steviea712
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Hello
I've tried searching for some info relating to this fault but can't find any.
My wife has a 2015 500x multiair 1.4 turbo. She has owned the car for approx. 18 months now.
The car has an issue where it will suddenly lose power, it is as if the turbo has stopped working. The car needs the nuts revved of it to go anywhere, and on a motorway will not go past 60mph. When the car is put into the 'sport' mode (i.e. the turbo is displayed on the dash) it does not show the turbo working... Fuel consumption appears to be rapidly increased when this issue happens.
If the car is then driven say the next day, it suddenly works ok, and will pull great as if nothing happened!
The problem first happened last summer, and now happens approx. once a week (she uses the car daily for approx. 60 miles commute). We took the car to 2 different fiat garages who were none the wiser about what the fault could be, unfortunately the car is now no longer in warranty
One thing I have noticed when this fault happens, cruise control does not function (in anyway what so ever, pressing the buttons on the wheel do nothing what so ever) and the brightness of the radio/sat nav screen appears to be a lot darker than usual. Because of this I believe the fault to be electrical related (surely if the turbo is finished, it would completely stop working and not randomly work again...?)
Has anyone heard of a similar issue like this before, or have any pointers as to what could be causing it?
Would really appreciate anyone's thoughts and advice on this, thank you!!!
Steve
I've tried searching for some info relating to this fault but can't find any.
My wife has a 2015 500x multiair 1.4 turbo. She has owned the car for approx. 18 months now.
The car has an issue where it will suddenly lose power, it is as if the turbo has stopped working. The car needs the nuts revved of it to go anywhere, and on a motorway will not go past 60mph. When the car is put into the 'sport' mode (i.e. the turbo is displayed on the dash) it does not show the turbo working... Fuel consumption appears to be rapidly increased when this issue happens.
If the car is then driven say the next day, it suddenly works ok, and will pull great as if nothing happened!
The problem first happened last summer, and now happens approx. once a week (she uses the car daily for approx. 60 miles commute). We took the car to 2 different fiat garages who were none the wiser about what the fault could be, unfortunately the car is now no longer in warranty
One thing I have noticed when this fault happens, cruise control does not function (in anyway what so ever, pressing the buttons on the wheel do nothing what so ever) and the brightness of the radio/sat nav screen appears to be a lot darker than usual. Because of this I believe the fault to be electrical related (surely if the turbo is finished, it would completely stop working and not randomly work again...?)
Has anyone heard of a similar issue like this before, or have any pointers as to what could be causing it?
Would really appreciate anyone's thoughts and advice on this, thank you!!!
Steve