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Hi.
First off, let me apologize for my rambling post on the newbie forum; 3AM is a silly time to try to write something sensible. I'd like peoples advice though; there's what looks like quite a tidy 1.9 diesel Multipla being sold by an independent trader about 50 miles from where I live, and by good luck I was able to talk with the previous owner. When I asked him about the car he wrote back as follows:
"I wouldn't buy it! We spent over £1000 last year on the suspension. When we took it back to the FIAT garage because the alarm light was on they just ripped out the alarm! One sunroof leaks, the door seals keep falling off, the tyres scrub off easily with the wide wheelbase & power steering and the fan belt keeps getting chewed up"
Asking price is around £2250. On the face of it, the trader is trying to unload a pile of trouble (it's being sold over 100 miles from where it was traded in) but the thought crosses my mind that the guy who traded it in, having spent over £1000 on what sounds like major suspension work, has just had enough and wanted out. The Fiat garages`cure' for the warning light coming on would have been the final straw!
I'm looking for advice as to whether the above problems are common and reasonably easy to fix, or not. Are there `non excessive tyre wear, non leaking' Multipla's out there, or is this a part of the cars character which you either live with, or buy something different? I told the trader I'd let him know by Thursday about his car; it's in a body shop just now having a scratch on the tailgate looked at; the email from the previous owner arrived after I'd spoken to the trader so I've a couple of days to decide whether to make an offer, or wait for something better. I've just checked, and couldn't find any Multipla's on the forum classifieds. Although sold, I've got the use of my present car (Citroen XM) for a couple of weeks. I'd rather travel long distance for the right car than buy a pile of trouble locally:bang:
First off, let me apologize for my rambling post on the newbie forum; 3AM is a silly time to try to write something sensible. I'd like peoples advice though; there's what looks like quite a tidy 1.9 diesel Multipla being sold by an independent trader about 50 miles from where I live, and by good luck I was able to talk with the previous owner. When I asked him about the car he wrote back as follows:
"I wouldn't buy it! We spent over £1000 last year on the suspension. When we took it back to the FIAT garage because the alarm light was on they just ripped out the alarm! One sunroof leaks, the door seals keep falling off, the tyres scrub off easily with the wide wheelbase & power steering and the fan belt keeps getting chewed up"
Asking price is around £2250. On the face of it, the trader is trying to unload a pile of trouble (it's being sold over 100 miles from where it was traded in) but the thought crosses my mind that the guy who traded it in, having spent over £1000 on what sounds like major suspension work, has just had enough and wanted out. The Fiat garages`cure' for the warning light coming on would have been the final straw!
I'm looking for advice as to whether the above problems are common and reasonably easy to fix, or not. Are there `non excessive tyre wear, non leaking' Multipla's out there, or is this a part of the cars character which you either live with, or buy something different? I told the trader I'd let him know by Thursday about his car; it's in a body shop just now having a scratch on the tailgate looked at; the email from the previous owner arrived after I'd spoken to the trader so I've a couple of days to decide whether to make an offer, or wait for something better. I've just checked, and couldn't find any Multipla's on the forum classifieds. Although sold, I've got the use of my present car (Citroen XM) for a couple of weeks. I'd rather travel long distance for the right car than buy a pile of trouble locally:bang: