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jacksargent93

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Okay so I'm a newbie here, and I'm just about to go view a Fiat GP Dualogic 1.4 07 plate today, from a garage. However I'm slightly concerned with the gearbox, all I read is bad reviews so I'm quite worried. I have 2 fiats in the past and they were great. Also just got rid of a Citroen, what a load of ****. Anyway, any help would be great as I haven't got a clue..
 
So there isn't actually anything wrong with yours? You will tend to read negative reports online as nobody goes to a forum to say "my gearbox is working perfectly". If you went by everything said online, you wouldn't buy any car at all.
 
I picked up my '09 1.4 with Dualogic last week and so far, so good. The 'box takes a bit of getting used to, and the car will berate you if you do anything in the wrong order.

I had a look at a lot of reviews and whilst there are a few people reporting problems very loudly, there are no more so than for anything else. People will always be more inclined to shout with a problem than in the absence of one.

Interestingly, the Dualogic is the only one of the semi-auto gearboxes that Honest John says much positive about. He seems to rate it.


Having said that.. I have bought from a garage to get a warranty on it. Several years ago I had the manual gearbox go on my mk1 Punto not long after I bought that.
 
Someone on here just got quoted over 1k to replace the dualogic gearbox on an 09 plate lol.

A box is a box is a box is a box, unless it's an m32. ;)

Depends on previous abuse etc.
 
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