Vehicle
Fiat Multipla
The six-seat MPV with three seats across each row, and the model is worth its own page mostly because of what is under it rather than its shape. A large share of them were sold as Bipower cars running on compressed natural gas with petrol as the reserve, and that changes the diagnosis completely: there is a second fuel rail, a set of high-pressure regulators and solenoids, a changeover control unit, and a separate set of injectors, so a fuelling code can originate in either system and the car will switch between them under conditions the driver does not control. On petrol-only cars the 1.6 16v is straightforward. The 1.9 JTD's injector return-flow test is the fastest route through a rough-running complaint.
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Generations
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First generation (186) 1998–2010
Six seats in two rows; the Bipower CNG cars carry a second fuel system with its own injectors and changeover control unit.
- Body styles
- MPV
- Platform
- Fiat 186
- Engines
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- 1.6 16v — petrol · 66–76 kW (89–102 hp)
- 1.6 16v Bipower — CNG bi-fuel
- 1.9 JTD — diesel · 77–88 kW (103–118 hp)
- 1.9 Multijet — diesel · 77–88 kW (103–118 hp)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 1-speed Fixed-ratio
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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