Bravo faults - the BIG list

[Wickford Jay]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 2000 Marea 1.6 SX Weekend

On the note of this thread though, I'm reluctant to post that I've had no major problems with my 2000 V reg 155 HGT (has that put the mocha's on it or what)
Had it for a year and 4 months, got 66k on the clock, regularly serviced, just sailed through its second MOT.
I knew I shouldn't have posted this, something is bound to go wrong now.

 

[Roberto]

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[Tom]

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Whats nice to see is guy who provoked this thread by claiming the fuel guage was a common fault never bothered to list his faults.

 

[Roberto]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 2000 Marea 1.6 SX Weekend

Very True

 

[Tom]

No more?

 

[RR]

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[SchumaniaC]

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1997 65K Fiat Bravo 1.6, Malta

3K New speedo. No explanation by Fiat.
10K Possessed rear wiper. Cured itself after some time.
25K New differential. My fault. Excessive amount of burnouts.
25K New clutch. My fault. Excessive amount of burnouts.Excessive amount of burnouts.
35K Complete rewiring of the dshboard wires. My fault, replaced a 15A fuse with a 20A one.
50K Clutch master slave cylinder - My fault. Too much bleeding traffic in Malta.
60K New thrust and new clutch (second time already). My fault. Changing up gear without letting up the accelerator when flat out.


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.......ONE SPORT ONE LEGEND ONE SCHUEY.....

............X....X....X....X.....X....X....(X)..................

.............6 TIMES....going on to 7 times..............

 

[Mike]

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00' 80sx 22,000

Rear wiper ceased
Eratic idling, replaced throttle body/potentiometer
Retardedly slow passenger window, yt works perfectly fine from the passenger side switch?!!
At the minute rediculously poor fuel economy, 60 miles to a tenner
strange ticking noise from front drivers side in engine #


All in all not as bad as it could be

We knew they had their little imperfections when we bought them

 

[Deckchair]

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1999 1.2 80SX bought at 6k miles now 79K miles
8K poor idling/stalling so idle stepper motor changed and ecu remap
15K rear washer pipe disconnects. cured with cable ties
30K clutch thrust bearing gone so new clutch assembly
38K Both front shockers leaking. replaced
50k timing belt and tensioner changed (normal servicing)
55k new battery
70k Hesitation flat spots - oxygen sensor replaced
Amazingly good fuel consumption improvement steadily from awful 270miles per tank to 390miles/tank
79k boot lock just jammed

 

[Martin L]

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Okay W 2000 Bravo SX TD75
Had it since last june, sailed through it's 1st MOT. No real problems at all just water hose on rear wiper keeps falling off, obviously needs a bit of glue and yesterday the rear wiper began to make a sort of click noise just as it beggins a swipe.

Other than that it's been fine (touch wood).


Cheers
Martin L.

 

[pete]

bravo big list

bravo hgt
1998
41000
1 owner-me
nationwide-autocentre
1998 aug rear light cluster)misting up
1998 oct " " " " " " " " "
front passenger seat belt would not pull out=
2 months to find fault at fiat dealer in warrington
fault was a factory miss build,
it was great having missu`s in the back.
front disc`s had to be replaced twice because of brake
squeal,after 4500 miles.
would not change it .

 

[Lew B]

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Bravo 1.4s 12v R 1997

All at around 40K
Front brakes and pads
Uneven wear on front tyres
Few weeks later
Brake fluid started draining tho it was only the brake lines not clutch
(Plus Window Just cracked to cost me more money)

 

[Anonymous]

Just so we don't get any more...

 

[Martin L]

Re: Just so we don't get any more...

 

[Tom]

BUMP!!

Right, we've had some new members join so can they add to the list please

Remember, no chit-chat, just the history of your bravo/a.
[I tidied it up so only the relevant info was left, if you were wondering! Nige]

 

[Wiggy]

Car model: 1.6 SX MK2
Age: 1999 T plate
Milage: 45000
How many owners: 4
Who services it: a company that comes to my house and does it
36,000 - 2nd gear synchromesh (spelling ) - still not fixed just have to drive carefully
40,000 rear wiper motor ceased
40,000 Drivers seat trim falling appart at read (where my mates kick it )

Would like to know where I could get my gearbox reconned for £200 like Jonathan is this a good price ???

 

[Dan]

Fiat Bravo 1.2 sx '99 V Reg
bought at 20021 miles, now at 21700 miles.

Faults:
Literally a week after purchasing it,
Grinding between 1st-2nd and 3rd-2nd gear
(due to clutch/2nd gear syncromesh wearing out thanks to previous biddy owner riding clutch/driving around everywhere in 2nd gear, still not sorted due to lack of funds/unsure what to do.)

circa 21000 miles,
Unusual wear on front passenger side tire, outside tread of tire has gone yet wheel is balanced/tracked.
(unknown explanation although it was kinda showing when I first got car just not as bad.)

2 weeks ago,
Temp Gauge started to flick all the way to the top really quickly and back down again scaring the **** out off me. when you sat stationary it would sit there and rev its self.
(unknown, but maybe a dirty/loose connection somewhere. has since gone away and is functioning normally)

until recently,
No go/pull in 4th and 5th gear at all.
(ECU remapped by nige at angel tuning, now running sweet)

Other than that, all is well.

Dan

 

[Alec]

1.6sx P reg bravo

Bad handling, replaced rear shocks after reading various posts (thanks Tom)
Cam Belt and tensioners after 17'000 miles (a bit premature)
Water pump housing split and caused overheating, was repaced with a modified version I was told it's quite a common problem but had not seen anything on the Forum before like the Cambelt problems I have seen.

 

[ian]

1999 155 HGT

Now got 55K on the clock 3rd owner. Had it since Oct 2003

New clutch slave cylinder 50k
New Longlife SS exhaust 52K, old standard one fell off
Current problem, horn keeps blowing fuses, auto electrician still looking for the problem

 

[Ian]

Woops forgot, rear washer hose come off Motor (common prob) fixed thanks to Bravo guide, and replaced rear shocks (wear and tear), cheers Tom, handling loads better