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My Stilo is now on its 3rd year dealer warranty, having been transferred over when I bought the car
Took it to work today, filled up, and as I left the village EOBD light going crazy and Computer System Failure Light on display! Bl**dy great, and the car felt it was mis-firing as well
Limped home with it, and decided to phone the AA at 8am [other choice being to drag it down to the local dealer at 8.30] - dug out warranty card and phoned; they arrived within about 25 minutes
First thing to note was they connected up their diagnostics, and the Stilo wasn't even recognised as a model on their system - he was using Scudo until I pointed out it was a Stilo, lol - in the end, we communicated using the Bravo module!!! Ended up being the 4th ignition coil that was broken.
Phonecall to local dealer [I am on first name terms with them, lol] - confirmed part is a warranty part and tried to order it for the AA man to fit - NOT IN STOCK, and no luck at two other local dealers [nearest stocked was Aylesbury and Croydon - not options].
AA then said I was allowed a courtesy car! Result, because I needed to get to work - dug out my driving licence and credit card for fuel deposit and then the BAD NEWS - Apparentely FIAT, unlike other manufacturers, have told AA not to give out cars if the patrol had come to the house to fix the car - the fact I had limped home to make the call, albeit on a mobile, was not an issue!! I was carless
I now have to phone the AA in the morning, for them to come out, take me and/or the car to the dealership, pick up the part and let them re-fit it. I was instructed NOT to fit it myself, even though a five minute job. More hassle....
Moral of the story - if you break down within a spitting distance of the house, leave it there and get a free courtesy car
Took it to work today, filled up, and as I left the village EOBD light going crazy and Computer System Failure Light on display! Bl**dy great, and the car felt it was mis-firing as well
Limped home with it, and decided to phone the AA at 8am [other choice being to drag it down to the local dealer at 8.30] - dug out warranty card and phoned; they arrived within about 25 minutes
First thing to note was they connected up their diagnostics, and the Stilo wasn't even recognised as a model on their system - he was using Scudo until I pointed out it was a Stilo, lol - in the end, we communicated using the Bravo module!!! Ended up being the 4th ignition coil that was broken.
Phonecall to local dealer [I am on first name terms with them, lol] - confirmed part is a warranty part and tried to order it for the AA man to fit - NOT IN STOCK, and no luck at two other local dealers [nearest stocked was Aylesbury and Croydon - not options].
AA then said I was allowed a courtesy car! Result, because I needed to get to work - dug out my driving licence and credit card for fuel deposit and then the BAD NEWS - Apparentely FIAT, unlike other manufacturers, have told AA not to give out cars if the patrol had come to the house to fix the car - the fact I had limped home to make the call, albeit on a mobile, was not an issue!! I was carless
I now have to phone the AA in the morning, for them to come out, take me and/or the car to the dealership, pick up the part and let them re-fit it. I was instructed NOT to fit it myself, even though a five minute job. More hassle....
Moral of the story - if you break down within a spitting distance of the house, leave it there and get a free courtesy car