2006 Fiat Multipla eleganza from UK and Ireland - Comments

At 200 miles the engine control warning light came on and the car suffered a drop in power whilst travelling along the M6. A main Fiat dealer diagnosed a 'clogged particulate filter', fixed things, and the car performed satisfactorily for the next 600 miles when the engine control light came on again with a similar loss of power. A different main dealer has been unable to fix things despite involvement with Fiat and the installation of a replacement engine management control unit. The latest theory is a software problem and I am informed that Fiat are 'close to a solution'. In the meantime I have a brand new car that has been off the road for nearly 3 weeks.

Comfortable and fun to drive and with particularly good all-round vision, but what a pity about this engine management problem.

We purchased a new Multipla 1'9 jtd recently (ran about 1200 KM) and we're very happy with it. As you say, super overview, the kids love it) and the general space feeling is very good. The car handles nicely and its engine even quite sporty. We haven't had any engine problems so far and we hope we'll never experience any! the next service interval is 20'000 KM, but I chose to have the Multipla checked after some 7000 KM just to make sure (I'm german ;-)

Imported our multipla (1.9 jtd) from Holland in 2000. Has done 90,000 miles and has been a great workhorse and fun car, but the engine management warning light has been a constant companion from the start!, loss of power etc etc., but within ten minutes it recovers and we're off again for another few trouble free months motoring! (one dealer said it was a faulty electrical connector on the throttle pedal). Anyway, we now live in Spain and it has started again, only this time the engine dies and does not recover so quickly, this may be the deciding factor in getting rid of it, I hope not!!

I have a 2004 Fiat Multipla that has done 100 000km. The car is fantastic. I did a retuning of the chip which gave it substantial extra power. Five months after doing the retuning, under heavy load the engine light would come on and the car would lose power. This slowly got more frequent where now the light comes on and power is lost as soon as it is under load. The dealers in Johannesburg had the car for two weeks and have no idea what is wrong. They replaced the diesel injector rail and diesel injectors to no avail. Now they blame the chip mod which is clearly not the case as the vehicle ran like this perfectly for months. Something else must be wrong. Any ideas?

Common loss of power is the air flow sensor. Car will run without it, sometimes better, but will put management warning light on. The default mode without the sensor seems to be a better calibration for the engine than having it connected. Happy Uglybus motoring.