Air mass sensor was gone when I bought, but I bought it privately and it was a bargain. The air mass sensor was a Bosch part and cost £160 and £62 for fiat to tell me what the problem was. I fitted it myself.
I replaced the anti roll bar drop links, these were very cheap to replace and easy enough to fit.
I get a thunk on taking up gear, and a thunk from the front off side suspension on some speed bumps. It needs to become a lot worse before I can identify exactly what the problem is, fiat told me it was just the anti roll bar drop links which I replaced and half fixed the problem.
I am very pleased with the car.
It was very cheap at £4100. The common rail engine is very good, however I feel it is a little under powered, and I am tempted to get it tuned to 150bhp. I have driven the 110 JTD and it is has a lot more torque although it is a little noisier.
It cruises very well on the motorway doing 84mph at 3000 rpm.
It returns about 48mpg on average.
It does generate a little wind and road noise at speed though.
I have recently bought a marea weekend and had the same clunking noise, it turned out to be the wishbone rubber bushes and the car is now fine.
I have recently brought a 2001 (51 plate) Marea 100 sx. It is a nice car to drive, underrated in the used car market and a bargain. I too have had the clonks from the suspension and investigation shows the Torsion bar links and Rear bump stops are the culprit. Seems to be a common theme with these Fiats, luckily though its dead easy and cheap to put right so grab yourself a bargain saloon.
It turned out to be the suspension arm bushes. It is so much nicer to drive. I've now had it tuned by celtic tuning to 130bhp and it cruises effortlessly. It now tonks my wife's 1.8 marea saloon.
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