Faraday1786
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Hi all,
First post on the forum, looks like a great community and resource.
I'm having some issues with a 500L 1.4 Popstar (64 plate) that I bought new in October. I'll spare you the full details, and try to keep it short.
Originally, I didn't feel it was quite right putting it into first and second (it wouldn't go in sometimes and I had to reselect). It was intermittent, so I took car back in December and was told it was fine. I still wasn't 100% convinced, and we had baby due in March, so I took it to get double checked at beginning of February.
Issue was fixed under warranty (gear box stripped and re-assembled with some parts replaced). When I got the car back, I noticed that I was now having issues selecting reverse. It crunches a lot more (not a massive issue), but quite often the gear stick will not move down far enough to engage the gear - it just gets stuck.
This was back at the end of March. Garage have looked at it twice since (takes weeks to get it booked in), and insist there is no fault, and that this is simply a "feature" of these gearboxes. They refuse to accept that the problem was introduced when they worked on the car. They can't compare with any other 500Ls they have, because (apparently) the newest models have different gearboxes.
Because the first garage take so long to do things, I've already taken it to another Fiat approved garage, and they said there was a problem, but they couldn't work on it since the other garage had handled the first issue.
I'm very interested to hear if anyone else has this "feature" on their 500L, i.e., similar problems selecting reverse, especially on a 500L that has barely done 3000 miles!
It's a real shame we're having these issues, the car is perfect for us otherwise!
Thanks in advance!
First post on the forum, looks like a great community and resource.
I'm having some issues with a 500L 1.4 Popstar (64 plate) that I bought new in October. I'll spare you the full details, and try to keep it short.
Originally, I didn't feel it was quite right putting it into first and second (it wouldn't go in sometimes and I had to reselect). It was intermittent, so I took car back in December and was told it was fine. I still wasn't 100% convinced, and we had baby due in March, so I took it to get double checked at beginning of February.
Issue was fixed under warranty (gear box stripped and re-assembled with some parts replaced). When I got the car back, I noticed that I was now having issues selecting reverse. It crunches a lot more (not a massive issue), but quite often the gear stick will not move down far enough to engage the gear - it just gets stuck.
This was back at the end of March. Garage have looked at it twice since (takes weeks to get it booked in), and insist there is no fault, and that this is simply a "feature" of these gearboxes. They refuse to accept that the problem was introduced when they worked on the car. They can't compare with any other 500Ls they have, because (apparently) the newest models have different gearboxes.
Because the first garage take so long to do things, I've already taken it to another Fiat approved garage, and they said there was a problem, but they couldn't work on it since the other garage had handled the first issue.
I'm very interested to hear if anyone else has this "feature" on their 500L, i.e., similar problems selecting reverse, especially on a 500L that has barely done 3000 miles!
It's a real shame we're having these issues, the car is perfect for us otherwise!
Thanks in advance!