Blinking Mileage and Clock - Fiat Panda 09

[mk08]

Good afternoon

It's been a few weeks now my car's odometer and clock is blinking. I just removed the -ve terminal from the battery for a minute and then connected it back but it's still not fixed.

Also I had installed a digital stereo (bought from eBay), which was working fine but since this blinking has started, it has completely gone now.

I have disconnected both the -ve terminal from battery and removed the stereo but still not fixed.

Can anyone please help.


Thanks in advance

[Sebring440]

mk08 said:

Good afternoon

It's been a few weeks now my car's odometer and clock is blinking. I just removed the -ve terminal from the battery for a minute and then connected it back but it's still not fixed.

Also I had installed a digital stereo (bought from eBay), which was working fine but since this blinking has started, it has completely gone now.

I have disconnected both the -ve terminal from battery and removed the stereo but still not fixed.

Can anyone please help.


Thanks in advance

Sounds like the new stereo has caused the fault.

Put a code reader on and see if it finds anything.

[GreenV8S]

Is it showing any actual data, or just blinking a fixed pattern?

If you aren't seeing any data, it could be trying to tell you it's disconnected. I don't know what sort of data link is used on that car, but canbus is pretty common - perhaps you jostled the wiring harness while you were fitting the stereo and a connector got dislodged somewhere.

[mk08]

Sebring440 said:

mk08 said:

Good afternoon

It's been a few weeks now my car's odometer and clock is blinking. I just removed the -ve terminal from the battery for a minute and then connected it back but it's still not fixed.

Also I had installed a digital stereo (bought from eBay), which was working fine but since this blinking has started, it has completely gone now.

I have disconnected both the -ve terminal from battery and removed the stereo but still not fixed.

Can anyone please help.


Thanks in advance

Sounds like the new stereo has caused the fault.

Put a code reader on and see if it finds anything.

I used OBS 2, it wasn't working. Looked for the fuse for the stereo and dashboard, they were fine. Looked for fuse for OBD tool, that was blown. So changed it and everything is back to normal. Thank you.

[Rausages]

The blinking milage means the CAN BUS can't see something it thinks it should see. It's the same on all FIATs & Alfa Romeos.

You will get it if you disconnect something like the Blue & Me module and put the ignition back on. Once you restore the missing component, the flashing will stop.

If you are replacing something, like a factory stereo/nav, that interacts with the rest of the car, you need to do a PROXI alignment with something like Multi ECU Scan. That rescans the CAN BUS and tells you what it sees/doesn't see so it can rectify it.

I've had to do it on a couple of Alfa Romeos when I have changed the factory stereo/blue&me for aftermarket.

It doesn't stop anything working, just letting you know something doesn't match on the CAN BUS.

[mk08]

Rausages said:

The blinking milage means the CAN BUS can't see something it thinks it should see. It's the same on all FIATs & Alfa Romeos.

You will get it if you disconnect something like the Blue & Me module and put the ignition back on. Once you restore the missing component, the flashing will stop.

If you are replacing something, like a factory stereo/nav, that interacts with the rest of the car, you need to do a PROXI alignment with something like Multi ECU Scan. That rescans the CAN BUS and tells you what it sees/doesn't see so it can rectify it.

I've had to do it on a couple of Alfa Romeos when I have changed the factory stereo/blue&me for aftermarket.

It doesn't stop anything working, just letting you know something doesn't match on the CAN BUS.

Thank you