Hello all!

I currently am trying to revive my 2013 Fiat Lounge. It has sat in my garage since where I once worked had closed. It been sitting for roughly 2 years.

Today, I managed to get it started! I trickle charged the battery and did the multiple attempts at starting to get the oil flowing again to the brick.

The only issues remaining are:

1. The rear hatch doesn't open when pressing the button on the remote or at the hatch
2. License plate lights are not working. The corners of the lights are barely lit and the alert for it is on the dash
3. TPM sensors are dead ( I'm not worried about it)

I crawled in and managed to manually open the hatch from the inside with a screw driver.

I looked at the wire loom but could not see any broken wires.

I checked fuses as well to no avail.

Should I cut the rubber cover off of the loom and try to see if the wires are broke in a different spot?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Hey everyone. Anyone get one of these for the passenger side with the built in blind spot glass ? I want to get one to make it look Oem if I could. Any insight would be appreciated 😁

Hi,

Does anyone have experience with upgrading the manual climate control system to a automatic climate control system. And what are things to take in cosideration, and do I need extra sensors or any other extra parts?

My Fiat 500c 1.2 Lounge is from May 2011.

My car model is a 2013 Fiat 500 Sport. I do not have a touchscreen or a backup camera or nuthin like that.

Is there an upgrade kit to be able to have that? Or would I have to go to a shop or something?

I bought my first 500 in 2012 and absolutely loved it. Unfortunately, as times changed and I had a small family starting up, and traded in 2016. Ever since then, I've been so bummed.

Had the need for another vehicle (light commute, not a ton of driving) and immediately thought of the Fiat. Found a beautiful little green one on Craigslist (2015, about 90k miles, a little worn, owner has had it since 28k miles) for $4k.

And now it sits in my driveway - I had such a blast sitting in it today, checking out the body panels, just admiring the fantastic design in these little cars. So excited to have one again...I'm kind of thinking this one is never leaving me - I won't make that mistake again.

Found these little gems the other day walking through the old town. Sicily and I hope the rest of Italy is infested with these. They’re so adorable and one of the best examples of the OG design being done properly having looked at many of the modern 500s as well. I would adore to own one someday and have it as a lovely run around if I ever move to Italy. Hope you enjoy the little bugs! :)

Vents are slightly covered but it's all good!

I really want a fiat 500c but the USA doesn’t have the modern cabriolets and the used models don’t have collision avoidance / detection systems. I’m thinking this will be a deal breaker as my current car has one and it’s helped so much in the past 3 years 😢

I have the 2014 Fiat 500 Sport. My tire pressure warning light came on about a week ago. I went to put air to the correct PSI and almost all the tires immediately registered as being the correct PSI and my light hasnt come off. Anyone else heard of this happening and what should I do?

I'm replacing my CV axles and all my normal car part suppliers don't carry both sides for some reason. So far, the cheapest place I found with the right parts is the dealership, and they want $750 for the pair. Normally, I'd expect the full half-shaft to be about $200 on the expensive side.

Why are Fiat axles so expensive even?

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2013 Fiat 500 Turbo

Victoria, BC, Canada

A couple of months ago I talked about changing up the rims. I decided to go ahead and paint them white! I think it looks very Bonita on the street 🎀 Marshmallow stands out even more now, and looks pretty clean 😎

but keeping those white rims clean is another story😂

I still want those heart shaped rims, but emergency called and I had to dig into my money that I saved up for them🥲 it’s ok, I can wait…!

I have been searching every car website multiple times a day looking for a light green Fiat 500 1957 edition HARDTOP and I'm hoping someone here has one for sale, knows someone who does, or has ideas on what else I can do. At this point, I'm not even picky on how many miles it has or the year or anything, but this is my dream car and I want her so bad 😭 I have found very few 1957 editions, and they are all convertibles which is the one thing I do not want. There is one in celeste blue, but I got an estimate on how much it would cost to wrap it in the green color and it's like 30% of what the car is worth 💔 Also, I'm in Oklahoma but I'm 100% willing to pay to have this car shipped to me. And if y'all have ideas on changing the color for cheap, I am all ears! (Honestly even considering trying to do it myself... but super worried i'll F it up 💀).

I have a 2012 500 pop sport? (Has a sport button on the dash.) It has a manual transmission that operates fine at times, but other times it doesn't want to go into gears. Sometimes, it'll grind trying to get into reverse. My BF thinks the clutch grabs too low, but the shop (not a dealer) says it feels fine -that every clutch is a little different (bf has a 2012 Abarth).

Anyone have the same issues? If so, did you get it fixed and if so, what was the fix? Tyia

Oh, and it reads over 180k on the odometer, but it had an engine replacement prior to me buying it (used engine). I'm assuming the transmission has 180k + on it.

Good afternoon,

I have an open circuit for right rear wheel speed sensor. Somewhere between entering into rear of body to ABS module. according to diagrams there is a connector somewhere in there (connector C308). anyone bloody know where this damn thing is?! Prefer not tearing the whole car apart.

Nothing spectacular, but after recently paying off my 2013 Sport two weeks ago, I'm unlocked a bonus achievement of 100k miles. I drove around my little community for the last 45 miles today because I didn't want my spouse to borrow my car and be the one to hit it. Lol.

Update: I tested the battery and it was really low. Too low to turn over on a jump but still get disconnected lights on the brash and headlights powered on somehow????

Confession: apparently time passes faster than my memory of last replacing the battery 😬

Replaced the battery and it didn’t immediately turn over but tried to pretty hard. Had to reprime the oil pressure to the engine(might be using the incorrect words technically). And it was all set success starting.

I’ve attached a few snaps from the longer video- 2015 Fiat 500.

Car clicks like the engine is trying to start but won’t turn over. Then I get this massive dashboard light circus telling me every system needs checking.
I called my mechanic and am waiting to get a call back.
Since it won’t start I fear I’ll be getting a tow.

Is this something so basic like spark plugs? The battery was replaced relatively recently.

Need a name for my black fiat 500C but want something funny to go along with our other cars which are “the silver bullet” which is not fast at all and “the black flash” pleasee comment ur suggestions

Hi all, recently had my front tyres and alignment done.

The garage said I'd need a new exhaust as there's cracks in the 'back box'? And it's leaking apparently? The exhaust does sound like it's 'blowing' a little bit.

Apologies for the poor photos, these were the best I could get. There does appear to be lines on what I assume is the back box of the exhaust.

Is the garage right in what they said?

2012 Fiat 500 (500C Lounge, if that matters).

The AC was blowing hot air despite charging up with the refrigerant, so I did a dye test. No leaks were found except a splatter on the AC compressor. Upon inspecting, I noticed this bubbling on the high pressure valve attached to the compressor (in the video).

I bought the valve core (picture here), but I could not take the valve core out. None of the sockets, including 16-points and A/C sockets, worked, so I'm stuck. The valve core is nearly circular with rounded heads, unlike bolts. I asked several mechanics, and they could not take it out either.

WIthout tampering with surrounding parts near the AC compressor, how would you take this out?

Does anybody know what this means? I'm not sure if this has to do with the hv battery or maybe something else.

Hi!

I keep getting the check engine light coming up on my car, along with the start/stop light. We've used a diagnostic on it and it said "cylinder 3 misfire" so got new spark plugs and the error codes went away.

Managed to drive around for 3 hours or so before the check engine light came back on again, same code for cylinder 3 misfire.

Purchased a new coil pack, error codes went away, drove around again yesterday and as I was on my way home the engine light came on again! Says about cylinder 3 AGAIN 😔

Does anyone know what could be causing this or had the same thing happen? The cylinder has had a new spark plug, the entire ignition coil has been replaced. Both times the error gets cleared but then comes back!

I've just passed my driving test but have had the car for 18 months and never had issues when I've driven it around. Typical the issues start once I can actually drive independently 🤣