Hi,
Just a rant about problems with my Fiat Grande Punto 06 really. I bought the car privately in October 09 with 37k miles on the clock after getting it checked with no problems. I'm just under 40k miles now and I’ve already had 3 major problems.
1. Heater / Blower pump completely failed after switching on and off randomly for a few months - £270 for a new unit and fixing
2. Mapping Sensor failed causing the car to stall continuously at low revs - £80 for a new unit and fixing
3. Power Steering failed and now the car continuously grind. I've been quoted over £1000 to fix - what a joke
The power steering just went off completely when driving with no warning whatsoever and I almost went off the side of the road into a house. After leaving the car switched off the steering works again but it feels very loose and grinds when you turn. If that is not worth a recall i don't know what is! I guess we can wait for a few more to go and maybe something bad has to happen before they acknowledge it. A quick google shows that a lot of power steering units for the model started going in '10.
smax
Just a rant about problems with my Fiat Grande Punto 06 really. I bought the car privately in October 09 with 37k miles on the clock after getting it checked with no problems. I'm just under 40k miles now and I’ve already had 3 major problems.
1. Heater / Blower pump completely failed after switching on and off randomly for a few months - £270 for a new unit and fixing
2. Mapping Sensor failed causing the car to stall continuously at low revs - £80 for a new unit and fixing
3. Power Steering failed and now the car continuously grind. I've been quoted over £1000 to fix - what a joke
The power steering just went off completely when driving with no warning whatsoever and I almost went off the side of the road into a house. After leaving the car switched off the steering works again but it feels very loose and grinds when you turn. If that is not worth a recall i don't know what is! I guess we can wait for a few more to go and maybe something bad has to happen before they acknowledge it. A quick google shows that a lot of power steering units for the model started going in '10.
smax