Diagnosis takes time and brain power. Well done Alex. Sandy M always talks about failure points and eliminating them. This is a perfect example of the weakest failure point shutting down the entire car.
Fantastic diagnosis and repair! Dealers are often too concerned in replacing rather than diagnosis and fixing. Love these Fiat 500e’s! I have a 2024 500e myself. Great cars! I’m sure you made this customers day! This was a really cool video :)
I had a 500e for a few years. Loved that little car. Only got rid of it because of the low range. If I could have figured out how to put more KWH battery in it, I would have kept it. Got a Bolt now which I love too. The Fiat was super cute and reliable.
Fair play to doing such a neat job in such claustrophobic conditions. Wires never break in easy to reach places, do they? 😁 I have done a lot of wiring work on my car, I fitted a backup camera, Android auto screen, central locking and boot popper and redid the wiring for the four speakers in the doors. I used an automatic eagle nose wire stripper pliers, it just strips anything from really thin to really thick wires and it strips them perfectly every time without having to adjust anything. That tool was the single best purchase for doing the wiring on my car besides the wire crimpers. It made the job sooo much easier. Put in wire, give it a squeeze, works every time.
Another option would have been to go to someone, like Connector Experts, who should have been able to get you a new pin, so you could have just replaced the one. (Eric O from SMA has reported good luck with them identifying what he needed.)
As an old school mechanic it REAL nice to see that true diagnostics has not died yet. The stealership should be $&*! for intense stupidity. Or is it by design??? ie "they" want to make a shit ton more money rather than fixing the real problem. The stealership morons would have replace the motor and it would NOT have fixed the problem!!! There is ONLY one dealer in portland so we know who the clowns are. Never mind they only have ONE mechanic and hes massively overloaded.
been doin this since 1994. i would of disconected the pressure sensor and disconected the big connector with the grey zip tie for room. most european cars use the same connectors and pins. for example the bmw connector you used on the fiat. most of those pins are available separatly. mercedes has a pretty good diagram of all there pins. ford is using alot of theses pins also.
DJ7022A-1.5 appears to be a common Chinese automotive connector standard. Expect to see many more of those if car manufacturers continue outsourcing manufacturing to Chinese companies and their out-of-China expansions to bypass tariffs. As for the wire failure, my sister's clothes washer had a similar failure on one of the sensors. Wire broke off inside the insulation right next to a connector that was just flapping in the breeze, not a good thing in a high-vibration environment like the bottom of the washer drum. Wiring needs more strain relief and mechanical support.
Interesting to think about what would have happened if the dealer had pulled the trigger on the motor replace. Afterward, the issue would have remained. And what would the dealer have done then? Do you think they would have owned up to the misdiagnosis and eaten the $8K for the motor? Or do you think they would have fixed the wire without telling the customer and lied about it?
Seeing you try to do splicing remind me of how badly Trump does at telling the truth 😂😂😂😂. Mechanics have never impressed me when it comes to wiring. :)
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Diagnosis takes time and brain power. Well done Alex. Sandy M always talks about failure points and eliminating them. This is a perfect example of the weakest failure point shutting down the entire car.
Fantastic diagnosis and repair! Dealers are often too concerned in replacing rather than diagnosis and fixing. Love these Fiat 500e’s! I have a 2024 500e myself. Great cars! I’m sure you made this customers day! This was a really cool video :)
Dealers main purpose is to get as much money out of the customer as possible while doing as little work as possible.
Yes, they were quite happy to have it back on the road for less than 1/20th of what the dealer quoted them!
@@AlexEVRepair that’s awesome 👌
Great video! Love this content
Love this channel! Nice to see someone actually repairing older EVs
I had a 500e for a few years. Loved that little car. Only got rid of it because of the low range. If I could have figured out how to put more KWH battery in it, I would have kept it. Got a Bolt now which I love too. The Fiat was super cute and reliable.
It great to see that things that seem complicated end up being pretty simple. Nice repair. 😊
Great detective work!
Fair play to doing such a neat job in such claustrophobic conditions. Wires never break in easy to reach places, do they? 😁
I have done a lot of wiring work on my car, I fitted a backup camera, Android auto screen, central locking and boot popper and redid the wiring for the four speakers in the doors.
I used an automatic eagle nose wire stripper pliers, it just strips anything from really thin to really thick wires and it strips them perfectly every time without having to adjust anything.
That tool was the single best purchase for doing the wiring on my car besides the wire crimpers. It made the job sooo much easier. Put in wire, give it a squeeze, works every time.
Great video, Alex. You're the very antithesis of a dealer.
Are there any battery upgrades for longer range on this gen 500e? I loved my 2015, but I couldn’t make it work with the tiny range.
Oh to be on this type of level....props Alex!! Really interesting
Another option would have been to go to someone, like Connector Experts, who should have been able to get you a new pin, so you could have just replaced the one. (Eric O from SMA has reported good luck with them identifying what he needed.)
As an old school mechanic it REAL nice to see that true diagnostics has not died yet. The stealership should be $&*! for intense stupidity. Or is it by design??? ie "they" want to make a shit ton more money rather than fixing the real problem. The stealership morons would have replace the motor and it would NOT have fixed the problem!!! There is ONLY one dealer in portland so we know who the clowns are. Never mind they only have ONE mechanic and hes massively overloaded.
Alex - The Great One at Work'' How much for the thorough Diagnosis and Research Time.wise.
Good job buddy.
Great job!
been doin this since 1994. i would of disconected the pressure sensor and disconected the big connector with the grey zip tie for room. most european cars use the same connectors and pins. for example the bmw connector you used on the fiat. most of those pins are available separatly. mercedes has a pretty good diagram of all there pins. ford is using alot of theses pins also.
🫡 great job!
There is a very good reason dealership are called "Steelerships". They seldom fix the problem, but are real good at emptying the wallet.
Didn't you know that IS their purpose? How else would they be able to pay off the politicians to keep the dealership monopoly/cartel going?
DJ7022A-1.5 appears to be a common Chinese automotive connector standard. Expect to see many more of those if car manufacturers continue outsourcing manufacturing to Chinese companies and their out-of-China expansions to bypass tariffs.
As for the wire failure, my sister's clothes washer had a similar failure on one of the sensors. Wire broke off inside the insulation right next to a connector that was just flapping in the breeze, not a good thing in a high-vibration environment like the bottom of the washer drum. Wiring needs more strain relief and mechanical support.
The red and blue values are obviously the stored high and low recorded values of the sensor.
Broke down at 60k. Sounds like typical Stellantis.
If I brought a model y battery in to you, how much would you charge to swap it. Forest grove❤
Why not solder and heat shrink just that one pin?
I think I would’ve left those pigtail wires long and soldered the wires, you’d have a bit more room to work and maybe a bit easier.
Interesting to think about what would have happened if the dealer had pulled the trigger on the motor replace. Afterward, the issue would have remained. And what would the dealer have done then? Do you think they would have owned up to the misdiagnosis and eaten the $8K for the motor? Or do you think they would have fixed the wire without telling the customer and lied about it?
What do you think? They're not called stearships for nothing.
Are you no longer posting to your own channel?
Wow !
Seeing you try to do splicing remind me of how badly Trump does at telling the truth 😂😂😂😂. Mechanics have never impressed me when it comes to wiring. :)
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