The car was running perfectly this morning when I took my daughter to the ice rink at 5.30am. It fired up first time and gave no indication of the trouble ahead.
Time to go home it's 7.30am and my daughter has to be ready for school. I turned the key in the ignition and my Fiat died. No matter how many times I turned the engine over, the car just would not start. First I thought ahha no petrol, so I managed to get a lift to the nearest petrol station and arrived back at the ice rink with a can of fuel. Again nothing. I checked the ignition fuse under the bonnet and that seemed to be ok.
Reluctantly I had to leave my fiat there and travelled home by bus. I phoned a friend and later in the morning we towed the car back home. I telephoned Power Italia Basildon and they advised that my car could be booked in for later this week, and suggested I look at the ignition fuse!
Turns out the problem was the fuel cut-off switch. All that was needed was for the switch to be reset.