Have a FIAT sticker in my windscreen saying my car was serviced in October 2009 at less than a thousand miles ago.(I bought the car 'used' from them a month ago)Just recently a 'Warning' light came on saying something like 'Service Coupon Expired' .Is there any way this can be simply removed by pressing buttons in a certain way like on VW group cars etc?A quick net check suggests this is a dealer only job.I rung the local Fiat service department and also mentioned the screching brakes and wondered if they had heard of 'special spacers/pads etc' to solve the problem and all he would keep repeating ("Computer says no" style) to me was "When would you like to book the car in for us to look at it?"Even less reassuringly he had never heard of Pandas having a screeching brakes issue...
Here in Ireland the Panda has a 4 year warranty ,I hope I wont have to deal with the dealer that much if this is an indicator of their customer support.From previous experience you end up wasting half a day leaving the car in ,returning hours later and often not having the job done right .In many cases you could have done it better yourself in under an hour.Eg Toyota main dealer asked to adjust clutch cable so that bite point is nearer the floor -return to find its OUT further!
Here in Ireland the Panda has a 4 year warranty ,I hope I wont have to deal with the dealer that much if this is an indicator of their customer support.From previous experience you end up wasting half a day leaving the car in ,returning hours later and often not having the job done right .In many cases you could have done it better yourself in under an hour.Eg Toyota main dealer asked to adjust clutch cable so that bite point is nearer the floor -return to find its OUT further!
