Alfa Romeo Mito Issue
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I'm looking for a bit of advice as over the last few months I have been having an issue with my Alfa Romeo Mito.
9 times out of 10 when I start the car up, I will have a yellow warning light (triangle with exclamation mark inside, surrounded by a circular arrow) show up on the dash, alongside a flurry of warnings saying Check power steering, Check ABS, Hill Hold unavailable amongst others.
A few months ago I took the car to the garage and they ran diagnostics and replaced the Airbag ECU, thinking that may solve the issue. For the next few days the warnings had gone, however they slowly started reappearing and I'm back to where I started.
Has anyone else experienced this?
9 times out of 10 when I start the car up, I will have a yellow warning light (triangle with exclamation mark inside, surrounded by a circular arrow) show up on the dash, alongside a flurry of warnings saying Check power steering, Check ABS, Hill Hold unavailable amongst others.
A few months ago I took the car to the garage and they ran diagnostics and replaced the Airbag ECU, thinking that may solve the issue. For the next few days the warnings had gone, however they slowly started reappearing and I'm back to where I started.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thank you for the replies everyone, really appreciated.
As a few other posters have said, I suspected battery issues so had it replaced with a new one, unfortunately the issue has persisted.
I've just been on the phone with a local Alfa Romeo specialist and he suspected an issue with the steering unit, unfortunately he said the cost would be around £1000 so I think that'll be a no go if it's the cause.
As a few other posters have said, I suspected battery issues so had it replaced with a new one, unfortunately the issue has persisted.
I've just been on the phone with a local Alfa Romeo specialist and he suspected an issue with the steering unit, unfortunately he said the cost would be around £1000 so I think that'll be a no go if it's the cause.
Paddymcc said:
stick a code reader in the OBD port, go to the ABS / wheel speed sensors and see what each of the 4 of them are reading while the car is stationary.
Anything over 0 rpm and theres your fault.
All those safety systems you're describing are all linked to the wheel speed and if one of the sensors is reading higher than the others it will throw a panic and give you warning lights.
Thank you, will any OBD code reader work? Many are listed as being useful for picking up engine fault codes, so would that read ABS failure codes?Anything over 0 rpm and theres your fault.
All those safety systems you're describing are all linked to the wheel speed and if one of the sensors is reading higher than the others it will throw a panic and give you warning lights.
Edited by Paddymcc on Tuesday 26th March 17:00
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