big-al
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Hi Gang,
Apologies if these have been posted before.
After umpteen months of problems I have finally found the problem and a temporary resolution ;
1. Rough Starting / ASR / Number Plate bulb errors etc
The rough starting causes the ASR/Number Plate et al
errors appearing.
A good general fix is to get a meatier batter fitted -
had mine done under warranty.
2. Flat battery
Even with the meatier battery I still experience instances
of a flat battery after odd spells of not using the car for a few
days, sometimes its fine.
Garage tried a new Body computer - no avail.
Noticed purely by chance - left the glovebox open and saw
CD autochanger lights taking a few minutes before going out.
tested this over a few days and sometimes they NEVER went out.
Garage reckoned this was the cause of rough starting and flat
battery. A new CD changer didn't fix it.
I've done some more testing - if you do NOT lock the car after
getting out the CD always switches itself off after about 1 minute.
Weird?
The garage are getting FIAT to look at car as they reckon the
body computer shoudl fix any problems to do with locking and
leaving electrics on, unless of course I've had 2 faulty ECU's!
So , if you keep getting a flat battery AND you have a CD autochanger,
check the lights and lock the car after they go out.
Hope this helps somebody, its been a real pain in the butt.
Al
to go out on locking the car
Apologies if these have been posted before.
After umpteen months of problems I have finally found the problem and a temporary resolution ;
1. Rough Starting / ASR / Number Plate bulb errors etc
The rough starting causes the ASR/Number Plate et al
errors appearing.
A good general fix is to get a meatier batter fitted -
had mine done under warranty.
2. Flat battery
Even with the meatier battery I still experience instances
of a flat battery after odd spells of not using the car for a few
days, sometimes its fine.
Garage tried a new Body computer - no avail.
Noticed purely by chance - left the glovebox open and saw
CD autochanger lights taking a few minutes before going out.
tested this over a few days and sometimes they NEVER went out.
Garage reckoned this was the cause of rough starting and flat
battery. A new CD changer didn't fix it.
I've done some more testing - if you do NOT lock the car after
getting out the CD always switches itself off after about 1 minute.
Weird?
The garage are getting FIAT to look at car as they reckon the
body computer shoudl fix any problems to do with locking and
leaving electrics on, unless of course I've had 2 faulty ECU's!
So , if you keep getting a flat battery AND you have a CD autochanger,
check the lights and lock the car after they go out.
Hope this helps somebody, its been a real pain in the butt.
Al
to go out on locking the car