KNOWN FAULTS · Lancia
Lancia Ypsilon (846) 1.0 Hybrid common problems.
2011–2024 · Hybrid
Sources are not verified in real time and no entry confirms that your car is affected.
2 known faults with sources
Applies if: Only Ypsilon type 402 built 21/03/2022–30/03/2022, included by VIN in recall 6452; alert A12/00827/22. Do not extrapolate to other years or to the 2024 Ypsilon.
Ypsilon steering-rod lock nut insufficiently tightenedSuspension and steering
- Engine / equipment
- Only configurations, equipment and VINs included in the documented assignments.
- Period mentioned
- Campaign-specific production period; confirm by VIN.
- Symptoms
- The source describes the risk stated under cause; it does not document DTCs or additional advance symptoms.
- Possible cause described
- Insufficient rod lock-nut tightening can cause loss of steering.
- Check for the garage
- Confirm campaign 6452 VIN and perform the manufacturer correction.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verifiable estimate. Confirm campaign eligibility and free repair with the manufacturer by VIN.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.
Sources from the original database
View full entryApplies if: Only with the Dualogic robotised gearbox (not a conventional automatic or a manual).
Dualogic robotised gearbox actuator and pumpGearbox
- Engine / equipment
- Dualogic robotised manual gearbox in the Fiat 500, Panda, Grande Punto / Punto Evo, Idea and Qubo, and Lancia Ypsilon and Musa
- Period mentioned
- 2003–2020
- Symptoms
- The car drops into neutral when braking or driving with a beep and “Check gearbox”, will not engage gears or is slow to engage reverse, slow and hesitant shifts, oil under the actuator and sometimes no start because it cannot select neutral. The pump's whirr is no longer heard when opening the door.
- Possible cause described
- An electric pump and an electro-hydraulic actuator operate the clutch and gears. The pump motor, the actuator piston seals (hydraulic fluid leaks) and the solenoid valves fail, and clutch wear also leads to the car sticking in neutral. A specialist warns that the same symptoms can come from pressure loss, the pump, the actuator or the wiring.
- Check for the garage
- Check the battery (with a low charge the pump may not run) and the hydraulic fluid reservoir level, look for leaks under the actuator and, at a garage, read codes and measure pressure and clutch wear before replacing the whole actuator. After any repair the system must be relearned.
- Cost cited in the source
- According to forum owners: a complete hydraulic actuator costs over £1,000 in parts, and about €3,500 if the dealer replaces the whole “robot”. Many faults are fixed with a clutch, pump or actuator repair.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.
Sources from the original database
FiatForum: the Dualogic faults threadFiatForum: Dualogic dropping into neutral on a 500FiatForum: Grande Punto Dualogic with no pump and no startFiatForum: Dualogic problemsFiat 500 Owners (forum): leak that returns after replacing the valveService4Service: Dualogic faults
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