainwater, and should drain, but the drains get blocked. Search for 'duckbill' for more info. If water fills this chamber, it can spill into teh car, often over the body computer, causing all sorts of strange electrical issues, so check the body computer is dry. If wet, best option is to remove it, and immerse it in rice overnight to absorb as much moisture as possible. Water likes to get into things, doesn't come out so easily.

Hopefully those few free checks will sort the issue.

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Divo said:

The topicstarter opens frequently new topics about same kind of probs and don't give proper answers on questions. Wrong way to go . . .
When other people spent time and energy in willing to help you its not a good idea to ignore and then just open another topic.


In an other topic the TS wrote former owner had installed a anti-marten device or so, and TS removed it and then got problems with airbag message.
So thats another thing to keep in mind, did martens maybe have eaten cables before?


Running and thinking in all directions is not a good way.
Best stategy in solving your problems:

1] Stick with ONE topic
2]Start with the basics without skipping things like checking the battery status (although it's fairly new).
3] Fromon there next steps as mentioned by me and others.

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