Fiat Linea 1.4 FIRE Emotion Pack

There is a faint krr krrr krrr sound coming when I turn Steering. It comes when steering is more than half way turned & stops before it reaches the extreme/ full turn. What could it be? THe sound is nothing like alarm bell but still just asking.

EDIT: THinking of updating to Blue&Me v5.5 today or tomorrow. Had not taken the bait till now as I think my B&M already is v5.5 but may be earlier version. Lets see

 

Check the power steering liquid level, otherwise some lubrication might be required.

 

I updated my B&M to v5.5 yesterday. The ODO started blinking initially and continued to blink for 2-3 minutes while I was playing music from media player. In the meanwhile I kept on restarting the car by alternating between Off and MAR position. After some 5 mins, the ODO stabilized and was normal again. I hope it does not happen again.

 

Updated B&M v5.5 yday night itself : Done. No change found.

Also tried to install EcoDrive on my PC.

I tried ot yday night from the site http://www.fiat.co.uk/ecodrive/

1st I tried to directly install it. It installs Adobe AIR first & then ecoDrive. While installing, it reboots my system without installing it. I tried several times with the same result. Then I uninstalled the earlier EcoDrive installed on my PC last year & tried to install the new version. Again the same result. Then I tried to download the file first. The file name is ecodrive.air (installer package). Tried to install it but the same result. Now I neither have old EcoDirve nor the new one :cry:

 

UPDATES:

I had faced quite a few difficulties in installing ecoDrive on my PC. The details are explained in this thread -->> http://teamfiat.co.in/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1417&p=27067&hilit=eco#p27067

However, for continuity of ownership experiences, just revisiting here briefly.

My PC refused to accept ecoDrive. In the final stages of installation, PC just reboots ::OO I've tried every possible solution by trial & error. Removed McAfee anti-virus, removed all its traces, increased RAM to 1.5 GB, uninstalled all Adobe programs & its traces as I thought Adobe Air is conflicting with some other Adobe application on my PC, removed Windows XP SP3 also, uninstalled a few other App's/ softwares also. But the problem continues. I had made up my mind to format & reinstall Windows XP with a clean installation. The very thought gave me jitters as I've hundreds of app's & softwares installed on my PC & those video codecs, converters & other app's are difficult to retune to perfection. But there was no choice.

Then Vijay_Khasa came up with an accurate suggestion that whether I've Folder Lock software installed on my PC. This came exactly when I was just beginning to do trial & error by uninstalling softwares one by one. The moment I saw Vijay's suggestion, I knew this is the answer.

Removed Folder Lock & Got the ecoDrive installed. And the techie kida in me took me out at 11 pm to install it in my Linea & take a short drive to test ecoDrive Here is the 1st screenshot of that 1 km short drive:

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Next 2 days driving to the dreaded Saki Naka traffic resulted in that Eco:Index of 76 dropping to 66 ::OO

Here's the screenshot of ecoDrive after a week's driving: (More screenshots are posted in this thread, pg 10 --> http://teamfiat.co.in/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1417&p=27067&hilit=eco#p27067

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eco:Index slightly improved to 69 :mrgreen: still far from set target of 80 ::V

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Pimples on the face of the Beauty ??

Some moron decided to display his trash artistic skills & here is what he has drawn:

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This has made me feel that I'm driving an "old car ::OO . There are 2 things I'm thinking to make my Linea Like-New again :

• My TASC visit is due in sometime now for AC kit upgrade. I'll ask the 3M guy to try mild Rubbing compound
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• Another option is com-paint. Have to check on how to use com-paint & what are the results. [/*:m:32cu8241]