Technical check Fiat 500

04/14/2024

Headlights, seatbelts and exhaust.

After the 500 arrived, we changed the exhaust, cleaned the drum brackes and some other minor changes and cleaning.

Pretty naive like we sometimes are ( played or not ) we went to the mandatory yearly check and of course...the car didn't pass!

Rejected on 3 parts:

- The exhaust

- The headlights and a tail light

- Seat belts

The exhaust:

After we bought the car, we ordered and replaced the exhaust with a new original one. The end pipe is changing in diameter towards the end to a very small opening at the end. Here comes the problem, at the checking station they couldn't enter with the measuring probe in the exhaust to measure the CO value.

I told the guy that the exhaust has been replaced with an original one and if they don't posses the right equipment in order to perform the test, it is not my problem. He told me otherwise and the discussion was closed.

Headlights and a tail light:

Headlights were 2 sky tracers and when hitting the brake pedal, the right taillight goes out. 

Seat belts: