How often do we hear
It's just a fiat thing
My other cars never do this
And so on
Yes they have common fail points
Sticking clutch slave
Broken spigot on later thermostat
And so on
And are now over 10 years old, were originally cheap cars and more than likely has had at least some servicing skipped or missed
Others will have had servicing done wrong causing problems down the line
I took a 1.1 06 past 200,000 miles and had every receipt, The only failures upto me owning it were a heater blower motor, plus service items, even the suspension ams were original at over 10 years old. I had an ignition switch fail and the rear shoes fail,
To say things like the rear cylinder have leaked but my other car hasn't may be true
But there are only a few manufactures of brake parts originally fitted
Fiat
Vauxhall
CITROËN
VW
And many more
All share common suppliers
Bendix
Lucus
Bosch
And so on
Do we really think they are going to supply substandard parts to fiat when it's there own reputation on the line, or worse sued in a crash
The perseption is made worse if you are unlucky to have a failure, To you it's inconvenient and annoying but it is a sample size of one
Missed coolant changes kills seal in the thermostat, is that Fiat's fault
I have had failures on every make of car I have owned from high end Mercedes to cheaper Fiats, often seals and bearings that wear and fail, at least the parts are cheaper
It's just a fiat thing
My other cars never do this
And so on
Yes they have common fail points
Sticking clutch slave
Broken spigot on later thermostat
And so on
And are now over 10 years old, were originally cheap cars and more than likely has had at least some servicing skipped or missed
Others will have had servicing done wrong causing problems down the line
I took a 1.1 06 past 200,000 miles and had every receipt, The only failures upto me owning it were a heater blower motor, plus service items, even the suspension ams were original at over 10 years old. I had an ignition switch fail and the rear shoes fail,
To say things like the rear cylinder have leaked but my other car hasn't may be true
But there are only a few manufactures of brake parts originally fitted
Fiat
Vauxhall
CITROËN
VW
And many more
All share common suppliers
Bendix
Lucus
Bosch
And so on
Do we really think they are going to supply substandard parts to fiat when it's there own reputation on the line, or worse sued in a crash
The perseption is made worse if you are unlucky to have a failure, To you it's inconvenient and annoying but it is a sample size of one
Missed coolant changes kills seal in the thermostat, is that Fiat's fault
I have had failures on every make of car I have owned from high end Mercedes to cheaper Fiats, often seals and bearings that wear and fail, at least the parts are cheaper
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