fontane007
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Hi all,
Just wondered if anybody had any suggestions on my current issue -
Bought a 2004 Fiat Idea 1.4 Active Automatic for £2500 about 10 weeks ago with a warranty and after about three days the front passenger side suspension spring snapped.
Took it down to the local garage as the trader I bought the car from was too far away, (I live in Sheffield and the trader is located in Doncaster) and I felt it would be too dangerous to drive so was charged £100 to get it fixed.
Called the trader RS Trade cars of Doncaster who refused to pick up the bill, so contacted the warranty company who reported that suspension springs were not covered under the policy, so I took the hit and thought nothing more of it.
Anyway, last week while driving I suddenly got a Gearbox failure message come up on the dash and the car dropped itself into neutral and wouldn’t go back into gear.
After about ten mins it finally went back into gear and I was able to limp home.
Next day I took the car to the local Fiat dealership – Autoworld of Chesterfied to have the issue diagnosed (£90) and was told that it was due to low oil in the Selespeed unit and to fix the leak and get a replacement It would cost around £1600!!
Obviously I was pretty shocked by this and asked if it was covered under my warranty to which they replied that when they called the warranty company they were told that oil leaks were not covered even though the auto gearbox was!!
I was advised though that if I kept topping up the selespeed unit with selespeed oil it should be ok.
So I purchased a litre of the oil and got them to top it up to the max and brought the car home.
It was fine for a few days but then yesterday same thing happened again, the car dropped into neutral, except this time there was no warning of any gearbox failures.
Again, after a few mins the car was able to go into gear and I was able to drive home without any further issues.
Once I got home I checked the selespeed reservoir level and found it to be just below the maximum level, so clearly this couldn’t be the fault, but I topped it up anyway and figured I would see what happens.
Well today on my way to work the problem occurred again, so when I got the chance, I called Autoworld and asked how come the problem persisted even though the oil was being topped up and was advised that I would have to bring it in for another diagnostics check (and another £90) to see what other faults they could find!
Obviously I'm not too happy about this because first of all if the problem is something unrelated to the oil leak then my warranty would have covered this and secondly I’m having to pay another £90 to have further checks done, which I would have thought should have been done in the first place!
I’ve also tried contacting RS Traders of Doncaster and argued the fact that I’ve only had the car just over a couple of months and had all these issues but of cause they’re not interested and say there’s nothing they can do.
Anybody out there have any advise, I’m pretty desperate as I cant afford another car or repair the one I’ve got!!
Just wondered if anybody had any suggestions on my current issue -
Bought a 2004 Fiat Idea 1.4 Active Automatic for £2500 about 10 weeks ago with a warranty and after about three days the front passenger side suspension spring snapped.
Took it down to the local garage as the trader I bought the car from was too far away, (I live in Sheffield and the trader is located in Doncaster) and I felt it would be too dangerous to drive so was charged £100 to get it fixed.
Called the trader RS Trade cars of Doncaster who refused to pick up the bill, so contacted the warranty company who reported that suspension springs were not covered under the policy, so I took the hit and thought nothing more of it.
Anyway, last week while driving I suddenly got a Gearbox failure message come up on the dash and the car dropped itself into neutral and wouldn’t go back into gear.
After about ten mins it finally went back into gear and I was able to limp home.
Next day I took the car to the local Fiat dealership – Autoworld of Chesterfied to have the issue diagnosed (£90) and was told that it was due to low oil in the Selespeed unit and to fix the leak and get a replacement It would cost around £1600!!
Obviously I was pretty shocked by this and asked if it was covered under my warranty to which they replied that when they called the warranty company they were told that oil leaks were not covered even though the auto gearbox was!!
I was advised though that if I kept topping up the selespeed unit with selespeed oil it should be ok.
So I purchased a litre of the oil and got them to top it up to the max and brought the car home.
It was fine for a few days but then yesterday same thing happened again, the car dropped into neutral, except this time there was no warning of any gearbox failures.
Again, after a few mins the car was able to go into gear and I was able to drive home without any further issues.
Once I got home I checked the selespeed reservoir level and found it to be just below the maximum level, so clearly this couldn’t be the fault, but I topped it up anyway and figured I would see what happens.
Well today on my way to work the problem occurred again, so when I got the chance, I called Autoworld and asked how come the problem persisted even though the oil was being topped up and was advised that I would have to bring it in for another diagnostics check (and another £90) to see what other faults they could find!
Obviously I'm not too happy about this because first of all if the problem is something unrelated to the oil leak then my warranty would have covered this and secondly I’m having to pay another £90 to have further checks done, which I would have thought should have been done in the first place!
I’ve also tried contacting RS Traders of Doncaster and argued the fact that I’ve only had the car just over a couple of months and had all these issues but of cause they’re not interested and say there’s nothing they can do.
Anybody out there have any advise, I’m pretty desperate as I cant afford another car or repair the one I’ve got!!
