I have had what I considered a small problem with my 53 Punto Sporting which was that very very occasionally when I pressed the brake pedal then the airbag warning light would flash very briefly. It was only really noticable at night as the airbag warning lamp flash was very swift.
Today I took the car to Fiat under the warranty and this very small fault requires a complete new instrument cluster so it is booked in for two weeks time.
I made some enquiries at an independent garage which does mainly Fiat repairs and they said they have come across instrument panel faults before and in a great many cases the panel is repairable and usually works out cheaper than repacing it.
No wonder after warranty repairs cost an arm and a leg if they simply replace rather than repair.
Anyone else had cluster faults ?
Today I took the car to Fiat under the warranty and this very small fault requires a complete new instrument cluster so it is booked in for two weeks time.
I made some enquiries at an independent garage which does mainly Fiat repairs and they said they have come across instrument panel faults before and in a great many cases the panel is repairable and usually works out cheaper than repacing it.
No wonder after warranty repairs cost an arm and a leg if they simply replace rather than repair.
Anyone else had cluster faults ?
