I may regret this post as the multi is due an mot in May.......
To add a bit of perspective, many of the things that people are complaining about replacing are, in my opinion, consumables. Shocks, springs, drop links, bushes, ball joints DO wear out. I can't believe that the multipla, with a heavy 1.9 diesel engine and being a big, wide car is unique in these components wearing out. Most of these items are designed and made by companies other than Fiat, e.g. MAF sensors. Even clutches wear out, although the multi's seems to be a fairly poor design.
That said, I didn't have mine replaced until it had well over 100k on it, my mechanic is an old fashioned one, did a proper job and it's been like a different car ever since. I've only had one front spring break, the original shocks were on for around 8 years, it's still on the original exhaust, ARB bushes replaced with polys years ago. It does seem to eat drop links but this says as much about the quality of the replacement parts.....
My point being that it's perhaps a bit unrealistic to expect many of the above parts to last indefinitely, bushes and the like going at 68k doesn't seem that bad to me, my old Peugeot 406 needed rear bushes on it's first mot!
Unless of course I've just been a bit lucky?
To add a bit of perspective, many of the things that people are complaining about replacing are, in my opinion, consumables. Shocks, springs, drop links, bushes, ball joints DO wear out. I can't believe that the multipla, with a heavy 1.9 diesel engine and being a big, wide car is unique in these components wearing out. Most of these items are designed and made by companies other than Fiat, e.g. MAF sensors. Even clutches wear out, although the multi's seems to be a fairly poor design.
That said, I didn't have mine replaced until it had well over 100k on it, my mechanic is an old fashioned one, did a proper job and it's been like a different car ever since. I've only had one front spring break, the original shocks were on for around 8 years, it's still on the original exhaust, ARB bushes replaced with polys years ago. It does seem to eat drop links but this says as much about the quality of the replacement parts.....
My point being that it's perhaps a bit unrealistic to expect many of the above parts to last indefinitely, bushes and the like going at 68k doesn't seem that bad to me, my old Peugeot 406 needed rear bushes on it's first mot!
Unless of course I've just been a bit lucky?