Faults:

Bought as faulty (miss firing). Replaced coil pack (solved).

Needed new front discs and pads.

Head gasket went.

Engine spewing out oil because of head gasket.

One of the worst cars I have ever owned.

Everything about it is crap.

General Comments:

Would have been good if the head gaskets weren't so prone, and the manufacturer actually paid more attention to the quality of parts!

Faults:

My Battery went last year at 100,000 and cost £25 to replace.

My Brake servo burst due to hardcity braking I do.

General Comments:

This is a good value for money car I paid 850 in 2000 and sold it for 800 last week.

Has served me very well and not cost me a thing hardly, never serviced it and it is a sweet as a nut.

Faults:

The exhaust front pipe went (£50 to replace)

Some welding was needed to the jack points because they had broken.

Front and back brakes needed replaced.

Handbrake didn't hold car.

CV gator needed replaced.

General Comments:

This has been a great first car. Although there seems to have been a lot of problems with the car you have to remember that it is old and the problems were easy and cheap to fix.

Interior is still in good condition.

There's a rattling sound comes from the clutch.

Quite a lot of road noise.

Faults:

The only thing at first that went wrong with my car was the starter motor. I replaced it withing 3 days and then my car was back to normal. But last Friday (Friday 13th may 2005) I stopped at the traffic lights and my started revin, but my foot was not on the accelerator. When I got home I opened the bonnet and my car kept revin from 1 to 2 then back then 1 to 2 then back then all the way to 4000 revs, but the rev cable was not moving. Can someone try to explain please what might be the problem.

Faults:

In the almost 6 years I had this car I had the following replaced/fixed:

Exhaust - don't know what the prob was, but it was £300 odd to sort out!

Head gasket - product recall thing I think or common fault?

Brake pipes - product recall again?

Bumper - but that was driver error!

Probably had more done. but I can't think of anything else!

General Comments:

Nice car, not too big, not too small. Plenty big enough to get a baby seat in the back. You can even get a bicycle in the boot, with the back seat down!

Colour was fading on the bonnet. Officailly called Rosso Red, a bit pinky.

Windscreen used to freeze inside something chronic. Seems to be the same on the 1999 edition I got last week!

Lovely little car till I wrote it off! May it live long as a donor to other Puntos!

Faults:

Timing belt went.

Radiator blew.75.000 miles.

Head gasket went.75.000 miles.

Body of car damages easily. Have dent.

Window wiper fell off.80.000.

Is very costly due to electronic diagnostics.

Motors in window wiper and car window decided to stop functioning.

Break fluid tube sprung a leak.65.000 miles, causing gear seizure.

Clutch plate nearly collapsed through the floor. 79.00miles.

Plastic fixtures, like seat adjuster and door handles are very brittle, easily affected by frost, general use.

Back window wiper also decided to take early retirement.

General Comments:

I was delighted when I got the car as it looked great, but the problems with it have really depressed me and cost me a lot of money. It has some good points, like fuel economy, and is quite nippy if you are the only one in the car!,but as soon as I get some money I am going to bring this car for a one-way trip to the cliffs of Dover.