I will try to keep the long and frustrating story brief:
Back in July the clutch went in my 06 Fiat Panda. Got towed back to my house, and because needed to use the car in the following days to go on holiday, I paid £495 (mistake number 1) for a mobile clutch replacement. The garage couldn't come to me so I had to pay for a tow to take it there (mistake number 2).
They replace the clutch but call me up to say that the problem is instead with the gearbox. They don't what's wrong with it. I have AA warranty to open a claim to get potentially cover part of the gearbox replacement. This garage has not sent any of the evidence that the AA engineer has asked of them (pictures of clutch oil, images of the suspected fault in the gearbox), even though they claim to me they have.
Cut a long story short, almost three months into the process I tell the garage to shove it and have it towed to a Fiat specialist and a seemingly much more trustworthy garage.
My question is, is it normal for a 125k mileage panda to require a complete gearbox replacement?
Back in July the clutch went in my 06 Fiat Panda. Got towed back to my house, and because needed to use the car in the following days to go on holiday, I paid £495 (mistake number 1) for a mobile clutch replacement. The garage couldn't come to me so I had to pay for a tow to take it there (mistake number 2).
They replace the clutch but call me up to say that the problem is instead with the gearbox. They don't what's wrong with it. I have AA warranty to open a claim to get potentially cover part of the gearbox replacement. This garage has not sent any of the evidence that the AA engineer has asked of them (pictures of clutch oil, images of the suspected fault in the gearbox), even though they claim to me they have.
Cut a long story short, almost three months into the process I tell the garage to shove it and have it towed to a Fiat specialist and a seemingly much more trustworthy garage.
My question is, is it normal for a 125k mileage panda to require a complete gearbox replacement?