Re: Grande Punto, Grande Flood. help!!!
If thats the attitude you have towards Fiat why did you buy one?
Valid question... I bought 4, I guess I'm really stupid.
When they are working the cars are great for the money, OK the build quality tends to be average, the handling has never been a strong point but the engines are perky, equipment levels are good and they generally look good, in my experience they come with frustrating issues and the dealers aren't great. That's just my opinion though.
This time around I wanted something different, my other half wanted a Grande, she's driving it on a daily basis so she got the final say.
I called my dealer this morning, they have no prior knowledge of any issues with water getting into the cars but agreed to have a look at it next Monday, if I want a courtesy car (and I could do with one really) I'm looking at the 13th of July. I also discussed what I consider to be a low average MPG with them too and they thing a 1.4 8v Grande should average 32mpg on a long motorway run.
Out of interest I called another garage in the same group to see if they could fit us in any sooner, they couldn't but they did confirm that they had seen a Grande at the end of last year with the same flood in the footwell, he couldn't remember the cause but thought it was "a seam" at fault.
So on Monday it goes it for the leak looking at, the dodgy drivers side electric window, the bulb warning light that comes on at random despite all bulbs being fine and the generally poor performance / fuel economy that it has compared with others I've driven.
I'm not a Fiat hater, I'm just disappointed.... again.