Hello sky, hello clouds etc.,
I bought a 2005 1.2 Panda dynamic 4 years ago. It had 12k on the clock which has now gone up to 65k. It has been a fantastic little car with no real problems, except one:
About 2 years ago, the immobiliser dashboard light came on, and there was no way I could get the car started. After ringing various Fiat people, I found out about the way you can get it started with a 5 digit code, by pressing the accelerator a number of times and bypassing the immobiliser.
It cost me £45 to get the 5 digit code from Fiat, and it is possible, although it's a right PITA because it doesn't always count correctly.
Anyway, I first took the black box out - first had to drill out the rivets on the metal shield covering it, then unplug about 47 multi-pin connectors and pull the thing out. I took this unit to a vehicle security place in Leicester, and they did something to it, charged me £80, and home I came. It didn't work, so I got the Panda started with the security code method (see above) then drove it to the place in Leicester. They reprogrammed the key and immobiliser (or something - they wouldn't let me see what they were doing) and after that it worked fine.
Now, the damn light has just started appearing again intermittently - it's the one with the key symbol in yellow which essentially means "get lost fatty, you're going nowhere". Turning the ignition off and on sometimes clears it, but I know it's going to reach a stage where it won't start at all, leaving us to do some fancy footwork with the security code again.
So, any ideas how I can fix this permanently without a) spending a grand on new locks and immobiliser b) driving halfway across the country to get it sorted?
love and kisses - philip
I bought a 2005 1.2 Panda dynamic 4 years ago. It had 12k on the clock which has now gone up to 65k. It has been a fantastic little car with no real problems, except one:
About 2 years ago, the immobiliser dashboard light came on, and there was no way I could get the car started. After ringing various Fiat people, I found out about the way you can get it started with a 5 digit code, by pressing the accelerator a number of times and bypassing the immobiliser.
It cost me £45 to get the 5 digit code from Fiat, and it is possible, although it's a right PITA because it doesn't always count correctly.
Anyway, I first took the black box out - first had to drill out the rivets on the metal shield covering it, then unplug about 47 multi-pin connectors and pull the thing out. I took this unit to a vehicle security place in Leicester, and they did something to it, charged me £80, and home I came. It didn't work, so I got the Panda started with the security code method (see above) then drove it to the place in Leicester. They reprogrammed the key and immobiliser (or something - they wouldn't let me see what they were doing) and after that it worked fine.
Now, the damn light has just started appearing again intermittently - it's the one with the key symbol in yellow which essentially means "get lost fatty, you're going nowhere". Turning the ignition off and on sometimes clears it, but I know it's going to reach a stage where it won't start at all, leaving us to do some fancy footwork with the security code again.
So, any ideas how I can fix this permanently without a) spending a grand on new locks and immobiliser b) driving halfway across the country to get it sorted?
love and kisses - philip
