Technical OBD2 and onboard computer

[boodschap]

Well, a few weeks ago I bought my first car: a second hand Fiat Fiorino.
But the car's onboard computer is in French, I'd like to change it to Dutch. Can I do this myself?

and would a AEG OBD-II fit do diagnose failures of the car?

 

[2668GRIFFIN]

This can be done by using the menu button
Luigi

 

[boodschap]

that did the job

thanks!

 

[2668GRIFFIN]

Your welcome
luigi

 

[Red Van Man]

Well, a few weeks ago I bought my first car: a second hand Fiat Fiorino.
But the car's onboard computer is in French, I'd like to change it to Dutch. Can I do this myself?
Would a AEG OBD-II fit do diagnose failures of the car?

Any pictures or a description of what you have? Age - colour - engine - spec....

Welcome to the Fiorino Mk3 section

R-V-M

 

[Red Van Man]

Well, a few weeks ago I bought my first car, a second hand Fiat Fiorino but the car's onboard computer is in French, I'd like to change it to Dutch. Can I do this myself?

Would an AEG OBD-II diagnose failures of the car?

I found this document about the alfaOBD diagnostics whilst searching for something else. It covers the main Italian makes (Alfa/Fiat/Lancia) including our model since the same tech gear is used in all models with variants for individual cars.

Most interesting are the pages from 24 onwards as it shows everything logged in the diagnostics to report various things back to an engineer (or keen owner with an OBD reader).

R-V-M

 

[Qube O]

Way too complicated for me me............not into quantum physics. Happy to leave that to my dealer. Still if you understand it all....good luck to you.

Cheers Qube O.

 

[Red Van Man]

Way too complicated for me me............not into quantum physics. Happy to leave that to my dealer. Still if you understand it all....good luck to you.

Cheers Qube O

It's all in plain English - tells you just what is being checked/recorded/reported.

I did manage to find out where the wiring diagrams are shown but you need a password to get in. Website called SchemaZoom but it's guarded by the Italian makers (Alfa-Fiat-Lancia) and that is done in the 'new' convention layout so you'd need a de-coder for the wire colours - although the first problem is getting to see inside..

Maybe if I can find an excuse to talk to the very helpful head mechanic again I could get somewhere but I didn't want to ask him to compromise his position on only my second visit.

Spares Depts are nothing like as warm and friendly as they used to be. Gone are the days of a man at a desk with shelving racks behind him and most parts to build another car to hand. It was a counter still but in the room behind, 4 guys at computer terminals wearing headsets taking to customers on the phone and giving them delivery dates presumably from some central warehouse where parts are on 24 hour order to various dealers. On requesting a part, the bod disappears and comes back with a printout of the area you're looking at and you point to the bit you want. He orders it or tells you it's in stock and off you go.
I was pleased to chat to a guy with grubby hands rather than a suit!

R-V-M

 

[Qube O]

Hi R-V-M,
I used to be a parts department manager for a Ford & Reliant Dealer.....many many years ago............when 105E was the prefix to the Ford Anglia parts. Its all changed now as you say.......cheaper for the dealer to order parts in as needed as opposed to keeping vast stocks of parts on their premises.

I'm lucky with my dealer.....at least John is time served, and not a young lad, or even worse a young lady, (though the later has more customer appeal).

Cheers Qube O.