Faults:

Bonnet release catch stuck.

General Comments:

I have had this 1.9 JTD 3 door Stilo for almost 18 months from new and I still think it is great.

The performance is very good, especially considering it is a diesel, although I wouldn't describe it as Fast. It certainly whizzes me up and down the motorway at illegal speeds without any problems.

It is comfortable, and for me has been very reliable. I have had no major problems and, in fact, the only issue that has needed dealing with was a sticking bonnet catch.

I bought the 3 door version, but now I have a new daughter I am almost certainly going to trade it in for a Stilo Multi-wagon. I can't fault the Stilo for value for money.

Faults:

Nothing. None.

General Comments:

Powerful engine, very comfortable drive, excellent stereo.

Sky window is a masterpiece of technology.

Cheap insurance, low consumption for a 1.8.

Very high standard of safety features.

The design is the best around for a 3dr of this class.

I am extremely happy with this car and happy people normally do not bother to write here. Bye.

Faults:

First one - bad paint - runs and drips.

Bad ICE and sat-nav. - kept locking up.

Been repaired before we picked it up, had new bumpers, wings, paint and windscreen.

Skyroof kept locking open.

Second one (after first was rejected -

Used 8 litres of oil in 14K miles.

Burning oil.

Chewing front tyres because the tracking keeps changing.

Poor miles/gallon less than 31mpg average.

General Comments:

Fiat seem unable to supply a car that is durable, drivable, and sound and fit for its purpose.

Despite numerous calls, the first one was only replaced following an independent inspection, then they gave us another one that 'got broke' less than a year from getting out of the box.

Faults:

Engine management lights.

Loss of steering.

Engine cuts out.

Steers to the left.

General Comments:

This car looks great, but hasn't got the power.

It has serious problems in 1st gear sometimes it just revs and doesn't actually go anywhere!

Engine management lights are coming on on an almost weekly basis.

On one occasion I lost all power, including steering when going down the M4!

My particular car has been in the garage possibly 5 time since I brought it in April!

On the plus side it's quite comfy and roomy.

Faults:

Sun roof worked on the test drive- didn't work when we collected the car.

No radio for first week- dealer never did mention what they did to fix it temporarily as it went again three days later.

Power steering constantly on light mode and would not turn off- faulty switch.

Brakes very spongy after a few months use, told rear callipers sticking.

Does the alarm even work? what do you have to do to trigger it. my husband was trying for a bit of fun and couldn't trigger it by opening doors or anything stopped just short of smashing a window.

The dealers hopeless. they don't know how to fix their own cars.

General Comments:

I hate this car.

I can't believe me and my husband traded a perfectly good X-reg Focus for this piece of junk. it makes me feel sick seeing it on our driveway every morning and night. It is the worst eight and a half thousand pounds we have ever spent and to we are lumbered with it until we can settle the finance next year.

We bought it on a whim in September 2003, the test drive went alright, but we should have smelt a rat; a car with 4000 on the clock; less than a year old, looking for it's second owner after the first one 'gave up driving'. talk about stupid, who would lay out over ten grand for a car if your about to give up driving. me and my husband still kick ourselves for falling for the dealers hard sell. but as they say you live and learn.

A Fiat. Never Again.

The car is slow compared to my 1.6 Focus before it, it has no go in it at all.

Boot space is shocking, my sisters Fiesta has more luggage space than mine! the weekly shopping usually ends up spilling over on to the back seat as well. (admittedly we should have checked this when we looked at the car, but when you see the size of the car you just take it for granted it will have a big boot don't you?)

I think ours is a 'Monday' car that we have managed to lumber ourselves with, in less than a year it's lost almost half it's value on what we paid for it so we can't trade it in for anything newer. Fiat dealers are all smiles till they get your money then they run, aftersales is a non sequitor to them, at least Ford give you a half-decent car in the first place so that you'll come back and buy another (the Focus is the best I've ever had and I'm green with envy whenever I see one now).

If I sound very angry about this car it is because I am. if a builder built a house as bad as a Fiat he'd be forced to pull it down and start again.

I can't believe cars as bad as this are still built in the 21st century.