As some of you may remember I bought a 5dr 04 Stilo Dynamic back in March and lets just say its been an interesting few months, from the radiator and water pump going after 2 weeks to the brakes squealing.
Anyway it had its 2yr service 2 weeks ago and the two things I asked them to check were the brakes (car pulls to left when you brake hard and brake pedal rises under heavy braking), and the front tyres (drivers one seems to be losing pressure and I thought they may need replacing)
Car goes through the service at main dealers with no problems according to them they say brakes are fine front has 5.9 mil and rears 6.5 left on them. They say the thread on tyres in 6 on front and 4 and 5 on rears, however other part of service sheet says 3 and 4 on front and 6 on rears!!!!!
Anyway to make a semi long story a bit shorter, I got stopped during a routine police check in London on Thursday and police check the tyres and say my drivers front is illegal or verging on it. I say no it can't be I've just had it serviced etc etc, show him the service sheet , it was him that spotted the difference in two service sheets. He shows me the gauge he has that says there is less than 2 mil on tyre etc. I try and argue the point or tell him that Fiat serviced it etc, but say ok I will change the wheel and put the spare on.... This is when I discover that they never replaced the wheel locking nut after the service so I can't even change the wheel. How much of a fool did I feel.
So I end up with a producer from this, took the car to a friend of a friends garage for him to look over it only to find that break pads are way less than garage says and both front discs are warped which explained the swerving while braking etc
So back to Fiat this morning and I think its time I took this further as garage are just wasting my time now and I can't even if I had a puncture change the wheel
Anyone got any advice on what I should do next, is it worth taking it to Fiat's head over and if needed trading standards??
sorry for long rant but majorly fed up now with them.
Anyway it had its 2yr service 2 weeks ago and the two things I asked them to check were the brakes (car pulls to left when you brake hard and brake pedal rises under heavy braking), and the front tyres (drivers one seems to be losing pressure and I thought they may need replacing)
Car goes through the service at main dealers with no problems according to them they say brakes are fine front has 5.9 mil and rears 6.5 left on them. They say the thread on tyres in 6 on front and 4 and 5 on rears, however other part of service sheet says 3 and 4 on front and 6 on rears!!!!!
Anyway to make a semi long story a bit shorter, I got stopped during a routine police check in London on Thursday and police check the tyres and say my drivers front is illegal or verging on it. I say no it can't be I've just had it serviced etc etc, show him the service sheet , it was him that spotted the difference in two service sheets. He shows me the gauge he has that says there is less than 2 mil on tyre etc. I try and argue the point or tell him that Fiat serviced it etc, but say ok I will change the wheel and put the spare on.... This is when I discover that they never replaced the wheel locking nut after the service so I can't even change the wheel. How much of a fool did I feel.
So I end up with a producer from this, took the car to a friend of a friends garage for him to look over it only to find that break pads are way less than garage says and both front discs are warped which explained the swerving while braking etc
So back to Fiat this morning and I think its time I took this further as garage are just wasting my time now and I can't even if I had a puncture change the wheel
Anyone got any advice on what I should do next, is it worth taking it to Fiat's head over and if needed trading standards??
sorry for long rant but majorly fed up now with them.