Fiat Punto 1.2 ELX

am o problema cu un fiat punto....a suferit un accident frontal...si acum nu mai porneste dupa ce lam facut ....am inteles ca au un buton antisoc pcare trebuie apasat iara......unde il gasesc ascuns? :)

I have always owned a Fiat at some time or other, parts a cheap ( if you know where to look }, I currently own a punto 1.2 sporting automatic in broom yellow. I defence of Fiat, I have owned many different makes of car over the past 40 years, can anyone say they have never had problems at sometime or other with their car, I know I have, especially a Ford, and British Leyland. In my opinion, it`s price of parts and labour that people are really complaining about, not the cars.

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Only owned my punto 1.2 elx for 4 mths (70,000 miles on the clock). Already had to renew the gearbox and clutch. Now the power steering is beginning to fail! Apparently the gearbox and power steering failure are common problems. Owned my last punto (55sx 1995) for 3.5 years and had no problems with it. Thought I'd treat myself to a younger model! Won't be buying any more fiats.

Summary: it's noisy, thirsty, and costly to fix and buy parts.

I bought this vehicle as a used Japanese import. It came with just one key, the first shock was trying to get a spare key made in NZ, you can get one anywhere other than through a Fiat dealer, cost of the blank key nearly NZ $600. At that price, I could get one made from solid gold from a jewler.

Reason I chose this car was for it economy, well, I was disappointed, a tank of 40litre will do about 500km, not bad, but not great neither. Compare this to my Honda Fit (Jazz), 35litres can do about 600km.

The noise, let's just say you can hear the engine clearly, and the road noise even more loud and clear especially on the motorway (Highway). The radio and the conversation in the car just fades away.

Another issue for the short time I had it, the battery went flat. That's fine battery do go flat with age. However, the warning light came on and won't reset and needed to be taken to the mechanic with the fancy computer scanner to reset it. A few guys quoted me $100 odd dollars just to reset the light. It seem like a small issue, but it's enough to fail the Warrant of Fitness in NZ (equiv of the MOT in the UK). Compare this to a Japanese vehicle, the mechanic said Japanese vehicle usually don't need a reset for such trivial matter, just disconnect from battery for 10 seconds and warning light will be reset.

As for the spare key problem I mentioned earlier. Well, I did a DIY solution on it. Consider the car is worth about $4500, a spare key cost over $600. What I did instead was I took the transponder chip out of the original key and glued it near the sensor under the steering column. And made a spare for $8. Now, I have a spare key!

I just bough a 2000 punto elx for my first car, a steal at 800 quid for the condition its in. It took some getting used to but i love it now. A fiat punto was my last choice of car of the options i had, but when i got it on my driveway i was very suprised with it and it has changed my view on fiat altogether.

The Fiat Punto 1.2 ELX has plenty of room, eco friendly, stylish, great runner, quick.

good little run about, would recommend

Nothing but trouble since day one, first and last fiat, couldnt wait to see it off my driveway, loads of money wasted problem after problem.

I would never buy a fiat again........nice car to look at and to drive but that's when it's running.

I've had my Fiat (2001 1.2ELX) for 1 year now and it's spent more time off the road than on it.

Definetely not a car i would recommend.

I purchased my Fiat in April of this year its a 1.2 elx model, when i first got the car i was over the moon with it then i was to find out the rear speakers didn't work and that the airbag light just wouldn't go off and then the lighting fault light sometimes comes one but its not really a fault... its really comfortable, i do a hours commute to where i go to college and it great, all the switches and dial are user friendly and the car look very stylish. i payed 1800 for mine with 49,000 on the clock since owning it i have put in a CD player and new speakers, all so replaced all 4 tires ( 135 Premium tires) and had to replace windscreen wipers and tax it ( 115) and thats only in 2,500miles so not bad at all.