Since I got mine with 42 miles on the clock pre reg from the dealer, despite paying them lots of money to service it as required I've had the following go wrong on my 56 plate, 46k mile 8v 1.9
1 x ECU
2 x alternators
2 x boot catches
1 x pair of front driving lights (actually they've never worked)
1 x EGR failure (manifesting as a DPF issue requiring over £400's worth of oil and extra servicing)
1 x drivers door latch
1 x glass sunroof motor set
1 x drivers seat (honestly - it winds itself down)
10 x software reflash (at least)
2 x rear parking sensors
3 x alarm system resets (goodness only knows what this involved but the check vehicle protection system message was displayed for month s after I bought it)
3 x batteries, One of which wasn't even attached to the car by anything stronger than gravity becasuse it wasn't a Fiat battery and didn't even fit! The dealer denied that this might have damaged the electrics
1 x rusted tailgate gas strut
1 x drivers side windscreen washer nozzle (it kept popping out until I sealed it in place with silicone)
1 x fuel sensor (If I leave the key in the ignition when I'm filling it up it doesn't register as having being refuelled.)
2 x roof bar mounting points not threaded (fixed with a tap and die set I bought from B&Q)
1 x broken key fob
Is this the least reliable / worst built car ever?
And the dealer even managed to scratch it and then crash it getting the scratch repaired.
And then leave a polishing rag in the top of the engine bay after they'd fixed the bodywork they repaired after they'd crashed it. But not before they lost the handbook.
Still, could be worse.
And no doubt by tomorrow it will be.
1 x ECU
2 x alternators
2 x boot catches
1 x pair of front driving lights (actually they've never worked)
1 x EGR failure (manifesting as a DPF issue requiring over £400's worth of oil and extra servicing)
1 x drivers door latch
1 x glass sunroof motor set
1 x drivers seat (honestly - it winds itself down)
10 x software reflash (at least)
2 x rear parking sensors
3 x alarm system resets (goodness only knows what this involved but the check vehicle protection system message was displayed for month s after I bought it)
3 x batteries, One of which wasn't even attached to the car by anything stronger than gravity becasuse it wasn't a Fiat battery and didn't even fit! The dealer denied that this might have damaged the electrics
1 x rusted tailgate gas strut
1 x drivers side windscreen washer nozzle (it kept popping out until I sealed it in place with silicone)
1 x fuel sensor (If I leave the key in the ignition when I'm filling it up it doesn't register as having being refuelled.)
2 x roof bar mounting points not threaded (fixed with a tap and die set I bought from B&Q)
1 x broken key fob
Is this the least reliable / worst built car ever?
And the dealer even managed to scratch it and then crash it getting the scratch repaired.
And then leave a polishing rag in the top of the engine bay after they'd fixed the bodywork they repaired after they'd crashed it. But not before they lost the handbook.
Still, could be worse.
And no doubt by tomorrow it will be.
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