Hi everybody, just found this fantastic forum and thought I would register!
On the 14th February, I purchased a Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 Dynamic in Jungle grey, and was absolutely delighted with it.
The first time I washed it, I noticed a panel under the front wheel arch was loose, and should be attached. By this time, the car had also developed the usual low speed brake noise, with the squealing.
Booked it into the garage earlier this week (Benfield Ford who have been fantastic), said the car was still safe to drive witht the loose panel, with the problems. Driving about today, stopped and got out of the car, noticed a major chunk of the panel has broken off, which has since led to noises coming from this area whenever the car goes above 40MPH, and has now also developed an annoying sqeaul when breaking from higher speeds! Add to this the fact that the car has bits of white paint on the doors and wheel arches (That i've no idea where they came from!), and I also think it has the water in boot problem, i'm a bit hacked off, and just relieved I booked it into the garage this week!
Such a shame, because I love the way the car drives and looks, but i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that everything will be sorted!
Look forward to contributing to the forum.
On the 14th February, I purchased a Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 Dynamic in Jungle grey, and was absolutely delighted with it.
The first time I washed it, I noticed a panel under the front wheel arch was loose, and should be attached. By this time, the car had also developed the usual low speed brake noise, with the squealing.
Booked it into the garage earlier this week (Benfield Ford who have been fantastic), said the car was still safe to drive witht the loose panel, with the problems. Driving about today, stopped and got out of the car, noticed a major chunk of the panel has broken off, which has since led to noises coming from this area whenever the car goes above 40MPH, and has now also developed an annoying sqeaul when breaking from higher speeds! Add to this the fact that the car has bits of white paint on the doors and wheel arches (That i've no idea where they came from!), and I also think it has the water in boot problem, i'm a bit hacked off, and just relieved I booked it into the garage this week!
Such a shame, because I love the way the car drives and looks, but i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that everything will be sorted!
Look forward to contributing to the forum.