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Unless you know they were using Fiat specific software I’d be reluctant to pull out the gearbox.
Find a Dualogic specialist near to you.
Find a Dualogic specialist near to you.
Not planning on pulling the box right away, going to take some covers off & check fluid levels, fuses etc, I've found a place that will overhaul the Dualogic Selespeed for £475 so that would be my go to if all else is ok, I'm sure its not the actual gearbox.Unless you know they were using Fiat specific software I’d be reluctant to pull out the gearbox.
Find a Dualogic specialist near to you.
my wife's 500 has randomly started dropping to N usually from 4th or 5th when approaching a roundabout or junction.
Now I purchased the car in early 2019 but it had 74k on it then with the "new gearbox" and my wife now only has 81k on it so surely it would not of gone already?
my wife's 500 has randomly started dropping to N usually from 4th or 5th when approaching a roundabout or junction. I have taken the car to work and asked the garage to connect there diagnostic's machine to it an these were the codes from it...
P0710 - Temperature (from CAN)
- Intermittent
P1742 - Gear selection sensor
- Intermittent
Please if anyone can help it would be most appreciated.....im trying to chase up the garage I purchased the car from as I had issues when I got it then where on cold mornings it wouldn't go into gear (reverse if I recall) so they changed the oil at there garage and still it played up so they informed me that it had to go to a Fiat dealership for a new gearbox. Now I purchased the car in early 2019 but it had 74k on it then with the "new gearbox" and my wife now only has 81k on it so surely it would not of gone already?
Any help is massively appreciated as my wife is scared to drive the car now as she has nearly had a few vehicles go in to the back of her even though as soon as she hears the N beeping noise she puts her hazards straight on
Thank you in advance
Warum zum Händler?Re: Dualogic gearbox nightmare......
Hello and welcome to the forum .
Sorry it's in such unfortunate circumstances.
I suspect it's the selespeed unit that your dealer is looking to replace, not the complete gearbox - that would likely be more expensive still at main dealer prices.
You're not the first to have experienced this issue, and sadly I doubt you'll be the last - though I'm surprised it's completely unrepairable at such a low mileage. A chap named Ahmett may be along in a minute; he's had one of these replaced recently after years of problems and many attempts (with varying degrees of success) at repair.
You might be able to get your existing selespeed unit fixed, though you'll need to go to an independent Fiat/Alfa specialist for this - Fiat main dealers will likely only replace it complete. If you can get it repaired/patched up at reasonable cost, my advice would be to do so and then, er, hmm, sell the car as soon as possible.
You'll get a good price for a one lady owner low mileage 500, and IMO you'd do better to take the money now & put it towards something else than keep it into middle age. Again just my opinion, but the 500 has too many niggly faults, praticularly in dualogic form, to make it a good long term keeper for someone not well versed in the ways of cars and handy with the tools and spanners.
Aber ich bin heute Abend voreingenommen; meins (im gleichen Alter wie Ihres, nicht viel mehr Laufleistung und nicht so sehr gut gewartet, sondern bis auf einen Zentimeter seines Lebens verwöhnt) ist gerade einem der bekannten 500-Probleme zum Opfer gefallen und mein Display sieht jetzt so aus eher wie eine Disco als ein Armaturenbrett.:verrückt:
Glücklicherweise habe ich es nach Hause bekommen und ich glaube, ich weiß, was los ist - ich werde es mir genau ansehen, wenn ich mich beruhigt habe, und es an der entsprechenden Stelle posten.
Hi and welcome to the forum.Hi everyone,
Whatever happened will most likely have logged a fault code. I'd say it would be worth getting the code read; that will help us to advise you better. It will likely need a specific Fiat code reader to do this; it's possible there may be a forum member not too far away who has the right tool for this. There's one in particular I'm thinking of who's been one of our most helpful members - he's south of the river if you can make it across to SE London.Anyone has any suggestion ?
Hi everyone,
While driving my Fiat 500 0.9 TwinAir semi-automatic on a busy road, I suddenly received a warning on the dashboard that read "Check transmission see handbook." As a result, I lost engine power and was unable to engage any gear. I ended up having to stop in the middle of the road. Despite trying to turn the car off and on again, the error message continued to display (similar to what happened in this video attached below).
After a few more attempts, the car finally started working again, but the experience was quite scary. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue? After doing some research in this forum, it seems that a low level of transmission fluid could be the cause of the problem, but not sure. it was a damp road, I was wondering if could be some electronic issue ?
Anyone has any suggestion ?
I am from north London UK if anyone know a good FIAT specialist in London that can look into this dualogic system ?
Thank you.
If you've read this thread, you'll see the basic problem: most independent garages haven't got a clue about how these transmissions work, and franchised dealers think in terms of replacing major assemblies, rather than trying to repair what's there. A knowledgable independent Fiat specialist is what you need; if you fancy a day out in the country, you could do worse than give these guys a call.I'm now trying read some threads to see any ideas before taking it to garage or dealers.