How to do it: Disconnect the battery (10mm socket on my one.) Push the drivers seat right back to give yourself some room. Looking at the steering column, next to it (on the right on my right hand drive, UK Punto) is the panel that covers the fusebox. Unscrew the two large screws at the top using a large bladed flat head screwdriver. I've got a punto mrk 2 sporting - If i turn the steering wheel around to the full lock (usually when parking), the power steering turns off. Must be a fairly common fault! My advice - Don't 'whip' the steering wheel round too fast and it wont happen! If i turn the engine off then back on again its fine!! Bit strange though innit!! Weird. the problem was with the torque (angle) sensor. as mentioned up here at Fiat garage they wanted to replace the whole steering unit including column, motor and wheel for over 4300$ (16,000 in israel coins including labor and vat :bang this is so crazy and made me mad because its the price of new grande car.:bang::bang::bang: DIY Solution: Fiat Punto after-market Stereo + steering mounted controls. It's been ages since I could contribute to the forum. Been busy all these days travelling and spent only 60 days in India over the last 18 months. My Punto Emotion 1.3 MJD was lying idle for a long time. I was never happy with the factory fitted OEM stereo. We disconnect the power supply terminals and unscrew the horn clamp pins on the metal bar (with a socket wrench or cordless screwdriver). After removing all the locking pins, detach the horn and extract it from the car body. Finally we tighten the new horn with the pins and connect the cables. We test the correct functioning. Q: My battery light came on and my steering has became very hard to steer. I have to turn very hard. What could this be. My battery light came on while my steering wheel locked up. It turns but you have to have a strong arm to turn it. It just suddenly came on with no warning. My car has 221914 miles. My car has an automatic transmission. Jan 25, 2009. #1. Ok, so the little red light in the shape of the steering wheel has come on on the dashboard in my 04 plate punto. It came on first time today after driving for about 2 miles, went off and then back on again. I've just been out and it stayed on when I started the car for about a mile and a half. Basically over the past 3 months I've been having trouble with my fiat Punto Grande. I had a warning light come on regarding my lights. Sometimes the radio would go on and off and I'd lose power, Abs would come on and "airbags" would appear on my screen. If turn the car off and back on again it would be OK with the dashboard clear. .

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