Technical Low oil pressure causing loads of errors
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Technical Low oil pressure causing loads of errors
If it's 70 miles to a rubbish dealer.
I'd be tempted to travel in the OPPOSITE direction..
Shrewsbury maybe..
But - to be frank ,
I'd just want a different car.
my condolences.
Charlie
Agreed. Immediate thought, and the more I've read through the thread, the more I think it is! There's even mention of a loose connection.
Idiot dealer should just strap a brand new battery on and check all the earths - if it doesn't work they can always put the old one back on! Batteries often "test" ok, but they are still FUBAR in my experience
Before starting legal action you must ask the dealer for your money back. If no joy talk to Fiat customer services and if you used a credit card for any part of the purchase over £100 e.g. deposit, talk to the card company as they are also liable for the car. If still no joy you can then issue a small claims summons on line. Don't do this while the garage has the car as you have no leaverage. You must stop using the car s soon as you tell the garage you are rejecting it. you can claim for costs such as tax and insurance but you need to tell them if you intend to do this. You could claim for a hire car but I would not recommend it as you may not get the cost of that back. Note however that if the garage decides to try it on you could be in for a long process. I've been there and done it (non Fiat) and won. I can give some tips if you go that route.
Robert G8RPI.
Trouble is the purchasing dealer is not my "local" dealer. Nearest dealer (Threeways on the north Wales coast) did not offer any sort of deal: Basically, they did not want my business at all so I bought it from a dealer in south Wales, Griffin Mill, who delivered the car to my home, for an unbeatable price (over £3.5k off) and with great efficiency. I haven't contacted them yet but I may well have to. Problem is,they are about 4-5 hours away. Should have stuck to Citroen, which I have had, without ANY problems whatsoever for the past ten years.
HI.
If you are split between two dealer get onto Fiat customer service and tell them you want your money back. You really should have told the supplying dealer as soon as you had problems. The local dealer will not be making anything on this so why should they put you ahead of customers who bought from them? (playing devils advocate here).
Rober G8RPI.
If you are split between two dealer get onto Fiat customer service and tell them you want your money back. You really should have told the supplying dealer as soon as you had problems. The local dealer will not be making anything on this so why should they put you ahead of customers who bought from them? (playing devils advocate here).
Rober G8RPI.
This may complicate things if you want to legally reject the car.
One important question before advising you further: are you the first registered keeper of the car, or was it preregistered by the supplying dealer?
I'm the first registered keeper. Fiat UK are aware of the supplying/repairing dealer issue. I will however get in touch with the supplier next week but I'm giving the repairing dealer one more (final) chance before I get a bit more heavy-handed.
That helps; historically Fiat have been more generous to first owners when dealing with cases such as yours.
I'd agree that you should do everything possible to find an amicable solution to this. Going to law will be time consuming, stressful, and potentially costly. If you can agree a solution with Fiat CS, this will be the easiest and quickest way of dealing with your unfortunate situation. If it doesn't get fixed properly this time, personally I'd stand firm in asking Fiat CS to provide either a replacement new car or a refund.
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Hi.
I just wonder if the major problem here is the training given to these so called "Mechanics" is up to the mark. From what I can see is they are reading the codes and then have no idea how to proceed. It's all very well saying the TA is a high tech engine which it is but it still follows principals that that were laid down in the 19th century.
All the way through this thread I have read about the "garage" stabbing about in the dark with absolutely no fault finding. I have been in Electronics all my life and not only that worked in a garage workshop for many years at weekends stripping engines, gearboxes, clutches etc Oh and yes rebuilding them. The "mechanic" should be able to read the codes and work out what they mean and then proceed. The battery has been mentioned, It's a good staring point, earth's should have been tested, the loom should have been examined for chafing, plugs and sockets checked for loose connections or pins, time consuming yes but the adage of getting a repair done first time round seems to be sadly lacking here.
There could be an intermittent fault in the ECU or BCU or any other sensor, the senior tech should have been allocated the car and left with it till repaired, that way the customer would have been happier and Fiat wouldn't have egg on their face yet again.
I just wonder if the major problem here is the training given to these so called "Mechanics" is up to the mark. From what I can see is they are reading the codes and then have no idea how to proceed. It's all very well saying the TA is a high tech engine which it is but it still follows principals that that were laid down in the 19th century.
All the way through this thread I have read about the "garage" stabbing about in the dark with absolutely no fault finding. I have been in Electronics all my life and not only that worked in a garage workshop for many years at weekends stripping engines, gearboxes, clutches etc Oh and yes rebuilding them. The "mechanic" should be able to read the codes and work out what they mean and then proceed. The battery has been mentioned, It's a good staring point, earth's should have been tested, the loom should have been examined for chafing, plugs and sockets checked for loose connections or pins, time consuming yes but the adage of getting a repair done first time round seems to be sadly lacking here.
There could be an intermittent fault in the ECU or BCU or any other sensor, the senior tech should have been allocated the car and left with it till repaired, that way the customer would have been happier and Fiat wouldn't have egg on their face yet again.
