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Originally Posted by DueLLeR
(Post 1047331)
I had an incident (not accident) on my MJD. I was driving late night on unfamiliar roads and saw a speed braker relatively late. Instictively, I applied the brakes a little harder than usual to avoid jumping over the speed braker. The wheels locked up and the MJD skidded a good 2 to 3ft! The MJD's brakes have too much bite and get applied even with slight pressure on the pedal. In such a situation, with stock tyres, there is no way to stop a wheel lock up. This makes the MJD the most ideal candidate for ABS! I know retrofitting ABS won't be easy. Would a tyre upgrade, to say Michelin XM1+, help have safer braking? Cheers! DueLLeR |
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Originally Posted by rudrah
(Post 1048282)
I once experienced the same, only difference was instead of the spead breaker, there was a Tempo ahead of me! Gladly it stayed a feet away from it thou it skidded! The brakes felt quite spongy and now i keep a safe distance when i'm at speeds...but if suddenly a speed breaker or a pothole appears, you cant help it but to apply breaks at a relative speed than jump on it and downshift the gears immediately! Thats when I realise how ABS is important. Drive safe :) Cheers~ |
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Originally Posted by finneyp
(Post 1047617)
This is news to me! Can you please post the link? In my case, post upgrade to XM1+, braking has improved significantly! |
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Originally Posted by rudrah
(Post 1048585)
Thanks and wish you the same too! Yeah, my Stile 1.6 has the Door open indicators in the console. I suppose it should be at yours too, may be not working. But confirm the same from other MJD owners! Cheers~ |
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Originally Posted by DueLLeR
(Post 1048487)
Thanks, Rudrah! Wishing you miles & miles of safe driving too. *Attention Palio Stile Owners* Do you have a "Door Open" indicator light in your dashboard? A friend of mine recently purchased a used 2007 Palio Stile 1.1. I see a red light on the dashboard that lights up when any door is opened. However, I don't have this feature on my MJD. Is this a feature that has been discontinued by Fiat? Also, I know of another change - Stiles now have the clear lens turn indicator in place of the orange ones at the back. Palio Stile 1.1 (2007 Model) - Has "Door Open" indicator Palio Stile 1.1 NEW - ??? Palio Stile MJD (2008) - Does not have "Door Open" indicator Palio Stile 1.6 Sport - ??? Can someone confirm? Cheers! DueLLeR |
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Originally Posted by DueLLeR
(Post 1048616)
Checked with a colleague who owns an MJD: The door open indicator is not present in his MJD either. Fiat has funny ways of cutting down essentials. What's even more ridiculous is that, they give this feature even on the SLE variant of 1.1 but not on the SDX! Cheers! DueLLeR |
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Originally Posted by deepakhon
(Post 1048872)
Interesting ways of cutting cost! Why would Fiat have to deny this safety feature to MJD customers is beyond my thinking. Does MJD have the cabin light which has another position between on and off, which will in effect act as a door ajar indicator? This could come in handy in the absence of the actual indicator on the dashboard. |
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Originally Posted by rudrah
(Post 1048880)
Regarding other pt you mentioned, I suppose the Cabin lights only work for front 2 doors and not for the back so I wonder this would help anyways if door is open in the rear! |
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Originally Posted by deepakhon
(Post 1048888)
Is it like this in Stile? It works for me not only for the 4 doors, but also for the hatch in my 1.2 NV ELX. |
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Originally Posted by deepakhon
(Post 1048888)
It works for me not only for the 4 doors, but also for the hatch in my 1.2 NV ELX. |
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Originally Posted by pjbiju
(Post 1048822)
As confirmed from a Fiat After Sales Service source, "It comes only in Palio Stile Petrol top end model 1.1 & 1.6 " |
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Originally Posted by DueLLeR
(Post 1048616)
Checked with a colleague who owns an MJD: The door open indicator is not present in his MJD either. Fiat has funny ways of cutting down essentials. What's even more ridiculous is that, they give this feature even on the SLE variant of 1.1 but not on the SDX! Cheers! DueLLeR |
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Originally Posted by planet_rocker
(Post 1048958)
install an after-market central locking module and secure all the four doors, the hatch and the hood - the cabin light will work if you open any one of the above get the drift? :) |
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Originally Posted by roms
(Post 1053995)
@ pjbiju & DueLLer, its not at all about cost cutting, but more about what intrument cluster has been provided in which model. Here's how the intrument clusters have been carried forward in the Stile variants :- 1]The Palio 1.1 top end & 1.6 Stile has the instrument cluster carried over from the Palio 1.6 GTX & Palio 1.2 Sport NV, wherein both the models used the same unit. Its only on these intrument clusters that the door ajar warning was present since launch. These are the "sporty" white coloured ones. 2] The bottom end Palio Stile 1.1 models have the cluster carried forward from the Palio 1.2 EL/EL PS/ELX (except the Palio Sport 1.2), which dont have the door ajar indicator. These clusters do not have a tachometer. 3] The Palio Stile MJD has the cluster carried over from Palio 1.9D & the top end Palio 1.2 OV (not NV), which is basically the black instrument cluster of the 1.2 as mentioned in (2) with the addition of the tacho. even these never had the door ajar indicators. I know its confusing because of the three instrument clusters fitted across different variants, but thats the way its always been since 2001. |
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Originally Posted by AadiAtPlay
(Post 1055638)
My SDX cabin lights come on only for the front two doors and when i installed remote locking i have to wait for the cabin lights to go off before i lock the car else the car thinks a door is open and sounds an alarm. |
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