Technical what is a proxy alignment pls? re blue and me disconnected.

[sherbsville]

Hi, so in the summer i paid £215 to fiat to disconnect my blue and me, as it was draining the battery. I got across the city, and realised the odometer was still flashing. I drove back in rush hour with a dodgy clutch, to be told they can't stop it flashing, tough luck. So have had odo flashing for almost a year now.

I was searching for my battery tray issues, and saw blue and me, and ppl saying a proxy alignment after disconnecting fixes the flashing.

Is that something that can be done at home, or by my local garage (they wouldn't touch the blue and me), or is it something fiat should've done? I can't drive to the city until I sort my clutch issues. I've got stuck doing that, as can't take the battery tray out.

Thankyou.

 

[puntodeltathema]

Outrageous of the Fiat dealer to not fix the issue especially after you paid them so much. It's dead easy if you have the right software. How do these crooks sleep at night?

Best way forward is to find someone on the forum's MultiEcuscan register near you. They can do a proxy alignment for you, maybe for free or a cup of tea. Basically one plugs in a laptop or other device and runs an operation to tell the car's body computer to stop stressing that one of the control units has disappeared - which is what the flashing mileage indicates...

Failing that you may find your local garage has access to more general garage software that can do the same thing, though if they wouldn't disconnect a B&M unit they may be a bit scared of doing an alignment.... and they would charge for it.

Nick

 

[sherbsville]

Outrageous of the Fiat dealer to not fix the issue especially after you paid them so much. It's dead easy if you have the right software. How do these crooks sleep at night?

Best way forward is to find someone on the forum's MultiEcuscan register near you. They can do a proxy alignment for you, maybe for free or a cup of tea. Basically one plugs in a laptop or other device and runs an operation to tell the car's body computer to stop stressing that one of the control units has disappeared - which is what the flashing mileage indicates...

Failing that you may find your local garage has access to more general garage software that can do the same thing, though if they wouldn't disconnect a B&M unit they may be a bit scared of doing an alignment.... and they would charge for it.

Nick

Omg thats brilliant, thankyou! I did wonder if it was a laptop thing, as the other week I saw a man on youtube talking about blue and me, and I realised how badly fiat had done me over. He was saying you can buy a part (I forgot what it is) that you plug into the car and a laptop. It was £35, but idk how old the video was. That must be a proxy alignment. Thankyou!

 

[steveras57]

There is a member in the dedicated MES section- listing as 5 miles of Dereham who is quite near you who might be willing to help!

 

[ben]

There is a member in the dedicated MES section- listing as 5 miles of Dereham who is quite near you who might be willing to help!

@The Panda Nut

 

[The Panda Nut]

@The Panda Nut

oo? Me? Ithtink Ive already said yes on a different thread, but yes. PM me and Im sure we can sort something out.

 

[sherbsville]

There is a member in the dedicated MES section- listing as 5 miles of Dereham who is quite near you who might be willing to help!

Yes! so funny. he was already helping me with a battery tray removal issue in another thread!

 

[The Panda Nut]

Yes! so funny. he was already helping me with a battery tray removal issue in another thread!

Well looking at MES you will need the cars key security code which may possibly be found on the Code card, but I suspect thats long gone. If so you need to get the cars code from a dealer. Desira parts did find 3 for me free of charge but recently I have not had a reply following a request for the new cars. I will try them again and try and find out the score.

 

[rmjbn1]

He was saying you can buy a part (I forgot what it is) that you plug into the car and a laptop. It was £35, but idk how old the video was.

This is the OBDII interface I got, about £35 and works well:

Fits Fiat ELM 327 Green Red Yellow cables for use with MULTI ECU SCAN UK | eBay UK

All four coloured cables + modified ELM cable. Modified ELM 327 cable for use with the popular software for Italian cars Multi Ecu Scan. Cable Set + Modified ELM. YELLOW adaptor lead diagnostics (Fiat 500 etc).

www.ebay.co.uk

If you're confident using computers, MultiECUScan is a very useful tool.

There's a free version of the software available to download to a Windows PC, good for clearing error codes, but I don't know if you need the paid version for a proxy alignment?

 

[PuntoHowTo]

Im in south Norfolk if Panda nut isn’t able to help i have the kit and I’m often a man on the internet talking about this stuff so if you let me film the procedure it could possibly help out a few other folks

 

[sherbsville]

This is the OBDII interface I got, about £35 and works well:

Fits Fiat ELM 327 Green Red Yellow cables for use with MULTI ECU SCAN UK | eBay UK

All four coloured cables + modified ELM cable. Modified ELM 327 cable for use with the popular software for Italian cars Multi Ecu Scan. Cable Set + Modified ELM. YELLOW adaptor lead diagnostics (Fiat 500 etc).

www.ebay.co.uk

If you're confident using computers, MultiECUScan is a very useful tool.

There's a free version of the software available to download to a Windows PC, good for clearing error codes, but I don't know if you need the paid version for a proxy alignment?

omg YES amazing, this is what the man in the video was on about. Thankyou!

And yes, technology is my friend.

 

[sherbsville]

Im in south Norfolk if Panda nut isn’t able to help i have the kit and I’m often a man on the internet talking about this stuff so if you let me film the procedure it could possibly help out a few other folks

Ooooh thankyou, great to know.

edit: omg ure famous! Just had a quick look at your youtube. *curtsies dramatically*

 

[PuntoHowTo]

Ooooh thankyou, great to know.

edit: omg ure famous! Just had a quick look at your youtube. *curtsies dramatically*

Not that famous I’ve never once been recognised in public and never been invited to the cannes film festival or the Oscar’s I don’t think the film industry recognises my creative genius just yet

 

[Fiat568]

Hi, so in the summer i paid £215 to fiat to disconnect my blue and me, as it was draining the battery. I got across the city, and realised the odometer was still flashing. I drove back in rush hour with a dodgy clutch, to be told they can't stop it flashing, tough luck. So have had odo flashing for almost a year now.

I was searching for my battery tray issues, and saw blue and me, and ppl saying a proxy alignment after disconnecting fixes the flashing.

Is that something that can be done at home, or by my local garage (they wouldn't touch the blue and me), or is it something fiat should've done? I can't drive to the city until I sort my clutch issues. I've got stuck doing that, as can't take the battery tray out.

Thankyou.

As far as I understand, even if you have the B&M disconnected you will still have flashing odometer - this won't stop BUT...your battery shouldn't drain - experiencing the same issue and hope I can share what I have learnt - so your battery shouldn't drain after disconnecting B&M module but mileage will continue to flash - I'm having my B&M disconnected soon and have been told that the mileage will continue to flash! Hope this helps!

 

[sherbsville]

As far as I understand, even if you have the B&M disconnected you will still have flashing odometer - this won't stop BUT...your battery shouldn't drain - experiencing the same issue and hope I can share what I have learnt - so your battery shouldn't drain after disconnecting B&M module but mileage will continue to flash - I'm having my B&M disconnected soon and have been told that the mileage will continue to flash! Hope this helps!

Oooooh it does, thankyou. I was gonna go all Karen on the branch manager next week, and make em do it for free like they should've, so I'm glad the universe sent you to stop me! Also, I really didn't want to have to get one of those Karen haircuts lol

 

[jackwhoo]

Oooooh it does, thankyou. I was gonna go all Karen on the branch manager next week, and make em do it for free like they should've, so I'm glad the universe sent you to stop me! Also, I really didn't want to have to get one of those Karen haircuts lol

My understanding is ; following b and m disconnect a successful proxi alignment procedure will stop the mileage display flashing.

 

[blue monkey]

I bought the Multiscan ECU software and a cable from eBay, it stopped the odometer flashing. If you're not confident any FIAT specialist should be able to do this for you.

 

[steveras57]

I bought the Multiscan ECU software and a cable from eBay, it stopped the odometer flashing. If you're not confident any FIAT specialist should be able to do this for you.

check out the MES member register here on the forum there might be a member near you willing to do a proxy alignment for you and stop the flashing odo! takes 5 minutes( + thats someone else you will know from the fiat community!.

 

[sherbsville]

Oooooh, so I doooooo get to be a Karen about it! Yes! Thankyou!

 

[jackwhoo]

Oooooh, so I doooooo get to be a Karen about it! Yes! Thankyou!

Please do not get "the hair cut" it's just too horrible