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#1 ·
ok so i just picked up my very first alfa, which happens to be a 147 lusso 2 litre with all the gadgets. Tis the best car ive ever driven and am well happy with it (so far). just a few things that have come up with it tho.

Yesterday as i was driving after about 10 mins i had a vdc system failure warning come up on the screen and the traction control wouldnt switch on. After i stopped and turned engine off and back on again the warning went away and traction control worked again. Should i worry? and also same happened with but this time a motor control system failure warning appeared. once again switched off and on and everything fine.. is this something to worry about or is this just a case of alfaitis and everything will be ok?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

cheers
 
#10 ·
Hi I used to get exactly the same on mine. I left it for about 2 years & it got progressively more requent to the point that the warning came up every time I drove it. I took it to my local garage where they diagnosed a faulty brake light switch. Had this changed at very low cost & it's been fine ever since! :)
 
#11 ·
The brake light switch cured the ABS & VDC warnings. Motor control system failure was also cured at the same time by replacing the crankshaft sensor. Both jobs cost less than £ 100

The motor control system failure got progressively worse before replacing the sensor to the point that every now & again the car wouldn't start. This usually happened when it was most inconvenient! :)
 
#12 ·
cheers everyone. looks like this is quite a common thing. getting a new battery soon but i cant get the head unit out. the face came off and all the buttons fell out.... oops oh well its all back in now and workin so ill risk changing the battery and hope that i wont need the code to get the radio to work again.

I shall report back with whether or not it has fixed anythin. i also get various light failure warnings also but then i try my lights and everythin is fine. hopefully the battery!!
 
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