{"id":57831,"date":"2019-09-11T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=57831"},"modified":"2019-09-11T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:59:48","slug":"2012-fiat-panda-4x4-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/2012-fiat-panda-4x4-problem","title":{"rendered":"2012 Fiat Panda 4&#215;4 problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2012-Fiat-Panda-4x4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2012 Fiat Panda 4x4\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2012-Fiat-Panda-4x4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2012-Fiat-Panda-4x4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2012-Fiat-Panda-4x4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hello, the light for 4 wheel drive comes on when i drive my fiat and its dissappears when i restart motor. Its comes on out of nowhere but the interesting part is that there are a few places i drive by that the light comes on almost all the time i drive thought there. i tried mechanics they checked all the fuses and so on, everything was fine, i tried sending my dashboard for inspection everything was fine with the dashboard. Computer didn&#8217;t find any fault codes too. so I am out of ideas and i need help<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- GOOGLE in article ads!! --><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5950293074584657\" data-ad-slot=\"3814845838\"><\/ins> <script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I will go ahead and post this in case someone out there has an idea of what is going on with your 4&#215;4 system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"2013 Fiat Panda 4x4 - off-road\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_xcW85rvV5Vw\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FxcW85rvV5Vw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcW85rvV5Vw\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2012-10-17T09:48:11Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_xcW85rvV5Vw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FxcW85rvV5Vw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">2013 Fiat Panda 4x4 - off-road<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xcW85rvV5Vw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FxcW85rvV5Vw%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"2013 Fiat Panda 4x4 - off-road\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Fiat has released the first promotional videos of the new Panda 4x4 and Trekking models, after its world premiere at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. Being the only unibody, A-Segment 4x4 in its class, the Panda 4x4 is based on the regular 2WD Panda and measures at 3,680mm long, 1,670mm wide, and 1,600mm tall, while retaining its 2,300mm wheelbase. The Panda 4x4 is distinguished by its front and rear sump guards, plastic body cladding, aluminium accents, increased ride height, and burnished 15&quot; alloy wheels wrapped in 175\/65 R15 M+S rubber. The chassis is suspended by an independent McPherson arrangement up front and a bespoke interconnected wheel with torsion beam at the rear. The four-wheel-drive system, courtesy from Haldex, features &quot;torque-on-demand&quot; with electronically coupling and two differentials. This provides the Panda 4x4 with permanent drive to all four wheels, which is managed by an electronic control unit that can distribute drive consistently and equally, depending on road conditions. Power for the city-car comes from either a turbocharged 0.9 litre TwinAir petrol engine with 63Kw (84bhp\/85PS) or a 1.3 litre MultiJet II unit with 55kW (74bhp\/75PS). Both engines are linked to a 6-speed manual gearbox, which has a low-range first gear and stop\/start. The Panda Trekking, on the other hand, is a model designed to build the gap between the 2WD Panda and the Panda 4x4 and underpins the latter. Despite its deceiving off-road appearance, the Panda Trekking is strictly front-wheel-drive but features Fiat&#039;s &#039;Traction+&#039; system. Based upon the ESC (electronic stability control), Traction+ features special procedures for controlling and managing the braking system, allowing the electronic control unit to mimic a self-locking electromechanical differential. Under conditions of low or zero grip from any drive wheel, the control unit detects slip and orders the hydraulic circuit to apply braking force to the slipping wheel, thus shifting drive to the wheel on the surface that offers better grip. Through software optimisations, the system is activated using a button on the dashboard and can be operated at speeds of up to 30 km\/h (19mph). Although no off-roader, the Panda Trekking can undertake &quot;typical off-road angles&quot;: 20\u00b0 (attack), 36\u00b0 (exit) and 20\u00b0 (elevation). The cabin can be specified with special eco-leather inserts and a choice of three fabric upholsteries. Powertrains are taken from the Panda 4x4 and are linked to a 5-speed manual transmission.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, the light for 4 wheel drive comes on when i drive my fiat and its dissappears when i restart motor. Its comes on out of nowhere but the interesting part is that there are a few places i drive by that the light comes on almost all the time i drive thought there. i&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/2012-fiat-panda-4x4-problem\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2012 Fiat Panda 4&#215;4 problem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15371,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10382],"tags":[291,23449],"class_list":["post-57831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-fiat","tag-4x4","tag-panda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2012 Fiat Panda 4x4 problem - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/2012-fiat-panda-4x4-problem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2012 Fiat Panda 4x4 problem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello, the light for 4 wheel drive comes on when i drive my fiat and its dissappears when i restart motor. 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