FIAT Grande Punto (2006 - 2009) - 06 1.2 Electric Steering - possible fault.

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Mon 13 Oct 2008 10:42
06 1.2 Electric Steering - possible fault. - wozzatdci
My wife has recently purchased a used Punto a couple of months ago. Now the steering has a mind of its own. With very slight movements of the steering wheel, the wheel pulses left and right slightly and it makes a vibrating sound when this happens. The steering works okay apart from this but as the car still has a year's dealer warranty left we want to get it fixed if it could be a problem. There are no warning lights on the dash, but this was definately not happening when we picked the car up. Does anyone know what is wrong with it (if anything).

There is also an intermittent problem with the central locking on the rear doors. The door handle on both rear doors sometimes do open the door even when the button on the key for the central locking is pressed. Any ideas on this??

Many thanks in advance.

Edited by Pugugly on 13/10/2008 at 20:00

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Mon 13 Oct 2008 14:04
06 1.2 Electric Steering - possible fault, help pl - Screwloose

Electric steering problems are endemic on Fiats; back to the dealer for [another?] complete new system.

The rear doors could just be sticking lock motors - another thing that your dealer can fix.
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