156 JTS Faults

[colcol]

Can you beleive it!, i have found a fault with my 156 JTS, can't Alfa Romeo get any thing right, the cars only 9 years old, here is a list of faults so far, Cam belt has to be changed every 3 years or 60,000klms, the engine oil is very expensive 10-60  fully synthetic, whats wrong with Castrol GTX from K-Mart?, and i have to check the oil level every week and usually put one qaurter of a litre every month, Alfa's dodgy quality control means they left the back door handles off and i have to climb in the back seat through the front, and now the latest calamity, the date display on the digital readout is wrong, it clearly states today is OKT 1st, when we everyone knows its OCT the 1st, and don't tell me to change the language setting because if i want to swear at it i will, has anybody have a suggestion for this latest problem?, yours faithfully a clearly angry Colin.

[Evan Bottcher]

http://translate.google.com ?

It says that "select language" is "Sprache wählen" in Deutsch.  Did you let your niece fiddle with the computer?

[bix]

If you want to swear to your car in German, then "Scheisse" is always a good start.

[ALFAAA]

A Italian car that only understands German, Thats priceless

[colcol]

The digital display is in English and everything works fine in English until October, when the display still works in English except for displaying OCT as OKT, i am not angry about it, just amused, i am sure it wouldn't happen with a Toyota, but i don't wear beige cardigans [yet], Colin.

[colcol]

Now thats its October or as my digital display says 'OKT', have any JTS owners have the same problem, or did mine skip the language class that day, Colin.
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[bix]

Colin,
Ever since Alfa decided to incorporate "foreign" parts in their cars this has been an issue! With German electronics, Japanese spark, American blocks etc, who knows what language they are supposed to speak! I wish they would go back to the exciting days of the past, when it was all Italian and you never knew for sure if you were going to reach your destination.

[jimay3677]

Haha. Mine says okt too but everything else is English. Kept trying to change the language, must be a typo. In regards to oil try penrite hpr10 mine barely burns a drop unlike castrol edge that gave my car a hang over from how much it drank. 2000k and still at full (it's driven at 100km 7 hours a week)

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[bendover]

So whats the problem My brother in the UK has a merc that only speaks in German.

Its funny when he tries to use the satnav.

And i was going to by a 156 JTS and you talked me out of it, cheers.

[colcol]

I have been using Penrite 15 - 60 and it seems to use less than Mobil 5 - 50 or Castrol Edge 10 - 60, no big deal though, just mention it.
Bendy, with the information control showing 'OKT' instead of 'OCT', i now wish i hadn't purchased the car, as every month after 'SEP' and before 'NOV', i don't know what month it is, typical shoddy Alfa Romeo quality control, Colin.

[jimay3677]

The okt isn't something I'd call a fault. Intermittent sunroof buttons not functioning on the other hand.....

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[Alfa156Melb1]

Haha my JTS speaks perfect English but my GTA has a German accent like yours Col..

I gave up trying to work out these Italian quirks years ago

[alfamisa]

The digital display is in English and everything works fine in English until October, when the display still works in English except for displaying OCT as OKT, ...

I think I have a reason why. Firstly it's the Dutch OKT for Oktober (just type OKT into google translate and it detects it as Dutch even though it's spelt the same in German) and why Dutch in an Alfa?

To commemorate the month in 1970 the Euro Touring Car Championship was won by...the "Flying Dutchman" Toine Hezemans driving the GTAm.