Personally I don't have a reader. Dad has a VERY basic code reader. I was thinking about buying a Bluetooth one off Amazon but haven't got the foggiest what to look for!
As for the plugs, they're going to be changed soon as part of the pre MOT service, so will take a look then. Just wondered if it was a common thing so I could get it sorted while doing the service etc.
@varesecrazy I have been summoned!!! Thanks for the mention. It might have been WeeSmurf who had a sun roof?
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@DemonPandaOwner - nice to meet a fellow NI Panda owner! I owned a 2005 1.2 Dynamic from 2015-2019 - although I didn't have a sunroof so I can't advise too effectively on that one. I had issues with a driver electric window motor - some of which info might be transferrable. I thought at the time the motor went, but it turned out to be one of the little plastic clips in the mechanism. I'm trying to think back if I got a new clip (and from where) or if I took it apart (photos) and just fixed something. I'm only 28 and yet my memory of my most beloved ex-car seems to be fading already.
In regards to a scan tool, we have this circa-£100 Autel DiagLink - the kind where you can buy 'brand packs' to get the generic and brand specific fault codes. We've bought various makes for this but not Fiat. I'd be happy to land down with this, and buy the Fiat packs and let you scan it / spend some time seeing if it can give you any insight into the issue?
However, I'm not sure how 'smart' the early 2000s system might be. On one hand, Fiat uses Bosch / Magnetti Marelli and reputable commonly found electronic computers and sensors and bits on these cars - so those might extend to management of the sun roof system, especially since as you've found, it's quite a well designed (all electric) system which I doubt was found on any other little cars back then. Or, it could be a fairly manual motor system that simply just pushes in one direction until it gets a cut off signal. - sorry I can't advise from my own knowledge. I
f someone on here can advise, perhaps you'd want me to come to you with the scan tool sometime?
MultiECUScan is the ideal optimal tool for Fiat group cars but I never had this back in the day, I used generic scan tools at the time sometimes but most of my issues were not computer related and fairly common across most cars and diagnosable by a bit of digging around the engine bay. If you plan to keep the car for the long term a sensor for your phone and the
MultiECUScan app might be the best option. But you're more than welcome to make use of my scan tool.
I'm located around Londonderry / Londonderry area, I spotted you said 120 miles to the nearest dealer (Belfast Donnelly Fiat Mallusk yeah?). I'm about 70 miles away so you might be close to me. Btw, there is a Fiat dealer in Moville, Donegal (ROI) I've never visited myself and I don't know how prices compare, but might be worth a call or a visit, who knows, in the past they might have dealt with this issue and might be able to pin point the part or common issue as well as source you the correct clip.
Donnelly Group used to have a Fiat dealer here but closed it, now they just run the Peugeot / Renault one in Maydown. If you PM me, I'll tell you the name of the guy who used to work the Fiat dealer parts counter here before it closed. The dealership has been closed since 2019 or so I think, but I was down there last year relating to Toyota and bumped into the same guy - he probably has good enough knowledge of Fiat issues / part orders to be able to be of help too? I won't post his name here but PM me and I'll send you who to ask for. Worth a shot, right?
Hope you get sorted. Feel free to give me a shout if you need any specific help with your Panda, but this forum is an abolute gold mine. I've owned a Citroen (DS), a Toyota and now a Lexus and I've looked far and wide across Google... forums... Facebook... there is
no other community like this for any car brand I've found. The knowledge and friendliness of members on here are probably more to do with my love of the Panda than Fiat could claim. Including ordering body panels in the right colour that on eBay didn't ship to NI, a prominent member on here was nice enough to order it and send it on to me. You're in the best place!
