General warranty problem?

[jamie03]

to cut a long story short I noticed my temp up, smoke everywhere went to fiat, they said new radiator. Now this is where the problem lies, according to them, even although the car is an 03 with less than 20,000 miles (19,800), and has bn regularly serviced by arnold clark, the 3rd yr warranty does not cover this!!! is this right? they quoted £158 for the radiator plus vat and labour. If i went elsewhere would this affect my warranty, as it's a hell of a lot cheaper. I also paid extra money when I bought the car for an arnold clark 2 yr warranty which kicks in in march, so I don't know if I HAVE to go to fiat for the sake of my warranty. ANY help would be great, and much appreciated.

thnx

 

[Oldschool]

On the warranty issue I can't help you without seeing the agreement you have signed.
If you have to change the rad it will not affect the warranty as long as you use original equipment. This would be either Fiat branded or most likely Valeo.