Help!

[ctid]

I was trying to fix my radio because it isnt storing any settings, and someone on fiat forums said to swap the red and yellow wires around. I pulled it out of the dash, but didnt change any wires. I put it back into the dash, and now the radio doesn't work.

More seriously, my central locking doesn't work either! What the hell have I done?

The car is a Fiat Bravo.

[J4MES]

blown a fuse?

[J4MES]

to be a little more helpful... the red and yellow wires are the fixed and switched live wires - one (red iirc) is fixed i.e. always live, will save your settings, one (yellow iirc) is switched and comes on with the ignition...

i suspect you might have had them the wrong way round, or the fixed live may have not been connected...

the fact that your car is a FIAT... nope, not going there

if it is a fuse, the fixed live may be shorting out somewhere - got a voltmeter? get one (they're cheap, and worth their weight in blood, sweat and tears) and poke around to establish which is which...

good luck

[J4MES]

did the central locking pack up when you took the unit out? if not, they're prob not connected...

[J4MES]

what did you pull out? reason I ask is some come out but leave a cage with 'dock' behind, some come out with wires and all...

[ctid]

Yep, was fuse A3. Quick trip to halfords sorted it. Cheers

As for my car being a Fiat, I had a budget of 1k for my first car, and had a choice between an N reg 1.0l Polo with bugger all options for £1200 or a V reg 1.2l 16v Bravo with power steering, central locking, electric windows, electric sunroof for £900.

No contest really, although my next car will be something from the VAG group .

[Howard]

my next car will be something from the VAG group .

Why?

[ctid]

Why?

I want an Audi A3 when I can afford one or an old Polo as a project car.

[Barakka]

If you've not been yet, get yourself over to www.fiatboo.co.uk all the info you need and the forum is excellent

Out of curiosity which model Bravo did you get ?

[ctid]

If you've not been yet, get yourself over to www.fiatboo.co.uk all the info you need and the forum is excellent

Out of curiosity which model Bravo did you get ?

I'm on FiatBoo and FiatForums . I've got the 80SX. Insurance would kill me on anything like a HLX or HGT. I want one though .

[Barakka]

I'm on FiatBoo and FiatForums . I've got the 80SX. Insurance would kill me on anything like a HLX or HGT. I want one though .

Excellent - I had the 1.6, but the 1.2 is a good engine too, my g/f has the same in her Punto. Enjoy the Bravo, they're great cars - mine gave me 7 years of pretty much trouble free motoring, I did over 125k miles in it and it's still going now.

Got rid of it for a VAG - Golf GT TDI 2.0 - and it's great, fast, solid, safe, yada, yada, yada - but I miss the Bravo still - I now have to play the game of working out which Golf is mine the shopping centre car park LOL !

[ctid]

Excellent - I had the 1.6, but the 1.2 is a good engine too, my g/f has the same in her Punto. Enjoy the Bravo, they're great cars - mine gave me 7 years of pretty much trouble free motoring, I did over 125k miles in it and it's still going now.

Got rid of it for a VAG - Golf GT TDI 2.0 - and it's great, fast, solid, safe, yada, yada, yada - but I miss the Bravo still - I now have to play the game of working out which Golf is mine the shopping centre LOL !

lol, I love the fact that my car is the only Bravo in the car park at college. Plus the fact that all my mates are driving cars around a P reg, and a few of them paid more for theirs than I paid for mine.

I've got a couple of problems with my Bravo, but am slowly fixing them . A full service next week should do the trick for the jerky acceleration and low mpg.