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Hi, here is a copy of an e mail to fiat uk, basically they dont want to know, its going to cost me £650 with a gearbox specialist for a recon box fitting
This car is currently in reg vardy Castleford with a gearbox problem. the car has covered 40,000 miles, when it was 12 months old it had a service at the malton fiat dealers, when it was 2 years old in April this year it had a service at motosave in Goole, it had a further service last month at motosave, so that makes 3 in total. I have had no other major problems with the car.
Reg vardys are saying that because motosave don’t use genuine service parts, that the 3rd year dealer warranty is invalid.
I am extremely upset about this, the fact that the gearbox has failed has GOT NOTHING TO DO with make of oil filter.
A car that suffers a gearbox failure at only 40,000 miles at 2 1/2 years old is not fit for the purpose for which it is sold.
A doblo is based on a commercial van and should be good for 200,000 miles.
If I end up having to pay for this repair, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FIAT.
This is the 2nd doblo I have owned, and I was intending to buy another new one next spring.
This car is currently in reg vardy Castleford with a gearbox problem. the car has covered 40,000 miles, when it was 12 months old it had a service at the malton fiat dealers, when it was 2 years old in April this year it had a service at motosave in Goole, it had a further service last month at motosave, so that makes 3 in total. I have had no other major problems with the car.
Reg vardys are saying that because motosave don’t use genuine service parts, that the 3rd year dealer warranty is invalid.
I am extremely upset about this, the fact that the gearbox has failed has GOT NOTHING TO DO with make of oil filter.
A car that suffers a gearbox failure at only 40,000 miles at 2 1/2 years old is not fit for the purpose for which it is sold.
A doblo is based on a commercial van and should be good for 200,000 miles.
If I end up having to pay for this repair, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FIAT.
This is the 2nd doblo I have owned, and I was intending to buy another new one next spring.