redfairy
Member
Took my car back to the garage yesterday to see if he could tell me what was up with it. It's been juddering, revving on idle and generally misbehaving.
He couldn't find ot what was wrong, but gave me a number of a guy whole deal with Fiats. Spoke to him on the phone and he says its the Throttle body. He says common fault in Punto's, and only Fiat do the part and it costs £350, then on top there would be labour and VAT
Not good!!! I paid over 1k for the engone replacement, then another £110 on starter motor last week, and I seriously don't have over £400.
Are these figures right?
I am supposed to be using the car in less than 2 weeks, driving from here to Derby and back, then up to Edinburgh twice, thats over 700 miles. I don't even know if I could do that with the way the car is running, is it advised? Safe? I don't want to be stuck on the motorway again with my kids, it was so damn scary!!!
Don't know what to do. Please please advise, I feel totally lost *again*
He couldn't find ot what was wrong, but gave me a number of a guy whole deal with Fiats. Spoke to him on the phone and he says its the Throttle body. He says common fault in Punto's, and only Fiat do the part and it costs £350, then on top there would be labour and VAT
Not good!!! I paid over 1k for the engone replacement, then another £110 on starter motor last week, and I seriously don't have over £400.
Are these figures right?
I am supposed to be using the car in less than 2 weeks, driving from here to Derby and back, then up to Edinburgh twice, thats over 700 miles. I don't even know if I could do that with the way the car is running, is it advised? Safe? I don't want to be stuck on the motorway again with my kids, it was so damn scary!!!
Don't know what to do. Please please advise, I feel totally lost *again*