Technical Flashing mileometer

[robbrown]

Hi all
Does anyone know why my mileometer is flashing on my fiat 500 vintage twinair please

 

[Derbyfella]

Ummm how old is vintage?

 

[rmjbn1]

Hi and welcome It means a problem has been detected somewhere.

Blue & Me failure is a common cause. Any stereo issues? Battery going flat? Any other faults?

Fix is to either repair or unplug faulty B&M (or fix whatever other fault) and carry out proxy alignment.

Any Diagnostic Trouble Codes if you can scan with OBDII reader?

 

[robbrown]

Hi and welcome It means a problem has been detected somewhere.

Blue & Me failure is a common cause. Any stereo issues? Battery going flat? Any other faults?

Fix is to either repair or unplug faulty B&M (or fix whatever other fault) and carry out proxy alignment.

Any Diagnostic Trouble Codes if you can scan with OBDII reader?

Thank you, replaced the battery as the garage hadn't put a stop start battery on it when it was replaced 3 years ago. I now know you have to 'learn ' the battery so hopefully that may solve it

 

[Derbyfella]

Thank you, replaced the battery as the garage hadn't put a stop start battery on it when it was replaced 3 years ago. I now know you have to 'learn ' the battery so hopefully that may solve it

First time of heard of this in a 500.

 

[steveras57]

Sometimes the ecu system has to go through a number of cycles before it registers a new component as "sound" -however flashing mileage is most often related to a faulty blue and me unit! most of the time a proxy alignment will reset it fine! .
However if you are getting(or dont want to risk )a parasitic drain on your battery then its best to physically disconnect the unit by un-plugging the electrical connector!

 

[A3jeroen]

Flashing mileage means no communication with something on the CAN system. Not automatically Blue & Me. Although RHD vehicles seem to suffer a lot more due to the place of the unit.
But before doing a lot of work I'd use MES to make sure where the problem is.

gr J