Hi everyone, I own a 2017 Tipo (base model, so nothing fancy). Over the last few weeks I've been having various warnings appear intermittently - engine management, hill hold assist, anti skid etc. When these come on, the car goes into limp mode, and I have to press the accelerator hard to get it moving again. I tried to book it into the local Fiat garage to get it checked but despite multiple calls they never got back to me, so I took it to a local RAC recommended garage which had rave reviews online. They diagnosed a faulty throttle position sensor (I think that was what she said) and replaced the accelerator pedal unit. The problem re-appeared a couple of days later. After searching online, I saw that it could possibly be a bad battery so I replaced with a new battery (to be on the safe side I bought a start/stop battery even though the car doesn't have start/stop), but the problem continues.
The problem is very intermittent - for example we recently drove from Glasgow to the Isle of Wight, pottered around the IoW for a week and drove back again with no problem. After dumping our cases back in the house, I jumped back in the car to get some milk from Sainsbury's and the problem came back. The only other problem of not is that prior to these warnings appearing it very, very occasionally (as in maybe once every two months) idled slightly rough when sitting at traffic lights, but this was solved by tapping the accelerator.
Anyone have any ideas what to look at next? I love the car so don't really want to have to think about replacing it, would rather solve the problem if possible.
The problem is very intermittent - for example we recently drove from Glasgow to the Isle of Wight, pottered around the IoW for a week and drove back again with no problem. After dumping our cases back in the house, I jumped back in the car to get some milk from Sainsbury's and the problem came back. The only other problem of not is that prior to these warnings appearing it very, very occasionally (as in maybe once every two months) idled slightly rough when sitting at traffic lights, but this was solved by tapping the accelerator.
Anyone have any ideas what to look at next? I love the car so don't really want to have to think about replacing it, would rather solve the problem if possible.