A quick service report at 75,000 km and 3 years
Nothing major wrong, I saw a small amount of gearbox oil leaking from the gearbox but when I asked the mechanic he said no worries the amount is so little literally like a drop and it was mixed with dirt so barely even oil and he said could be just condensation (wrong translation) from gearbox getting hot. He said not to worry, he checked the gearbox oil level which was fine and said maybe next service we change the oil and have a closer look. He had a good look at it and didn't seem worried. My gearbox is working normally and the body computer is not reporting any faults.
They told me to change the timing belt and auxiliary belt but I could see from the bottom of the car that the timing belt looked just fine so I am not going to change it.
Risky business? Could be but I think 75,000 km and 3 years is too early especially when there seems to be no damage from looking at the bottom of the car and no leak whatsoever from the water pump.
Front pads and discs are ok, discs may eventually need changing, will probably do that when the front pads wear out but right now they have plenty of meat in them.
Rear discs just fine and pads ok too, much less abuse than front brakes of course.
Exhaust looks ok, no excessive corrosion. Doesn't look perfect as it isn't stainless steel, but we hit it a few times no loose parts and no real corrosion to be seen.
Suspension? Well we know how Fiat's suspension is amazing but its really actually not that bad, so I will upgrade to Billies eventually but for now I think I can get away with the current suspension and top mounts to be changed together when suspension to be changed.
Other than that just the normal full fat service maintenance items so the car is looking quite ok reliability-wise after 75,000 km and 3 years!
My headlight issue with the bulb periodically going on and off is apparently because I had replaced the lightbulb in the wrong way meaning I hadn't fitted it properly back into the socket which caused the bulb to overheat in the 2 weeks that I had it connected in the wrong way. This has caused some of the plastic to melt away in the lightbulb holder which makes replacing the lightbulb more different and every now and then I have to push the lightbulb together into the socket (it sometimes get a bit loose) as the lightbulb every few days or so does not turn on until I put it back in. I am keeping an eye on this if it becomes a bigger problem will probably have to replace the lightbulb socket. But then again this is my fault and not Fiat's fault so I can't call this a reliability issue!
Regarding the cost of the service, it was 147 Euros all in.
This included:
60 euros labor for changing of oil+filter, air filter, cabin filter, spark plugs.
3.5 liters of Castrol Magnatec 5w-40 C3 oil was used at (I bought 4 liters) 8 euros a liter = 32 Euros.
25 Euros air filter (I know crazy high price my indie gave me for that) - magnetti marelli
9 Euros Cabin Filter (magnetti marelli)
12 Euros Denso Spark Plugs.
5 Euros Oil Filter (magnetti marelli).