Hi all,

My name is George.
I have a Punto 1.2 ELX 2002 and so far so good. No major problems. Except the airbag light in the cluster. For no reason it just went on.
I have no idea what is the management system for this car. I am into VWs to be honest. This is the daily driver. How can I scan and erase the error?

Also, What is the best manual for it? I have the Bentley and the haynes for my golf but so far I was not able to find one for this model.

Final Question, The car has ABS. What is the diameter of the front discs (non vent) and how big is the Master Cylinder. Reason I am asking is that this car has simply awesome brakes. Ok some fading if you are breaking from 160+ but other than that the bite is superb.

Thank you all!

Hi welcome
the airbag light is common problem i wouldnt worry about it but it can be reset by garage, i think you need speedo checked if you are readind 160+ on it.
you can get a haynes manual for it i have one

Thanks for the reply. The car has only 40K kms. The light come on at 38 I think. My only concern is that the airbags are now disabled.

Do you know if there is somekind of management like OBD?

yes there is. mines only done 12k miles and the light has come on the red one, the yellow one can be turned on an off with a key, there was a recipt with my car papers said light had come on before, £30 to reset. there was a note on it said if happens again it maybe a faulty switch

I see, I should book an apointment with the stealership then....

Do you have any info on the brakes? MC and disc diameter?

Welcome to the forum! There is a haynes manual for the punto if you want it, www.haynes.co.uk.

dave said:

i think you need speedo checked if you are readind 160+ on it.

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KPH not MPH!! 160KPH is about 100MPH.

alexb said:

KPH not MPH!! 160KPH is about 100MPH.

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ah thought that was fast

yeah was wondering wwere i could get one of tyem puntos lol

i have a haynes manual for mine. and according to that the disc diameters are

240mm on 8valve engined puntos
257mm on 16valve engined puntos

A small gift...

On a german autobahn on my way to Koln. It was ready for take off.... lol

lol, thats cool... but I bet there was still somebody with a suped up bmw in your boot trying to get past!

200kph = 125mph. You have a 1.2 punto?

8v = top speed 100mph
16v = top speed 107mph

Big hill? Or am I missing something as usual!

Richard, it's possible with a huge road and a decline and a nice big wind behind you, bad for the engine though of course.

A 1.2 8v punto can't get up to that sort of speed (indicated or otherwise) using just the power of the engine.

i got a 16v 1.2 sporting and have got 117mph out of mine so dont believe all that you read in those 'expert' books!

I don't know about what expert books say but I'm reading out of the Fiat manual. If the car can go faster in normal conditions and on the flat then why wouldn't they quote it.

In any case don't speed it's illegal (yes not in Deutschland, I know) and dangerous. Especially in a little punto 10mph over it's quoted maximum speed...

Got to give it a blast now and again,clears all the crap out the engine!

puntobloke said:

i got a 16v 1.2 sporting and have got 117mph out of mine so dont believe all that you read in those 'expert' books!

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Yes, and if you had a hand-held GPS receiver you'd be shown to do about 15% less. Once past 30mph your speedometer overreads by about 10%, and past 80 over 15%.

I did a GPS-measured 107mph (Mk2 Sporting) on the M4 at night.
The speedometer needle was past 120, almost off the clock.

The car does not have the gearing or the power to overcome the wind resistance at that speed unless you're going downhill.

i got mine to 112mph and at that speed it popped out of gear so i thaught i might slow down a tad. and there was a crosswind forming so i was flying like a kite

klaus23 said:

Yes, and if you had a hand-held GPS receiver you'd be shown to do about 15% less. Once past 30mph your speedometer overreads by about 10%, and past 80 over 15%.

I did a GPS-measured 107mph (Mk2 Sporting) on the M4 at night.
The speedometer needle was past 120, almost off the clock.

The car does not have the gearing or the power to overcome the wind resistance at that speed unless you're going downhill.

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I am not too convinced by either speedo's or GPS GPS isn't the most accurate system, even when they say a few meters accuracy they can be a fair way out. Mr Police man should be able to give you a very accurate reading of your speed. Alas though I am sure he'd also read you something else...... along the lines of "you have the right to......"

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My speedo is accurate up to 100Mph according to my tomtom My car wouldn't do much more though....