Posted By: Lucifer
Fiat dealers.. WTF?!! - 25/09/2007 18:35
Okay I bought this (my 3rd) Coupe on Saturday, then by Sunday I can't select gears properly. A bit peed off as you can imagine, so rather than book a day off work to go straight to Motormech (which in hindsight would've been a better option) I took it in to the local Fiat dealer, but asked them to say what the problem was and how much it would cost, before going ahead and doing anything. Whilst I was there, I also asked if they could just raise the suspension up slightly, as it's a bit too low on the adjustable coilover thingies which had been installed on there.
Anyway, just got a phonecall from the dealer, who reckons the cables have seized, and it will cost (get this) £360 to replace. What the fccuk?!! Having already posted about my gearbox problem here on the forum, and the majority verdict being something either loose or broken (and in either case a cheap job), I decided to tell them to balls and have now done what I should've done in the first place and phoned Paul at Motormech to get a second opinion, and now it's going down there next Weds.
Thank fccuk for the fact we have some reliable specialists around, because if it was left to main dealers we'd all be skint.
ps do you know what the crowning turd in the waterpipe was? The said they couldn't adjust the suspension either because it's a "non-Fiat part". So, because it doesn't have the word Fiat written on it, they instantly become incapable of giving a bolt a quick turn with a spanner?! Unbelievable...
Anyway, just got a phonecall from the dealer, who reckons the cables have seized, and it will cost (get this) £360 to replace. What the fccuk?!! Having already posted about my gearbox problem here on the forum, and the majority verdict being something either loose or broken (and in either case a cheap job), I decided to tell them to balls and have now done what I should've done in the first place and phoned Paul at Motormech to get a second opinion, and now it's going down there next Weds.
Thank fccuk for the fact we have some reliable specialists around, because if it was left to main dealers we'd all be skint.
ps do you know what the crowning turd in the waterpipe was? The said they couldn't adjust the suspension either because it's a "non-Fiat part". So, because it doesn't have the word Fiat written on it, they instantly become incapable of giving a bolt a quick turn with a spanner?! Unbelievable...