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hello I have a Fiat Freemont 2012 bought recently. I also found myself with a flat battery a couple of weeks ago. Battery is replaced in the meanwhile, but by accident I think I found the cause why the battery went dead. It seems that, in some cases (no fixed scenario though), the dashboard lightning doesn't go out when locking the car. (I'm not talking about the reading lights on top). Normally, the 2 indicators which show your speed and RPM and also the screen of the inboard computer (which shows your mileage) should turn off 15 seconds or so after you lock the car. In some cases though, they don't go out, nor does the start button (it's stays lit, and the word "OFF" keeps on being lit in yellow). So the red light in the dashboard starts flashing (showing you that the alarm is active) but the speed & RPM & mileage screen keep being lit. Each time I lock the car, I stay now for 1 minute to check if everything turns off as it should. In case it doesn't, I have to restart the car, shut it down and close it again, that's the only way to solve it. VERY ANNOYING!!! As said, no fixed scenario, although I have the impression that it occurs more when you lock the car without the remote (so when you push the button on the door handle). And to make it more complex, it doesn't always occur, only in 20% of the time... Anyone an idea? thx in advance for your help! regards Kenny

Hello I bought a Fiat Freemont (the European equivalent of the Dodge Journey) last week. I love the car, but I'm very disappointed with the radio. It acts real strange: 1/ I have presets programmed, but when I push the button of eg preset 1 (which shows eg 88.6 FM), the radio sometimes goes to 89.5 FM (which is another radio channel. AF (alternative frequency) is switched on. In this way, presets are totally useless, because you go to completely other channels than programmed... When switching off the engine and restarting, it's solved (for a while) 2/ In some cases, it's impossible to switch to radio. When I push the radio button, the CD/USB pauses, but I don't get the screen with the frequency, presets,... Ejecting the CD & USB doesn't help: impossible to go to the radio screen. All the other screens climate, settings, etc work by the way. When pressing the volume button (to turn the radio on/off), the display then switches to 'audio off', and when pushing the on/off button again, the screen stays on "audio off". Only way to solve: switch off engine and turn back on 3/ When starting the car: the radio doesn't remember on which station you were on. You get scrambled sound, so you have to push some preset to get music. Any ideas? I've read a lot about software updates, but how can you see which software version the system is running? thx in advance for any feedback Kenny