Hi there folks,

I drive a 1.2 Emotion, Grande Punto.

It’s done 58000+ kms in 7 years.

Flashback.

I was away and when I came home after knowing how’s everything and later asked my dad how had the car been ?

It was almost brand new back then, like probably was around 23000 kms on the odo. In 2-3 years.

My dad told me that for some reason the cars transmission won’t work. They got it checked and there was no transmission oil. So they fixed it, and the steering oil had leaked too we had to fix the steering as well.

I drive other grande puntos as well, diesels and petrols i didn’t like the rubbery gear shift to be honest, you get used to it, but still with reverse and often in my car doing 3rd to 4th I hear a little whistling not a happy whistle. It’s happening quite often I’d say.

I wonder why fiat has such gear boxes ? Does this notchyness bring any longer life to the engine or transmission? Because it’s fine until I drive my car, but when I start driving other cars I start hating puntos gearbox everytime I shift. It just doesn’t feel like a big thing to shift in them, I doesn’t feels like an effort.
What’s your shifting experience?

Even the GM(chevy) BEAT, with fiat 998cc Diesel engine has better gearbox I mean wtf?

Since I have not changed my transmission oil now, could you guys share when was the last time you changed your transmission oil ?

My manual says 60,000 kms or 24 months do you work with that theory? I think my car would run another 20,000 but I probably will change sooner Like in between another 5000-7000 kms.

I'm confused as to how the steering oil could leak?
Puntos have electric steering there is now fluid non the system

Never changed mine... 06 with 60k miles on it.

chris3234 said:

I'm confused as to how the steering oil could leak?
Puntos have electric steering there is now fluid non the system

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There is no fluid in the system *
Dam it auto correct

chris3234 said:

I'm confused as to how the steering oil could leak?

Puntos have electric steering there is now fluid non the system

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Welcome to India, we didn’t even receive the global punto evo, but the ugly punto evo specially for India.

Fiat cars in India aren’t that high quality, built quality is solid no doubt but loads of things had been localized so to manufacture here and quality went down eventually, like I have a feeling, I will be writing my heart post after this response do check it out.

Nothing in the car has been changed other than it’s exterior or interior looks.

Nothing about engine and gearbox just ride height.

chris3234 said:

There is no fluid in the system *

Dam it auto correct

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Fiat here are noisy with ac on and vibrations are visible in the cockpit, and we have hydraulic steering here, my steering boot kit, the driver side has oil all over it and fiat won’t fix it instead they want me to buy the whole steering kit worth a lot i mean, seriously ?

It has started making creaking noise now, I was told by my dealer it’s steering noise but I felt it’s the strut mount it’s rattling is quite similar.