1998 Fiat Punto 60s review from UK and Ireland
"Unbelievable - a car 8 years old with only 80k miles shouldn't have its engine fall out"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
The most drastic incident happened last week - when out of the blue, the engine fell off the mounts writing the car off (at only 80,000 miles). The only upside was I was only travelling at 15mph at the time, had it been on a dual carriageway/motorway it would have probably been fatal.
Before its death, it had other problems - the window wiper motor ceased up twice (£95 + vat for a new one).
ECU had been playing up for a while, causing the car to overrev for no reason - Fiat could find nothing wrong and never solved the problem, despite 2 visits to a main dealer.
Head gasket went at 60k, clutch about 55k, front pads at 30k.
General comments?
When it was working it was great, cheap to run.
For the first 2-years it ran like clockwork, however then it was one thing after another. Hindsight is a brilliant thing, and with it, as soon as it started playing up, I'd look to change.
I'm still in shock about the engine - I've never heard that happening to another car, especially cars of a similar age and mileage.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Year of manufacture | 1998 |
| First year of ownership | 2002 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.2 Manual |
| Performance marks | 7 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 3 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 5 / 10 |
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| Distance when acquired | 10000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 80000 miles |
| Previous car | Fiat Punto |
| Date of Entry | 18th August, 2006 |