(T) Fiat £60 diagnostic check - is it worth the money?

With all these engine hesitation problems I'm having I'm starting to think I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and pay for a £50 + VAT diagnostic check at my local Fiat garage (the only one within 50 miles!). Has anybody got any experience of these checks? Is it worth the money?

hope you got savings!!! Fiat garages are a rite rip off,they bound to find several jobs ensuring that your pockets remain empty
Where bouts in the country you from?

my local fiat garage quoted 20 quid!!!

Try mobile mechanics, those which advertise diagnostic stuff. Got a bloke to come and read me the fault codes for £25.

Hi
Do they ever find a fault?,i`ve never heard about anyone having a fault correctly diagnosed?
Cheers
Adrian

I had a fault correctly sorted after a diagnostics. Said my cat was damaged but turned out an oxygen pipe was blocked up with 40k worth of roadwear! Pipe cleaned and problem sorted!

Thats one!

Hi
So the garage said replace a £400 part but all it needed was a pipe cleaned mmmm!!!!
Lol
Cheers
Adrian
P.s Thats like a doctor saying youre going to die but you`ve actually got a cold!!!

Yep. Mine was a dodgy connection on the air temp sensor (ever wondered why I'm so sure the ebay resistor mods don't work? )

It had also stored faults from all the other things I'd unplugged! He had to wipe the memory and start over again.

Sounds like it's off to Fiat I go then. Ah well, lets just hope I can get this problem sorted and start actually enjoying this car!
By the way, when I phoned up they said that they would only do the checks in the morning "in case the car has to be taken off the road" (their words). I assume they have no legal right to refuse to allow me to take my car home?

£50!! Bit steep!!
My local Fiat dealer quoted me £60 odd but my local garage did it for half that.

Just tell them you want the test and the resultsFULL STOP!

No sneaky undertaking of work etc.

Liam

Ask them for the copies of the printout which will have any faults on it as proof.

Thats not strictly true

They actually said if it is the cat at fault be prepared for a expensive repair weeks before the diagnostic test

By the way it wasnt done at fiat either!