VillaBadger
New member
Hi All,
Spent most of today reading all of the posts on this forum and the eurovan2 forum - very interesting. The topics discussed have prompted me to register so that someone may be able to help me in my quest to win with Fiat.
We have an 04 Eleganza 2.0JTD that has honoured us with similar problems as posted by other members - leave that for another day!
My current saga is in relation to uneven tyre wear on front nearside only (15" wheels) - outside tread is now bald, middle and inside are fine (first reported at 12,000 service, mileage now 16500).
Fiat customer services reports no similar complaints - yeh right!, and have told me the tracking needs checking at my expense. They have said that it will be free if a problem is found - my reply was that the garage is not exactly going to be motivated to report that to me!
In the last 2 months, I have looked at the tyres of any parked up Fiat, Peugeot and Citreon EV2's (in region of 15 vehicles to date) and all of them apart from 2 have exactly the same problem as me - excessive front nearside tyre wear. Do we all drive our vans such that the tracking is knocked out of alignment?
Has anyone managed to get Fiat to acknowledge that there is a problem and did you get new tyres under warranty (or compensation towards cost)?
Next problem arises from trying to put the spare wheel on - couldn't find the locking wheel nut adapter anywhere in the vehicle! 3 phone calls to Fiat - 2 garages and customer services, and no-one can help. Only advice was to get a tyre fitter to cut it off! A dealer can do it for £65 + cost of new nuts - nice!
Any ideas where it can be found?
Sorry for the "war and peace" first post but, hopefully it has given a few of you a good laugh.
Spent most of today reading all of the posts on this forum and the eurovan2 forum - very interesting. The topics discussed have prompted me to register so that someone may be able to help me in my quest to win with Fiat.
We have an 04 Eleganza 2.0JTD that has honoured us with similar problems as posted by other members - leave that for another day!
My current saga is in relation to uneven tyre wear on front nearside only (15" wheels) - outside tread is now bald, middle and inside are fine (first reported at 12,000 service, mileage now 16500).
Fiat customer services reports no similar complaints - yeh right!, and have told me the tracking needs checking at my expense. They have said that it will be free if a problem is found - my reply was that the garage is not exactly going to be motivated to report that to me!
In the last 2 months, I have looked at the tyres of any parked up Fiat, Peugeot and Citreon EV2's (in region of 15 vehicles to date) and all of them apart from 2 have exactly the same problem as me - excessive front nearside tyre wear. Do we all drive our vans such that the tracking is knocked out of alignment?
Has anyone managed to get Fiat to acknowledge that there is a problem and did you get new tyres under warranty (or compensation towards cost)?
Next problem arises from trying to put the spare wheel on - couldn't find the locking wheel nut adapter anywhere in the vehicle! 3 phone calls to Fiat - 2 garages and customer services, and no-one can help. Only advice was to get a tyre fitter to cut it off! A dealer can do it for £65 + cost of new nuts - nice!
Any ideas where it can be found?
Sorry for the "war and peace" first post but, hopefully it has given a few of you a good laugh.