Thread: please can someone help my dads marea?!

If you ask in the Bravo/Brava section theres seems to more regular visitors on there you might get a quicker answer. Its the same car.

ok thankyou!

i cant c+p this into the bravo/a forum - keep getting an error message saying i need 5 posts to post urls? i have no urls in my post? can anyone help?

thankyou so much! you are a gem! fingers crossed we get some input eh?!

Hello If a diagnostic says crank sensor it is most likely that. The problem does tally up with a faulty crank sensor. One crank sensor fault is struggling to detect a signal at a low RPM. If there is no signal the ECU thinks the engine is not turning. Next I would change the crank sensor based on that ECU diagnostic result, and because your dad thinks it cuts out at low speed/rpm. ...

seens as its a elx auto that'd be a 1.6

hi adrian, yes its a 1.6 as above poster says. thanks for your input, can i now ask is the crank sensor easy to get to and change by a local garage or is a fiat only jobby like the cam sensor would be?? thanks again guys

Ah The crank sensor is on the drivers side of the engine, it is easy to get to. Before replacing you could check its position and make sure it is properly aligned to the phonic wheel, as explained in these images.