Poorly car!

[shelley bda]

My bargain banger ( Fiat Brava ) has ended up in the garage for the first time in 9 months!!!! she started coughing and spluttering last week, no power from the accelerator, everytime I put me foot down the revs dropped and the engine management light was on

Jon diagnosed the throttle potentiometer whatever that is???? Jon knows all about them : it just sounded painful and expensive to me Jon took her in, and plugged her into the scanner and the fault was indeed the throttle potentiometer! New doodah ordered and I should have her back Monday

[Rave]

The throttle pot is a little sensor that tells the ECU how far the throttle is open. Should be an easy and cheap fix.

[Tumble]

Fiat - also known as Fix It Again Toni, or Found In A Tip. Not a fan. I'm suprised it's not died before now Shelley...

[shelley bda]

The throttle pot is a little sensor that tells the ECU how far the throttle is open. Should be an easy and cheap fix.

£55 brand new the part is coming monday

[Fortune117]

Fiat - also known as Fix It Again Toni, or Found In A Tip. Not a fan. I'm suprised it's not died before now Shelley...

I thought it was 'Fix it again tomorrow' But ive never heard of 'Found in a tip', Ill have to use that one when im ripping into my mates!

[eshrules]

the TPS could go on any ageing car and @ £55, isn't the worst part that could go on a car.

[MaddAussie]

Glad its sorted and cheap

Lotus = Lots of trouble usually serious
Ford = Fix or repair daily

There are loads of others

[Barakka]

Glad it's going to get sorted for not too much...

Fiat - also known as Fix It Again Toni, or Found In A Tip. Not a fan. I'm suprised it's not died before now Shelley...

I did 130k in my Bravo before I sold it, and other than usual maintenance stuff (tyres, brakes, clutches, exhaust etc) the only things that went were a CV joint, and an injector/leads. Good reliable cars if you look after them.

[DanceswithUnix]

Good reliable cars if you look after them.

Really? My wife ragged the hell out of her Uno and still the damned thing wouldn't die

Gave it away in the end to someone in the family that needed a car, they ran it for 3 years with no trouble before getting bored of it and driving it to the scrappy.

[eshrules]

my first car was a brava, 80 sx. unusual choice for a first car, but weighed very little and had a fair punch for a first car.

It got ragged to within an inch of it's life, ran around for 3 months with it's timing out and it still refused to give up the ghost.

I sold it 10 months later, against a Golf, for £800 less than what I'd paid for it, not bad considering I'd covered a good 16k in it since purchase.

[Tumble]

I thought it was 'Fix it again tomorrow' But ive never heard of 'Found in a tip', Ill have to use that one when im ripping into my mates!

As I've said elsewhere in this very forum - it's broken today, not tomorrow. Mine's still up on the ramps, broken

[shelley bda]

Thanks everyone, car is fixed and back on the road.... I have to say despite all the negativity against Fiats my car is great! and any car will run well if it's been taken care of. It's an 11 year old car, there's bound to be niggles like that, but it's the first time since I've owned it there's been problems.

I was given the car, the guy who owned it replaced it with a Focus ST and it's always in the garage having stuff done! Jon said that he should of stuck with the Brava because it's in far better condition

[chris_argyle]

I liked my Ferrari In Affordable Trim. Never had a problem for the 12 months I had it, all in all a my Bravo HLX was a good first car.

[Behemoth]

Glad its sorted and cheap

Lotus = Lots of trouble usually serious
Ford = Fix or repair daily

There are loads of others

Found On Rubbish Dumps is another one lol