My 4 month old grande punto has sprung a leak! I discovered a few days ago that the carpet in the rear driver side was saturated. No one has been in the back with drinks or anything and there doesn't seem to be any wetness around door. There is water under the carpet but have no idea where it's coming from. It is now 3 days later and i'm still socking it up. Has anyone else had this priblem??

Im sure someone will be along with a bit more know how than me but...

Is it just at the back or at the front aswell (perhaps under floor mats if you have them).

If so it very likely to be the air con leaking.

maybe fiat forgot to fiat some seal.
Do you have a sunroof? make sure both ends of the sunroof drain (don't know th ecar, but they usally drain down A pillars, both sides) are mounted properly into the gulley, else water will travel all over the roofspace and maybe down insid the B pillars?

anyway, fiats problem, they can take it apart and pay for it, as their quality control is frankly poor

Do you have aircon?

My old man had a pipe go in his old land rover and the moisture from it all drenched the passenger and seat behinds footwells...

My mk2 hgt used to leak something rotten. It was the door seal letting in rain water.

deeyup

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Hi, Driving through a thunderstorm on Thursday on the M4, got home to find; no exaggeration, 8/10 litres. of water on the drivers and rear passenger floor,
Just the one side nothing the other. I've stripped out the drivers seat and lifted the carpet to expose the felt and floor, all saturated! The plastic foam backed panel under the peddles is also soaked but I can't get it out. Any Ideas where the water might have got in? Any one suffered the same?

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o god! that does not sound good at all!!!!!!! not sure where it could have got through.

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Three days later and I'm still out-there trying to dry the foam padding I can't remove, with the wife's hair dryer. Her handbag was on the floor in the back and is ruined along with the kids schoolwork.

I'm getting a bit fed-up with Fiat now as this is the last straw, we have waited 6 months for a heater switch and this all through the winter, the lacquer on the alloy wheels has lifted and look awful (still on going with Fiat), the horn failed, a plastic grill broke and a Fiat mechanic managed to damage the dashboard while fitting the heater switch (Still on going with dealer). I feel a letter coming on!

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moved to 'technical' section :bang:

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That doesn't sound good :shakehead

Have you taken it back to the dealer?

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luvduvs said:

Have you taken it back to the dealer?

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Obviously not as its garages job to dry it out,pinpoint leak & renew underfelt.

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My other half just called me, she came out of work and jumped in the car to discover the same thing, drivers side full of water

Heavy rain today but it's a car not bucket!

She hasn't made it home yet but this combined with the poor performance, crap economy, bulb warning light when bulbs are fine and intermittent problem with electric windows has tipped me over the edge. This is the 4th Punto I've had now, I should have learnt my lesson :bang:

Edit: It's back, about an inch deep, soaked underneath of course - bailed it out, will be on the phone to Fiat in the morning, not happy.

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Get them to a garage to be fixed then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I see no point in drying a car out only for it to leak water again........get the leak sorted first!

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T14086 said:

Get them to a garage to be fixed then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Not the easiest thing to do at 6pm on a Monday evening, it's just a little annoying when it's parked out there in a huge storm, probably gathering more water.

Like I said above the first thing I'll be doing in the morning is calling Fiat and asking for them to sort it asap, this usually means a month in the future, no courtesy car and a half arsed job once it comes back.

Oh joy.

nikkila, did you get anywhere with this?

My Grande has developed the same issue today, there is another owner with the same problem too

https://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punto-technical/108977-grande-punto-grande-flood-help.html?

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If thats the attitude you have towards Fiat why did you buy one?

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T14086 said:

If thats the attitude you have towards Fiat why did you buy one?

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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.

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megaboost said:

I'm not a Fiat hater, I'm just disappointed.... again.

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I could understand it if you're unhappy with the first, second or even third Fiat, but fourth is stretching it a bit..

Nonetheless I do hope you get the problems sorted

Am at a loss to even think where so much water could be coming in with all the seals, guettering etc that there is around the doors!?

Surely you must be able to see where it is coming in when you are driving in rain if there is that much getting in.

Was able to pinpoint very quickly on one of my old cars where the water was coming in though one of the seals.

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megaboost said:

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.

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i would think they'd assume you'd be travelling at legal speeds, and if so, i'd really be hoping for 45mpg, not 32.