I have just bought a 2004 1.4 sporting. The car runs fine! But the yellow engine management light came on and when i start the car up it gives me a warning of engine failure. Does anybody have the same problem or know why it is doing it??

what do you mean warning of engine failure?


You should read the ECU codes and post the results here

The previous owner did say they had had to put a new coil pack on it so whether that has something to do with it?

Heron5 said:

The previous owner did say they had had to put a new coil pack on it so whether that has something to do with it?

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Maybe. But just get the codes read -- any old code reader will grab all but manufacturer specific stuff. All else is just a wild guess.

The car runs fine i drove it over 200 miles yesterday which makes me think its nothing to major but best to get it checked over!

Code read and clear
If ir comes back on you might a clue where to start going in the diagnosis


Ziggy

The engine failure message is just the fancy dash fitted to the better spec cars, all it's doing it telling you the engine warning light is on. (Because you couldn't have worked that out!?)

Be warned the car might seem fine but if it's a dodgy coil pack it could be feeding high transient voltages back to the ECU which damage it over time, or a dodgy sensor might cause over fuelling and kill the catalytic convertor, these are just examples of what might be happening but the point is ignoring it could get expensive

Thanks people. Hopefully get it on a diagnostics machine this week and will post the codes as soon as. Thanks again!

yea i have warming light on my dash aswell. as i changed the exhaust and the bottom lambda sensor didnt wanna come off so i had to splice a new one on.
now every time i start up it gives me a o2 sensor error. but the sensor itself works brilliantly

Are these faulty sensors a common problem in the Mk2's?? Im still gonna
Get it checked out got a lot of travelling to do in it so better to be safe than sorry!!

9 times out of 10 if engine runs fine with light on its just pre heat function of Lambda/oxygen sensor, just cleaning the conectors in the plug and socket can often fix it.

matthewhaymes said:

yea i have warming light on my dash aswell. as i changed the exhaust and the bottom lambda sensor didnt wanna come off so i had to splice a new one on.
now every time i start up it gives me a o2 sensor error. but the sensor itself works brilliantly

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Heron5 said:

Are these faulty sensors a common problem in the Mk2's?? Im still gonna
Get it checked out got a lot of travelling to do in it so better to be safe than sorry!!

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No - there not a " well known " issue
what the issue is people sticking Generic / Cheap sensors in which arent correct for the vehicle, causing the symptoms above - error but working fine....

Get a branded product like NGK/Bosch or even an original from a scrappy

Ziggy

But get the codes read. Don't change a lambda sensor (or two!) just for the hell of it. A code reader is much cheaper!

Will any local garages have a code reader or am i better taking it to a fiat dealership. My friend has a diagnostics laptop would that read the codes?

a hand held obd2 thing will read basic codes like lambda

this will do a lot of stuff for free http://www.multiecuscan.com/ the paid version even more.