2013 fiat 500 pop manual.
This has happened about three times inthe last 3-4 months. Here is what happens.
Start the car, and the engine is idle violently rough. After so long the engine light will flash and the car will go into limp mode. Kill the engine, crank again, the same thing. If you disconnect the battery for about 20 minutes and reconnect it, it's like nothing ever happened. Engine runs smooth as butter with no lingering issues. Seems to work fine for about a month. Then one random morning it happens again. Violent engine idle (almost like a cylinder isn't hitting), check engine light. Disconnect battery and wait ... reconnect, no issues. 30-40 more days of solid driving. It happened again yesterday morning with the same resolution.
Has this happened to anyone else? I am fearful to drive it into Fiat when it's working fine, only to have them tell me they don't see any problems.
Should I just wait until it happens again and have it towed into Fiat for inspection while the engine light is still on? I feel like if there was a legitimate engine problem that a computer reset (or whatever the battery disconnect is doing) wouldn't have much effect.
This has happened about three times inthe last 3-4 months. Here is what happens.
Start the car, and the engine is idle violently rough. After so long the engine light will flash and the car will go into limp mode. Kill the engine, crank again, the same thing. If you disconnect the battery for about 20 minutes and reconnect it, it's like nothing ever happened. Engine runs smooth as butter with no lingering issues. Seems to work fine for about a month. Then one random morning it happens again. Violent engine idle (almost like a cylinder isn't hitting), check engine light. Disconnect battery and wait ... reconnect, no issues. 30-40 more days of solid driving. It happened again yesterday morning with the same resolution.
Has this happened to anyone else? I am fearful to drive it into Fiat when it's working fine, only to have them tell me they don't see any problems.
Should I just wait until it happens again and have it towed into Fiat for inspection while the engine light is still on? I feel like if there was a legitimate engine problem that a computer reset (or whatever the battery disconnect is doing) wouldn't have much effect.