OK had a bit of a nightmare and am at my wits end with what to do.
Heres what happened.
The powered steering light kept coming on intermittently, with the steering going heavy. It started doing it about once a week. Engine off and back on would clear it. It got more frequent until it eventually was on all the time so we bit the bullet and sent it to our local garage. They advised that the electronic powered steering unit had gone and needed replacing, FIAT new unit very expensive about £700, car only worth £1000 so wasnt worth a new part, so the chap got a part from a breakers that he deals with. Garage fitted the breakers part gave us the car back. Fantastic, but after a week went to the car started it and BANG light on and nothing would clear it. So we phoned the garage, had it back in not happy that £200 of work should last longer than a week. They contacted the breaker who insisted that the part had been tested and refused to refund the money to the garage. The garage not wanting to take the loss argues back with the breaker who still refused to refund but agreed that the next punto rack in his yard would be ours to swap for the broken one. Weeks we waited and nothing happening. The garage man has a punto JTD himself and mentioned to one of our friends who uses the garage that on one or two occasions that the light had come on on his own but been ok after. with us chasing him he stated that he would take the part off his own and put it on ours as goodwill so we can be on our way. So nine weeks later we have the car back and 3 days later the light is now back on again.
I dont know what to do, I feel that i have been fobbed off with a part from his own car that was also starting to fail. Didnt want to really send it back to him as it took nine weeks last time. Cant afford to send it somewhere else for the work to be done again. Cant trade it in as would get nothing for it with broken steering, same story with selling for spares or auction.
Any ideas anyone.
Heres what happened.
The powered steering light kept coming on intermittently, with the steering going heavy. It started doing it about once a week. Engine off and back on would clear it. It got more frequent until it eventually was on all the time so we bit the bullet and sent it to our local garage. They advised that the electronic powered steering unit had gone and needed replacing, FIAT new unit very expensive about £700, car only worth £1000 so wasnt worth a new part, so the chap got a part from a breakers that he deals with. Garage fitted the breakers part gave us the car back. Fantastic, but after a week went to the car started it and BANG light on and nothing would clear it. So we phoned the garage, had it back in not happy that £200 of work should last longer than a week. They contacted the breaker who insisted that the part had been tested and refused to refund the money to the garage. The garage not wanting to take the loss argues back with the breaker who still refused to refund but agreed that the next punto rack in his yard would be ours to swap for the broken one. Weeks we waited and nothing happening. The garage man has a punto JTD himself and mentioned to one of our friends who uses the garage that on one or two occasions that the light had come on on his own but been ok after. with us chasing him he stated that he would take the part off his own and put it on ours as goodwill so we can be on our way. So nine weeks later we have the car back and 3 days later the light is now back on again.
I dont know what to do, I feel that i have been fobbed off with a part from his own car that was also starting to fail. Didnt want to really send it back to him as it took nine weeks last time. Cant afford to send it somewhere else for the work to be done again. Cant trade it in as would get nothing for it with broken steering, same story with selling for spares or auction.
Any ideas anyone.