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Originally Posted by HammerHead rajinibm, Any further updates on your lady in gray?
Don't no why suddenly there seems to be no update on most of the Punto threads?? Is is just me?? |
Hey Hammerhead
Well,yeah been a while since any updates -- but then I was in two minds as most of the times when I was inclined to update this thread, it was for all the wrong reasons ( read as problem with my car) or I wanted to write down a disclaimer stating this thread would contain what all problems my car faced date wise and how it was resolved/not resolved for my personal reference kind of!Hmmm well the car did 5000 kms in 2 months of its purchase, first service done and then in the last 4 monts the car has clocked clocked close to 1k kms!!
The issue is that its a constant headache taking the car out as you feel extremely insecure as to when the car would/could stop while driving in the middle of the road and its feels mighty embarrassing to be stuck in the middle of the road during rush hour with a hundred people honking even when they know your cars not moving and its being pushed to the side of the road!
The issues started as small ones -- the car would not start on the first time it would be started.Had to tug the key a couple of times.Then one fine evening tried starting the car and it refused to ( the battery had drained out) had to call the TVS 24 hrs service and jump start the battery.Was told no problems now and bang the next day again the car stops on the road and had to rush to my wife and call TVS again and yet again the battery is jumpstarted and next day had the battery checked and it was feb 09 battery on a august 09 car but I said fine not such a major issue.TVS mechs said the battery is a dud and needs to be replaced and I said fine.Concorde guys called up exide and they checked the batt and they said no probs run the car and it wont fail again and then bang the car stops the next day right in mount road at seven thirty pm and that was extremely bad with a huge pile up of cars.Again called TVS and they said this time you need to pay and I was like hello -- why should I pay???but then had to as they said now they cant do free for Fiat tie-up!!!!Then yet again had the battery checkup and was adamant that the battery be replaced but to no avail.The battery was checked and was told its fine even when the charging was hovering at 11.25-11.5 and the optimum is supposed to be over 12.5(if i am not mistaken)
Anyways took the car again after being told if the car stops get the battery to exide office and dump it and we would exchange it!
Took the car on a ride with wife to chidambaram and on way back it stops in the highway!Car stops at around 9 30 am -- call up 24 hrs service and they say its paid service and i say ok just start the car so i can reach home and i promise never to take it out again.They say ok someone would be there in an hr max.The mech arrives and tries to jumptstart the battery and nothing happens then after two hours he finds that the electrical relay has problems and also the AC relay clutch stays on even when car is off!I in meanwhile call up TAFE head from where I got the car and ask him what the hell is happening and why is the car which I already had issues with behaving this way being a car just five months old and he says strange about the battery and says its peculiar how a new car has electrical problems and says he would check it the next day.Anyways after 3 hrs in the highway we start the car and drive down saying prayers that we reach home and the car doesnt stop again.
Then the next day TAFE sends down its exec and he takes the car and goes and keeps the car for 2 days and gives it back and i am assured the car if fine.The next day morning being a saturday, take it out to test it and it goes for a 100 meters and stops again!Same problem yet again and i was told the electrical lines were changed in the car but in the invoice all that was written was battery check up and pick/drop!Again called TAFE and said boss the car i on the road and i am pushing it back into my house and they say impossible, how did this happen!I said why did you not replace the battery and check the A?C relay as was told and they say we did a check up on the battery and thought it was fine and I was speechless so i told them to come home and see the car I had to show them what the problem was!!Then they again took the car and now have given it back again but still they maintain that they hope it works fine!The batt has finally been replaced!
My wife went ahead and got a new car and I have mine so dont intend to use the punto during weekdays and lets see been a while now.
The point is I dont want to waste my energy and health over such issues.
Hmmm so there the answer why this thread was left an orphan!:-)
Well asked fiat if they would buy back my car -- ofcourse at a loss and they said mysteriously , lets see if they problem arises again then he would tell me what to do with the car!(wonder whats the solution he has in mind!)
But overall , i would say its my bad luck I got the car from where I got it else I would say the cars a gem and a pleasure to drive!
Also , I would like to add here that the 1.2 engine as I personally feel is great to drive and is no way a deterrent for prospective buyers!