Hi,
MY wife bought a 2004 Fiat Idea 1.4 Elegance 3 weeks ago and the EOBD Engine Control System Failure has illuminated with Engine Failure written in the display screen. There is no lack of power (as in crawl home mode) and it drives perfectly fine. When it first happened to my Wife I checked it by starting the car and turning it off a few times and it disappeared ! Wife drove it around a few days and no warning lights came on, then randomly the same display screen showed with the engine light illuminated. Again it drove perfectly fine. I looked through the threads on this site and thought maybe it needed a new battery, but alas this has not solved the problem. I am loath to spend hundreds of pounds on finding the fault and thought it may be something simple as it drives fine. I don't want to be driving with the warning lights on even if there is nothing wrong.
In all other ways its a great car for Wife and 2 small kids.
Anyone else had this problem or know what it might be?? Any help would be appreciated.
MY wife bought a 2004 Fiat Idea 1.4 Elegance 3 weeks ago and the EOBD Engine Control System Failure has illuminated with Engine Failure written in the display screen. There is no lack of power (as in crawl home mode) and it drives perfectly fine. When it first happened to my Wife I checked it by starting the car and turning it off a few times and it disappeared ! Wife drove it around a few days and no warning lights came on, then randomly the same display screen showed with the engine light illuminated. Again it drove perfectly fine. I looked through the threads on this site and thought maybe it needed a new battery, but alas this has not solved the problem. I am loath to spend hundreds of pounds on finding the fault and thought it may be something simple as it drives fine. I don't want to be driving with the warning lights on even if there is nothing wrong.
In all other ways its a great car for Wife and 2 small kids.
Anyone else had this problem or know what it might be?? Any help would be appreciated.