chrisgg
Member
Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum and not a technical person. I am hoping someone could offer some advice for my 2018 Fiat Panda 1.2 Petrol with 29k miles. I have had this car from new.
I have just had to change from my regualar garage due to retirement. I booked my Panda in for a full service and MOT. The garage called with a list of what work needs doing over and above the service & MOT. This includes:
Front Discs and Pads
2 x rear shocks
4 x tyres
Brake Fluid
Coolant change
Cam Belt & Water pump
Becuase I know very little about cars I have done a little research online (how I found this forum). My findings & thoughts are that the Cam belt is recommended to be changed every 5 years or 75k miles, shock absorbers usually last longer than this, brake disks usually last longer than this, the other items I assume are expected wear and tear.
For reference, I am not an aggressive driver and avoid pot holes where possible and live in the midlands and use mainly main roads. My old regular garage used to tell me when things were on their way out but say you can probably get another year etc etc.
Having discussed this with the new garage, they have said these are the recommended repairs and wouldn't commit to saying the extent of need to replace.
Having very little knowledge about the items, I have no idea whether these recommendations are average for the age & miles of the car or whether some of these are excessively careful.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Chris
I am new to this forum and not a technical person. I am hoping someone could offer some advice for my 2018 Fiat Panda 1.2 Petrol with 29k miles. I have had this car from new.
I have just had to change from my regualar garage due to retirement. I booked my Panda in for a full service and MOT. The garage called with a list of what work needs doing over and above the service & MOT. This includes:
Front Discs and Pads
2 x rear shocks
4 x tyres
Brake Fluid
Coolant change
Cam Belt & Water pump
Becuase I know very little about cars I have done a little research online (how I found this forum). My findings & thoughts are that the Cam belt is recommended to be changed every 5 years or 75k miles, shock absorbers usually last longer than this, brake disks usually last longer than this, the other items I assume are expected wear and tear.
For reference, I am not an aggressive driver and avoid pot holes where possible and live in the midlands and use mainly main roads. My old regular garage used to tell me when things were on their way out but say you can probably get another year etc etc.
Having discussed this with the new garage, they have said these are the recommended repairs and wouldn't commit to saying the extent of need to replace.
Having very little knowledge about the items, I have no idea whether these recommendations are average for the age & miles of the car or whether some of these are excessively careful.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Chris