Been reading through the posts with interest and thought I'd share my thoughts (problems) on my 2.2JTD Prestigio.
The car from a driving perspective is great although extremely "rattly", more than I would have expected from an MPV. This is the first Fiat I have bought and first impressions are that Fiat UK are hopeless.
My experience began when the dealer could not give me a delivery date, eventually as it dragged on he started to check the system and eventually located a car to my spec although it was a different colour, this car was unallocated and it seemed to me that they were churning out cars in whatever spec they felt regardless of what customer orders were on the system. When it arrived it did not have the blacked out windows I requested although since I couldn't wait any longer (and liked the colour) I took the car.
Since then I have had the following problems (if anyone has had the same problems and had them resolved I would be very interesetd to hear -it would be great after 5 months to tell them how to fix it!!)
Unable to have the Connect + connected. Original dealer hadn't a clue, took it to a local dealer who provided me with the registration form and of course I needed the code. Called the original dealer who provided some instruction but when I tried this I got nowhere, he then suggested I speak directly to Targasys (the provider) because he didn't know what else to do! The dealer suggested pushing the SOS button and a menu should pop up under which you should find the number required. I get a message, "Emergency and Breakdown Calls Disabled" on start up, dealer can't get rid of it.
Window blinds catching on electric sliding doors - apparently this is now a known design issue. When the side door slides open the pull up sunblind can catch and be destroyed. Originally we thought our young daughter had partially pulled the blind down and then opened the door completely trashing the blind. We asked for a price and were told £200 to replace! At that point we argued the case and they agreed to replace under warranty. Since that the exact same happened on the other blind this time my wife was in the seat and whilst we still couldn't work out what happened it certainly wasn't down to anything she had done. When we took it back to Fiat they immediately offered to replace it and when pushed they admitted that the blind was being re-designed. We are still waiting for replacements 5 months later.
Car alarm going off without reason - when the car is locked using the remote the alarm will go off maybe minutes, maybe hours after it has been set. Initially we suspected it was too sensitive and low frequency noise was setting it off but there does not seem to be any pattern to it. The dealer has been trying to sort it for 5 months and they now have a field technician coming out. The car needs to be locked with the key to prevent this happening however each time I left it in with them I would lock it with the remote and the alarm drove them crazy until I had to tell them how to disable it!!
Driver's door would not open from inside. This is the only problem they have fixed in the 6 months I have had the car.
Airbag faulty - warning message and light comes on. They claim they know how to fix but it requires a part, been waiting 3 weeks on the part.
Some other minor but nevertheless annoying problems - Connect + screen periodically locks up, either the time freezes or the map does not refresh.
Missing drawer under the driver seat, local dealer insists that I should take it back to original dealer and won't order me a new one, given the problems I felt this was the least they could do.
"Prestigio" badge broke off when washing the car, I now drive a "Prestig"
Oily footprints on carpet after first visit, they have now cleaned the carpet for me but it took 3 visits before they eventually remembered to do it.
Retractable mirrors don't always return to operational position when car is started.
Our plan had been to keep this car for the long term but now I can't wait to get rid of it.[
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