We've just bought a lovely white 100hp and enjoying it very much.
It was bought and registered in April last year (09 plate) but the owner didn't get to use it much (an understatement!) as it only had 301 miles on the clock when we bought it just before Christmas.
Apart from an annoying rattle, the only real problem is the gearbox baulking when trying to go from 2nd to 3rd at anything other than a very, very slow pace. It makes you wince as you can feel the syncho baulking. Car still only has 700 miles on it, so still early days.
No dealers local but took it to Westover in Poole today. Got the usual "There's no problem, they all do that, it'll get better after a few miles" fob off. Explained I was a mechanical design engineer and that this problem was only going to get worse until 3rd synchro breaks up but they weren't listening (guess they're hoping this will happen outside of warranty so it won't be fiats' problem).
Guess I need to find a dealer who's interested in fixing what I consider to be major problem on a new car - it looks like it's a known problem on this gearbox.
Is it worth ringing Fiat UK or are they as helpful as their dealers?
It was bought and registered in April last year (09 plate) but the owner didn't get to use it much (an understatement!) as it only had 301 miles on the clock when we bought it just before Christmas.
Apart from an annoying rattle, the only real problem is the gearbox baulking when trying to go from 2nd to 3rd at anything other than a very, very slow pace. It makes you wince as you can feel the syncho baulking. Car still only has 700 miles on it, so still early days.
No dealers local but took it to Westover in Poole today. Got the usual "There's no problem, they all do that, it'll get better after a few miles" fob off. Explained I was a mechanical design engineer and that this problem was only going to get worse until 3rd synchro breaks up but they weren't listening (guess they're hoping this will happen outside of warranty so it won't be fiats' problem).
Guess I need to find a dealer who's interested in fixing what I consider to be major problem on a new car - it looks like it's a known problem on this gearbox.
Is it worth ringing Fiat UK or are they as helpful as their dealers?