Can't believe I haven't added myself to this list.

2005 (55reg) 1.9 JTD 150 Eleganza Auto. Had car over a year and been on forum slightly less.

Some initial computer problems but ok now.

55 plate 1.9 150 Manual Prestigio (wish I had an auto) nearly 6 months of ownership and have had the EGR replaced under warranty...

1) Bunny
2) /////
3) Mal126
4) swebb
5) John Copper
6) Lomaco
7) Rambler
8) Benny
9) Do I Don't I
10) Patcp
11) Godol
12) Rconway
13) Moneyfool
14) Firematt
15) Paddywack41
16) Ham
17) Yellig
18) Ilelarusta
19) NoRC
20) Cromate
21) Yellig
22) Granvilleb
23) Sinilill
24) Fiat Fleet Family
25) Keithglos
26) Tony the tiger
27) cjlar
28) kidcool
29) G1974
30) Chrisgolfpar
31) Arti_abarth
32) Michael Shumacher, 7 times Formula 1 World Drivers Champion
33) tarquin1867
34) Doofer
35) Gordon28
36) Radlet6
37) Nallen132

1) Bunny
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37) Nallen132
38) mkw - '08 130 Emotion

Oh my, 38 owners. For a car manufacturer of this size
this looks like a complete disaster

I'm still surprised I bought a Fiat and that I like it.
Might be me, getting old or something.

Now with Croma

I bought my Croma one week ago as used car. Car is year model 2006. It's exact type was:
Fiat Croma 1.9 JTD 150 Comfort Business Wagon A

I don't know is that the right name of type, but it is:
Fiat Croma 1.9 JTD 150
It has leather seats, automatic aircondition, automatic gears, cruise, webasto, mainly mentioned.

Before that car I drove brand new gasolin Tipo about 240 000 km in 8 years. After that again with new Stilo 80 gasolin almost 200 000 km in 6 years.

I changed that Stilo to this Croma. Have I changed my Stilo to better or worse?

Gasolin Stilo takes 6.2 l / 100 km, and now Croma takes diesel 7.1 l / 100 km.

In our country diesel is about 0.35 c/l cheaper than gasolin. But I have to pay extra diesel car tax approx. 40 e / month. It depends on to car's weight. And Croma is heavy!

Where do you live?

In the UK cars are taxed based on the amount of CO2/Km. As such diesels are cheaper to tax. Until recently gasoline was cheaper than diesel by about 12% - but are the same price now.

Only thing is diesel cars are quite a bit more expensive to buy new (approx €1200 - €1500 for average family car)

Am I No. 39?!

2008 Croma 2.4 JTD Dynamic Evo 2 (facelift)

Ex FIAT Auto Contracts Lease Car bought from EBay for £4000 over a year ago.

'06 150 Multijet Eleganza

Likes:
Very Comfortable;
Fits two Kids and all their stuff with ease;
Not an MPV (although the Croma isn't really sure what it is itself).

Grumbles:
Optional 18" Alloys look good, but compromise ride and Rubber costs a bit;
Economy is not great;
Had to sell Alfa Romeo Sportwagon due to expanding family.

Issues to Date:
Alternator Failed;
Rear Discs and Pads replaced (Used Signum parts as much cheaper than FIAT);
Air Conditioning Condenser failed.

Still Happy......

I have owned a Croma for nearly 18 months now. It has been back to the garage 3 times - alternator, EGR valve and a head gasket. Fortunately all done under warranty.

I think this car should be renamed to "Damocles" because you never know when it's going to fall... Just that it will!

Croma owner here...just happened across it while shopping for a used car. Was looking at Audi's and VW's. The price of the Croma sold me. Anyhow, its a 56 plate Prestigio with the 150 diesel.

Anyone added a tuner to the 150 diesel? Ive been shopping but have been hesitant to spend the loot! If I got some good reviews I would probably go fo rit. 20% increase in power is enticing!

Added a boost gauge the other day fr the heck of it. In stock form it spikes to 22-24 under hard acceleration and then then levels off at an even 20psi. Kinda fun to watch the gauge.

John

Hi Jadento, good place to research the remap/tuning box is alfaowner.com. The 1910 is very common in Alfas.
There are issues with the DPF with some systems. (particulate filter regeneration).

Hi everybody, just bought my first Croma - 07 2006 1,9 multijet diesel - so far so good. Actually, I went to by Picasso, then addicted by Croma look, could not resist.
Best regards to all from Belgrade, Serbia ..
P.S does anybody knows where to find Blaupunkt car radio user manual - English or French?

bought a 2006 dynamic 2 weeks ago,add me to the list.lovely car to drive but alarm doesn't behave as per manual.press lock on fob once the lights flash 3 times,press fob twice (to activate deadlocks) lights flash 5 times!No beep either, but not necessarily a bad thing.

leew said:

bought a 2006 dynamic 2 weeks ago,add me to the list.lovely car to drive but alarm doesn't behave as per manual.press lock on fob once the lights flash 3 times,press fob twice (to activate deadlocks) lights flash 5 times!No beep either, but not necessarily a bad thing.

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The car thinks that one of your doors / bonnet / tailgate is open, that's why - the lack of beep may indicate an alarm fault, possibly related. Needs looking into.

HTH.

Yep, mines a 150 multijet 56 plate with 35,000 on the clock and have experienced the following: failed on day one- so say low battery voltage. Running problems for at lease 3 years which garages said they couldn't diagnose as no fault showing, tyre wear front wheels which has not been curable, alternator burnt out 2 mths out of warranty, EGR valve went 3 ths out of warranty. Just waiting for the next expensive fault !!!!!

I've had my 1.9 JTD Dynamic for a year now.
Good points so far. Fantastic fuel economy - especially on the motorway, plenty of room inside, rarity value - i.e. not a rep's bland mobile,
Bad points. Can't get a decent set of non Fiat (dealer price too high) floor mats that fit, rear brake pads making grating noise -though not more than 50% worn & discs look ok,
Otherwise not bad, could not fault this car for everyday use, the lads at work have me down as an old man now though.

Hi everybody,

just bought my first Croma, it's a 03/2008 1.9 JTD MultiJet 16V Elegance GPS 150 ch with 22500 kms and deep blue colour.
No problem so far, lots of pleasure to drive it (i had Renault Scénic and Peugeot 206 before this one).
One thing : i'm still looking for firmware version of Connect Nav+ (doesn't display on Fiat startup screen) and don't know if there is an hidden menu (like Stilo).

Wow! March 2008 is a Mark II Croma and I'm not sure I've seen one here before. I don't think there are any MarkII Croma's here in the UK.

I think we could be asking you more questions than you ask us!

As for Connect Nav+ I have no info/advice. As you say the Stilo used to display the version in the bottom right corner of the display.

All I can suggest is that you completely explore all menus available.

Hi all, I am way behind you guys with this post, but I only bought my Croma 1.9 Multijet Dynamic 120 (06) on 4th of February.
Forum been very useful and I sort of know what to expect from a car now.
86222 miles, hoping to run it for good few years.