Brake pipe rusty.
Play in steering rack.
Starter motor noisy.
Starting problems.
Would occasionally run on 3 cylinders.
Clutch required at 36000.
Head gasket blew at 36000.
Gearbox whines.
Brake master cylinder x3.
Engine whines.
Speedo noisy.
Camshaft cover leaks oil.
Suspension knock.
Rust.
Plus everything else what I can’t remember.
I brought this car for £365 with a full service history and all old MOT's, so I know the mileage is genuine.
This was my first car and I wish that I had waited and got a Rover Metro instead.
Every few days something else would go wrong with it.
The interior is cheap and the seats gave me foot and back ache.
The car doesn’t handle well, as you have to slow down a lot for corners.
The handbrake is rubbish like all small Fiats I eventually gave up using the handbrake and just left it in gear.
Gutless above 30mph.
Bolts are of poor quality.
Ran poor when cold.
At one point I worked out my mpg and it was 28, I get 35 out of the metro I replaced this with, which has a bigger engine.
I owned an Uno Fire with the 999cc engine from 1986 (it was one year old then) till replaced by a Punto in 1998; in that time the only problems were a broken wiper motor and a bit of rust around the rear wind-screen. It never used oil and never let us down exept for when the battery went flat; obvioulsy the 'full service history' that your car appears to have had must have its weaknesses - 'fire' engines have a reputation to being unbreakable and I'm sorry to hear your problems with this car - the only cars we've ever owned were Fiats and Lancias and you seem to have more problems with this lonely Uno than we've had with all of our cars put together. Maybe in Switzerland, where I live, cars are maintained to a higher standard... it is also unfair to state that you'd never buy another Fiat based on a car which you paid only GBP365 for...
I don't understand it.
Judging by other owners comments, the Uno is generally a trouble-free, reliable and economical unit. You must have owned a dog!
I'll have to agree with the first commenter: we, too, have owned many FIAT's (two of them being FIRE engined) and have never had any trouble with the engine/drivetrain componets. Sure, there were electrical glitches, but I'd say, they're good cars for the price, cheap to own and maintain.
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