Drove around for a couple of days last week thinking the washers had frozen in the cold, but after a couple of days I opened the bonnet and found no water in the washer bottle :I I was expecting to get a warning when it was low, are Stilos not equipped with one of these, or is mine faulty [?]

Paul

Stilo Abarth 3dr, Broom Yellow (Nov '03)

Never read anything in the manual about a warning light. Seems the Stilo doesn't have one! :I

2003 3 Door Stilo 1.2 Active, Sassy Grey, 5 disc CD Changer, Abarth boot badge, plastic wheel trims - and 42.4mpg average so far. Love it, Oh yes!

they are not equipped with that kind of sensor ... i havent seen a car that has it but the bloody too expensive bmws might have it.

pjp do you want to tell me that you drive the car for more than 4 months and you havent wasted the water.geee ... i do that every month ... i want my front window as clean as it can be.

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My dad's old Volvo 440 has one, its a pain in the plums, go round a corner to quickly and it says your low on screen wash!

2003 3 Door Stilo 1.2 Active, Sassy Grey, 5 disc CD Changer, Abarth boot badge, plastic wheel trims - and 42.4mpg average so far. Love it, Oh yes!

I was quite surprised when I ran out of washer liquid because I was expecting a warning first. My Daewoo Nexia has a simbol that lights in the dashboard when almost out of liquid.

Originally posted by janevj
they are not equipped with that kind of sensor ... i havent seen a car that has it but the bloody too expensive bmws might have it.

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Yeah my BMW had it, so did the Vectra before that, and so did the Escort....the Stilo Abarth has almost every toy known to man excepty a washer low warning!

Paul

Stilo Abarth 3dr, Broom Yellow (Nov '03)

My Escort didn't have one, neither did my Saxo!

2003 3 Door Stilo 1.2 Active, Sassy Grey, 5 disc CD Changer, Abarth boot badge, plastic wheel trims - and 42.4mpg average so far. Love it, Oh yes!

Not all Escorts had them, I had a Ghia Si, which incidentally had heated washers and windscreen too. Ideal for the cold - pitty it handle like s*** in the snow!

Paul

Stilo Abarth 3dr, Broom Yellow (Nov '03)

Do you really want another warning light[:0]

Ghia Si, are you sure, Ghia and Si are typically different models!?

I had a LX TDi the top diesel (well top output anyway)... And before anyone comments it was plenty quick enough!

2003 3 Door Stilo 1.2 Active, Sassy Grey, 5 disc CD Changer, Abarth boot badge, plastic wheel trims - and 42.4mpg average so far. Love it, Oh yes!

Yup, Ghia Si was indeed built for a short while, first time I say one I thought it had been extra badged (much like your own stilo)

Stilo TURBO!!!!(diesel)

Got an Abarth tax disk holder now James, what do you think? 5bhp extra maybe but only if a pedestrian see's it while i drive past them? All in all its far better than the Arnold Clark one that was fitted and was slowley curling and peeling off the screen! :I

2003 3 Door Stilo 1.2 Active, Sassy Grey, 5 disc CD Changer, Abarth boot badge, plastic wheel trims - and 42.4mpg average so far. Love it, Oh yes!

As James said, Ford did produce a Ghia Si - not many of them made, but build quality was superb as they were built in Germany rather than the UK! They were better speced than the Ghia, with nicer trim, extra equipment, gorgeous 5 spoke alloys, stiffer suspension, sports seats, metallic paint, rear spoiler and the 18i 16V Zetec unit as standard.

Not a bad car at the time.

Paul



Stilo Abarth 3dr, Broom Yellow (Nov '03)

And the Opel Astra GSI I had before had a warning message appearing on the computer when the liquid was low.

Grigoris

3-Door Black Stilo 1.8 Dynamic, 17" Alloys, Dual Zone Climate Control, Spoiler