List your litany of faults here!

[mad_colm]

i've decided to write down all the things that've broken or fell off my brava! they're in no particular order. if i've left any out please remind me!

1: knackered starter motor.
2: worn out coil pack
3: passenger door trim catching
4: boot contacts melted
5: rear wiper burnt out
5: glue seeped through headlining
6: leaking sunroof
7: head gasket failure
8: clutch and gearbox kaput
9: broken accelerator cable
10: roof areil deteriorated
11: heated rear screen not working
12: tempremental boot light

theres more, just can't remember them all!

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX, what do you want? cupholders? open door warning light? grow up!

 

[Steven]

That's quite a list. Reading that I can understand your attitude towards Fiats. My Brava hasn't missed a beat since I've had it (touch wood). For any outsiders reading this I can assure you Colms car is the exception rather than the rule!

<h5>Click here for pictures of my Uno
Click here for pictures of my Brava

 

[HP]

I think it's fair to say that Cinquecentos get old early too, there's some things you have to do on them that you wouldn't necessarily need to do on other cars - but that's quite bad for a '99 car.

Pete.
1242cc cinq,turbo cinq,Cinqs&Seis Yahoo group,Clubcento

 

[Nuova500]

thats pretty bad luck there, never had any real problems with Fiats over the years.

1987 126 FSM, 12" minilight style wheels, clear rear lights, smoked indicators.

 

[mad_colm]

add to that broken front wipwe linkage at 70mph on motorway

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX, what do you want? cupholders? open door warning light? grow up!

 

[mad_colm]

i love fiats, just gonna keep driving them, just making sure i'm not paying for them!

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX, what do you want? cupholders? open door warning light? grow up!

 

[polecat]

I've had that used car dilemma a few times. Do I drop the car that i've had to spend thousands on and buy another that may be just as bad...
... or keep it cos i've spent so much on it, it's almost newB)

Are you looking for another fiat then?

<h5><font color="black">Dave.
Marea HLX 2.0 20v</h5><h6>Airbox with attitude[8D] Now only getting 21.4mpg
Blue Momo Tomahawk Gear Knob, Momo Alu H/brake, Blue stuff
Ecotek fitted, removed and waiting for warm weather.
So much to do, so little time.... and Totally Skint!! </h6></font id="black">

 

[mad_colm]

company car. if i change jobs i'll get an Alfa. less money but no car related bills

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX, what do you want? cupholders? open door warning light? grow up!

 

[Helz]

I agree Mad Colm it's no wonder you want rid of your car the amount of trouble you've had with it. So far I've had:
Bump strip on rear door drivers side pulling away (now stuck on with Uhu)
Loose handbrake (soon sorted with a spanner)
Bit of juddering (still not sorted, gonna try fuel injector cleaner stuff next)
Broken boot mechanism (Fiat men broke it, see earlier thread)
Headlight bulb gone (sorted)
Rattling windows (still rattling away, been too cold to look at them)

Thassit, I consider myself quite lucky compared to folks who have things go wrong all te time!

<font color="violet">

. o O Helz O o .

Proud owner of a silver Baby Brava with a Smiley air freshener​

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[arseofbox]

Right, Here goes...

Red one,

Handbrake crap, sorted with spanner
Clutch died
Wiper linkage broke, taking wiper pivot hole with it, sorted with rivetgun, and aluminium sheet!

Black one,

Not going into gear and hard to change, clutch maladjusted.
3ft scratch on drivers side, sorted with TCut paint and 'paper
Backbox falling off
Flexi section partially broken.
Exhaust hitting heatshield at 1200rpm
Buckets dont pivot and dont really go far enough forward for shortarses, (im OK)
Rear seats in car, but not bolted in, sorted using bits from Red one.

Black is faster, but Red is much less problematic!

Tom (AofB)

Snapped exhaust flexipipe becoming GrpN ASAP!

 

[Steven]

In 12 years I've been let down only once (touch wood) by an Uno. That's it. Other minor annoyances have crept up from time to time, but you get these in all cars.

<h5>Click here for pictures of my Uno
Click here for pictures of my Brava

 

[JonnyBoy]

My list of Punto 55SX probs...

1. Recurring fault with handbrake light (crap Italian switch)
2. Judder under braking (warped disc methinks)
3. Shafted Lambda sensor
4. MoT failure on track-control arm
5. Exhaust rusted & fell to bits
6. Seal on bootlid keeps falling off (the one that presses on the rear shelf)
7. Headlights are just generally s**te
8. Gearbox died (i.e. no drive to the left wheel!)

Despite all these probs, I'd much rather drive my Punto than any other car of the same size. [8D]

------/F/I/A/T/------

Fart In A Tin
<font color="orange">1994 Punto 55SX, metallic red, small, Italian and beautiful! </font id="orange">

 

[gaz.d]

Probs with my sei:

1. Snapped clutch cable
2. Snapped clutch cable
3. Snapped clutch cable
4. Bonnet catch broke at 60 mph (nasty)

Other than these the car is fine

Seicento Sporting, Modified Front Bumper, Saxo Custom Spoiler, Abarth Side Skirts, Bad Boy Bonnet, Afterburner Rear Lenses, 4" Powerflow Exhaust System, Abarth 14" Alloys.
IN THE PIPELINE:
-40mm Drop
Check out my site: http://badboygaz.mysite.freeserve.com​

 

[arseofbox]

Wow, bet that was fun... was the catch failure a case of the bonnet flying up and taking the windscreen out as well?

Tom (AofB)

Snapped exhaust flexipipe becoming GrpN ASAP!

 

[gaz.d]

yeah the bonnet flew up smashing into the widscreen, this happened the morning afetr I brought it. Luckily the garage paid for all the repairs

Seicento Sporting, Modified Front Bumper, Saxo Custom Spoiler, Abarth Side Skirts, Bad Boy Bonnet, Afterburner Rear Lenses, 4" Powerflow Exhaust System, Abarth 14" Alloys.
IN THE PIPELINE:
-40mm Drop
Check out my site: http://badboygaz.mysite.freeserve.com​

 

[mad_colm]

oh yeah forgot to mention going through 3 flexible bits on exhaust due to it being too low.

Alfa 146 faults:
front window winding up outside window frame, remote locking not working, flexi on exhaust.

Punto mk2 faults:
water in headlights
Water in sid indicators
noisy rear suspension
Horn staying on, and coming on in the mmiddle of night

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX, what do you want? cupholders? open door warning light? grow up!

 

[NowIsGone1106]

seicento sporting x reg 2000

had from new done 21k here are all the faults


1. rear wheel bearing (faulty rather than 'worn')

thats it!!!

watch it break 2morra B)

Sei sporting
motore di punto

 

[smurfhead]

Here it goes...

Cinq SX:
Rear bushes replaced
Rocker gasket replaced
Handbrake cable replaced
Fuel gauge stuck on 1/4
Overheated lots
new radiator, still overheated lots
new oil sump

I had this car 6 months

Seicento Sporting:
Intermittant power steering failure
Brake pipe leak
Rocker gasket replacement
Sunroof seal replacement
Overheats in snow blizzards
ECU replaced
Drivers door rehung

I've had this car 5 months so far

Smurfhead - would trade as Gaz but bit confusing with another guy with the same car on here with the same name. lol

Seicento Sporting (2001)

 

[Clayton]

How come you lot have had so many problems?.....

Uno (12years in the family, 2 with me)

1 new battery
Indicator wiring fault
2 new shocks
Bearing loose in alternator.

Punto mk1 (2 yrs)

nothing!!
well brake pads.




and he said to his himself, "wow! what was that thing, it went like a blurr. I wish I had a Punto".

---Clayton---

 

[vvmanoj]

Fiat Palio 1.6GTX 2001 - 35000km

1. ECU changed(!) - Engine kept revving ...had a mind of its own!
2. Throttle body changed - For same reason
3. Front Strut changed
4. AC Thermostat changed

Palio 1.6 GTX