General "Front Right" warning

[James86]

Hello All.

Hopefully its ok to post this here.

My daughter has a 2011 Fiat 500 Lounge.
Recently she has had a Warning triangle with exclamation mark inside appear on the dash. This is accompanied by the words "Front Right" displayed on the small speedo screen. Ive checked bulbs, tired pressure etc which all seem fine. Even plugged in OBD reader which gives no faults. Any ideas what it might be complaining about?
Any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers
James

 

[GettinBetter]

Welcome James,
Have a look at the first sentence in my signature and have a quick search in this forum.
There are many such posts, and whenever you get an unexplained error, it's the first (or should be) point of call.

 

[John202020]

Morning at what point does the warning come on, right at start up or whilst driving?

 

[James86]

Just after start up.

 

[John202020]

If before driving and lights off my guess would be day running lights?

 

[Ralf S.]

Mine (2013 so a later iteration, I think) gives a specific message when the DRLs are out.. "Check Running Lights" or something similar.

If the message is too long for it to illuminate all at once, it will display it in two parts.. so it might say "Check headlights" and then a few seconds later "Front Right". You have to turn on the ignition and watch the screen display constantly till the whole message is displayed.

The warning for a duff bulb also only appears once the car knows the bulb is out.. so if the headlights are off it won't give an error until you turn them on and it discovers that one of them isn't responding.

If your message appears when the ignition is turned on but with the lights off, then "Front Right" does not mean anything to do with the lights (unless it's DRL maybe). If you turn DRLs off via the console, then turn on the ignition, as above you won't see a message that the DRL bulb is out, until you turn them on again. It might help you narrow it down.


Ralf S.

 

[A3jeroen]

Mine says front right (or the dutch equivalence) when the passenger door (LHD) is not completely closed.

gr J