I have a 1.6 petrol sedici, brought used from Fiat Perrys in Portsmouth, for over £7000, in June last year. The car is not 4 yrs old and when brought, had just over 26000 on the clock.
Around September a warning light came on, AA man said likely to be cat converter issue but ok to drive.
Light came on again couple more times, i returned to Fiat Portsmouth who said it was the cat converter and they wanted £750 to replace it- this was a couple of weeks ago. It had just over 31000 on the clock at the time.
I heard through websites that there could be a cat issue with sedici's so phone customer care. I was told that as the car was not new to me and just out of its warranty, that the best that could be offered was a 10% discount.
I think a cat converter should last longer than 30000 miles!
I have a local garage quote me just over £600 for replacement [it will be a genuine part, not a copy] but wanted to know if many other owners have this problem and if so, is there nothing i can do about having to fork out this amount of money on a faulty cat converter?
Thanks!

Hi lyndyloo and welcome

I'm sure some of the more knowledgeable members will be along later, or later this week to help.

In the mean time you might want to check out these two posts which mention a recall for the sedici catalytic converter.

https://www.fiatforum.com/sedici/129150-any-sedici-drivers-out-there-3.html?p=1526481

https://www.fiatforum.com/sedici/129150-any-sedici-drivers-out-there-3.html?p=1537672

I'd be checking that whatever work was required on the recall has been done on your vehicle (Would this be recorded on the service book)? You might need to dig a little deeper but it is at least one starting point until the other guys arrived.

Good luck
50p

might just be a faulty sensor; would not part with any money to replace cat unless fails MOT

Hi, thanks for those posts, i have read the posts that mention the cat converter recall - cant seem to find anything about why or what years model though - am sure that someone will know!
The light is on all the time now, so i have been back in contact with fiat in portsmouth who will be calling me back tomorrow. I must admit to being a daft female as i forgot i took out the extra care package, which covers cat converter as long as it isnt rust or wilful damage - so doesnt look like i will be throwing my hard earned credit card at them now, thank goodness.

Lyndyloo - as per above quote the recall work to any FIAT dealer and give them your reg. number. They will be able to tell you if it needed the recall doing and if it was done.
I cannot find any recall required for the Sedici on the VOSA website though for Cats?
I would be suprised your car needed a whole new Cat given the year and mileage.

thanks for your comments.
me, being daft, forgot that when i brought the car, i took out gold cover for 2 yrs - this covered the cat converter so i am happy to say i took the car back to fiat who have fitted a new cat converter and i am to pick the car up on saturday.
result!

Sounds good.