Good Morning Everyone, wondering if any of you have had similar experiences with a number of problems that have arisen with my abarth over the last week , Its booked in to dealers tomorrow for checks but would value the expert advice available here. The problems are :-

1 - Engine Control System failure message sometimes appears on the dash computer for 30 seconds ish before dissapearing , engine also stutters in low revs. Fault clears and when car restarted diagnostic check says ok.
2 - ASR / ESP Failure message appears on dash on a daily basis , ASR Symbol stays illuminated but fault warning clears from the dash computer after about thirty seconds. Usually arises when between 80-90mph but all clears when engine next started up and check says ok.
3 - When in Auto mode engine does not change up gears , if i drop the accelarator it goes down the gears but dosent change up. This has been the case for the last two days and has not cleared.

Thanks in advance

Seany

Hey Seany

Sorry to hear about your car's problems. I hope this helps:

1. On my Stilo 1.6 Dynamic, I had startup faults (e.g. ABS/ASR/EBD) and sometimes Fuel Level Sensor; I read the Stilo Service CD and read that one of the first nodes checked by the Body Computer (during the time the engine is being started) is the Brake Node; because my battery's voltage was down, when extra current was being drawn, a lower voltage reading was coming back to the Body Computer, and it must have thought it was a Node failure. None of these faults could be found on the Examiner - I got my dealer to replace the battery for one fitted to a JTD (i.e. higher capacity) and, touch wood, everything's been fine since.

2. On my bro's Stilo Abarth, he had ASR/ESP failures each time he started the car. He read somewhere that the "Steering Angle Sensor" needs to be reset; apparantly there was a supplementary guide that came with his car (it was a 53 plate) that told you how to do this. He said that the fault never came back on it.

Good luck getting it sorted!
Rich