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Hi,
Is it just me or are other people having issues with build quality of the interior of a punto evo as well? the compartment at the center of the dash doesn't come open unless I press the button and pull it open with my nail since the beginning and today I opened the compartment on the left of the steering wheel (under the menu/esc, +- buttons it just popped out and won't close again.
I find that frustrating. No car should have these problems these days...

Grtz
 
Yes, there are a number of build-related problems with the Evo.

If you haven't found it already, check out this thread regarding some of the known problems we've all come to identify.

But frankly, I find none of these to be more so annoying than the Blue&Me system, which just does whatever it feels like!!

 
miura74 said:
Yes, there are a number of build-related problems with the Evo.

If you haven't found it already, check out this thread regarding some of the known problems we've all come to identify.

But frankly, I find none of these to be more so annoying than the Blue&Me system, which just does whatever it feels like!!
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Get the blue&me looked at, mines been perfectly fine since they changed my blue&me control unit.

On another fault note, Yesterday i cleaned my car, opened the boot to put some stuff in, closed it & saw a healthy stream of water pour into the boot.

Deffo going to be looking at what the hell happened there, I regularly carry multiple grands worth of Stereo / Computer / TV equipment around so I certainly cant be having water getting in the boot!

And yeah, there are a few issues with interior quality, but nothing that matters too much every things easily fixed - i'm just surprised they haven't fixed it in the factory yet, surely when they send out 1000 cars & 800 of them come back complaining of central & side compartments being poorly built they'd of stuck another bolt in at the factory before shipping.

The knee-side compartment has been an issue on 90% of people that have purchased Evos on forum tbh, and dealership will fix it while you wait.
 
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Blank2k2 said:
Get the blue&me looked at, mines been perfectly fine since they changed my blue&me control unit.

On another fault note, Yesterday i cleaned my car, opened the boot to put some stuff in, closed it & saw a healthy stream of water pour into the boot.

Deffo going to be looking at what the hell happened there, I regularly carry multiple grands worth of Stereo / Computer / TV equipment around so I certainly cant be having water getting in the boot!

And yeah, there are a few issues with interior quality, but nothing that matters too much every things easily fixed - i'm just surprised they haven't fixed it in the factory yet, surely when they send out 1000 cars & 800 of them come back complaining of central & side compartments being poorly built they'd of stuck another bolt in at the factory before shipping.

The knee-side compartment has been an issue on 90% of people that have purchased Evos on forum tbh, and dealership will fix it while you wait.
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oh ok, yes i found that topic a while after posting this, won't be long until I pop it in at the dealer's, I haven't driven a lot since i've had her (may 22nd 586km or 365 miles so blue&me hasn't given any problems yet, so far so good :)
 
Solo said:
Hi,
Is it just me or are other people having issues with build quality of the interior of a punto evo as well? the compartment at the center of the dash doesn't come open unless I press the button and pull it open with my nail since the beginning and today I opened the compartment on the left of the steering wheel (under the menu/esc, +- buttons it just popped out and won't close again.
I find that frustrating. No car should have these problems these days...

Grtz
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the centre dash compartment is a known issue as is the compartment to the right (in our country) of the steering wheel. This pocket is retained by a silly spring and lets stop letting Fiat off the hook here, its a crap piece of design that should never of got to the production stage!
It will cost a fair amount for Fiat to replace these panels but thats nothing its the customer annoyance (hence this thread) that Fiat seem to forget about. Dont worry though as in 2 years fiat will realise this is a fault and in another 2 years redesign it by which time the punto evo will be replaced by newer model.
 
Blank2k2 said:
Get the blue&me looked at, mines been perfectly fine since they changed my blue&me control unit.

On another fault note, Yesterday i cleaned my car, opened the boot to put some stuff in, closed it & saw a healthy stream of water pour into the boot.

Deffo going to be looking at what the hell happened there, I regularly carry multiple grands worth of Stereo / Computer / TV equipment around so I certainly cant be having water getting in the boot!
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Will do, I can't cope with it anymore!

As for the water, I know the Evo suffers from the same problem the grande did, with water pouring around when you open a wet boot!

 
miura74 said:
Will do, I can't cope with it anymore!

As for the water, I know the Evo suffers from the same problem the grande did, with water pouring around when you open a wet boot!

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I've noticed opening the boot the car decides to pee on either you or anyone thats next to you.... luckily it hasnt victimised me yet, it has my mum / dad / 2 friends :D

But yeah, water appearing in the boot was a shock! its raining at the moment infact so i might go look at it.

Edit: well i cant make it do it with rain atm (average rain) so ill have to play with a hosepipe when the cars dirty and see where the weakspot is.
 
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