well my fiat grande punto sporting, replaced my fabia I vRS, and was was faultless (WAY more reliable than the fabia it replaced) I mapped it at 4,000 miles, and sold it at 110,000 miles, and it NEVER let me down... it was cheaper than the fabia, just as fast, handled better, and was better equipped....

so I would have to say they did a better job than skoda had....

you must have had a bad experiance, ......

Real life comparison.

Fiat Tempra bought with 16 miles on clock

4k Miles - Fuel Pump Failed

18k - Alternator

19k - Power Steering Pump

23K - Water Pump

25k - Exhaust Pipe

28K - Manual choke cable snapped

30K - Belt Tensioner

30K - Front discs ruined - wear indicator circuit u/s

30k - Cover gaskets knackered - leaking oil all over engine

35k - TDC Sensor

36k - Belt Tensioer (again)

48K Power Steering Pump (again)

52k - Belt tensioner again

55K - gear lever connecting rod siezed

58K - no lights - earthing stud missing

60K - alternator.

70k - clutch replaced

etc.

On top of that, the Wiper motor kept blowing fuses and I had to change one bulb or another every couple of months.

VAG cars:

VW Passat

50K Miles - Window lifter u/s

Otherwise fault free. Still had original clutch and exhaust pipe and had only changed discs and pads once in over 100K Miles

Fabia Mark 1 vRS - 30k miles fault free

Fabia 3 Estate - 36K Miles with only two faults - airbag igniter and glowplug fault.

My conclusion - Fiats are designed by morons who use spaghetti and olive oil as their most robust components

VAG - properly designed and tested pieces of engineering

Recent JD Power Survey listed the Punto as the worst car out of 85 surveyed

Fiat aftercare - they didn't want to know!

Real life comparison.

Fiat Tempra bought with 16 miles on clock

4k Miles - Fuel Pump Failed

18k - Alternator

19k - Power Steering Pump

23K - Water Pump

25k - Exhaust Pipe

28K - Manual choke cable snapped

30K - Belt Tensioner

30K - Front discs ruined - wear indicator circuit u/s

30k - Cover gaskets knackered - leaking oil all over engine

35k - TDC Sensor

36k - Belt Tensioer (again)

48K Power Steering Pump (again)

52k - Belt tensioner again

55K - gear lever connecting rod siezed

58K - no lights - earthing stud missing

60K - alternator.

70k - clutch replaced

etc.

On top of that, the Wiper motor kept blowing fuses and I had to change one bulb or another every couple of months.

VAG cars:

VW Passat

50K Miles - Window lifter u/s

Otherwise fault free. Still had original clutch and exhaust pipe and had only changed discs and pads once in over 100K Miles

Fabia Mark 1 vRS - 30k miles fault free

Fabia 3 Estate - 36K Miles with only two faults - airbag igniter and glowplug fault.

My conclusion - Fiats are designed by morons who use spaghetti and olive oil as their most robust components

VAG - properly designed and tested pieces of engineering

Recent JD Power Survey listed the Punto as the worst car out of 85 surveyed

Fiat aftercare - they didn't want to know!

lol... at least I know understand your attidtude

fiat have turned it around with the cars (unlike the dealers, which by all reports are still rubbish, but mine was a small family owned place that was very good indeed) the tempra was "back in the day" when you could expect everything electrical to go wrong with a fiat, the electrics are now done by BOSCH

things can change, I'm not takinging the mick when I say mine was faultless for over 100k and miles better than the previous skoda?

can you at least admit, I have had a completley different ownership experiance to you?! lol... AND that just because you have bad experiance, doesn't mean we all have?

No belt?

Camshafts are chain driven

Alternator, water pump, AC compressor are driven by a belt

Supercharger is driven by another belt.

Hope that clears it up..lol

Camshafts are chain driven

Alternator, water pump, AC compressor are driven by a belt

Supercharger is driven by another belt.

Hope that clears it up..lol

So basicly no belt changes on service intervals... only by VHC (Vehicle health Check)

Want to know "what drives what and how"?

From a recent post about a week ago: http://www.volkspage...ssp/SSP_359.pdf

Interesting if you're that way inclined.

Edited 12 March, 201214 yr by Lee