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I borrowed my girlfriend's Fiat 500X tonight for a short errand. (USA)
Has this weirdness described below happened to anyone?
Arrived at my destination with no problems.
When I was leaving, I opened the driver's door and randomly pressed all the buttons (mirror adjust, windows, window lock, lock, unlock) on the door trying to unlock the rear doors.
I definitely hit the lock button at one point, and a few seconds later the horn honked. I pressed unlock and grabbed and pulled the door handle to unlock the doors again.
I drove back to her apartment with no problems.
I left her Fiat running for a few minutes while I got thing out of the back seat, then I parked the car, turned it off, got out, and locked the doors.
As I walked away, I realized that the brake/rear lights, the mirror lights, and maybe the front yellow lights were all still on. It looked like the parking/trim lights were still turned on. The only message on the dash is one about low tire/tyre pressure.
We tried several things: power on/off; engine on/off; lock/unlock doors; turn off and on headlights; open/close doors; drive the car for a few minutes. None of these helped, the lights were still on!
Finally, I disconnected the battery for about 60 seconds, and when reconnected, the lights behaved correctly when the doors were locked.
Has anyone experienced something like this?
Is this just a glitchy computer? She has had electrical weirdness with this car.
Has this weirdness described below happened to anyone?
Arrived at my destination with no problems.
When I was leaving, I opened the driver's door and randomly pressed all the buttons (mirror adjust, windows, window lock, lock, unlock) on the door trying to unlock the rear doors.
I definitely hit the lock button at one point, and a few seconds later the horn honked. I pressed unlock and grabbed and pulled the door handle to unlock the doors again.
I drove back to her apartment with no problems.
I left her Fiat running for a few minutes while I got thing out of the back seat, then I parked the car, turned it off, got out, and locked the doors.
As I walked away, I realized that the brake/rear lights, the mirror lights, and maybe the front yellow lights were all still on. It looked like the parking/trim lights were still turned on. The only message on the dash is one about low tire/tyre pressure.
We tried several things: power on/off; engine on/off; lock/unlock doors; turn off and on headlights; open/close doors; drive the car for a few minutes. None of these helped, the lights were still on!
Finally, I disconnected the battery for about 60 seconds, and when reconnected, the lights behaved correctly when the doors were locked.
Has anyone experienced something like this?
Is this just a glitchy computer? She has had electrical weirdness with this car.