Fiat Abarth Punto: 50,000 km update including service and maintenance

I decided to take my car to another FNG this time. It mostly caters to Fiat cars but I could see vehicles from other brands too like Skoda, Toyota, BMW etc.

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I haven't updated this thread in a long while. The usage of the car is very less nowadays. I mostly prefer two-wheelers considering the traffic conditions, which have gotten much worse after covid.

Exide battery conked off in Feb, lasted almost 3 years. Switched to Amaron this time around, paid 5500rs for a DIN50 battery.

One of the brake lights was not working, upon opening I discovered that the bulb socket was also a little loose, ended up doing a little bit of plastic welding. Replaced both brake light bulbs.

Car has done 50k kms, time of cleaning and detailing

The steering wheel isn't just for steering, it's for holding on!

Gave the car for 50k service. Talked to a few Abarth owners and the only fiat service center in Chennai, VTK is jam-packed with cars. It's catering to Fiat, Jeep and also Citroen now, even general service is taking 4-5 days. One of my friends had got his car serviced at Expert Spanners, he gave a positive recommendation, so thought of giving it to them. They are an authorized service center for fiat. Although a bit far from my home, almost 35kms. Things you do for maintaining such cars.

Called and confirmed, they had all the general service consumables except Abarth engine oil. Bought Motul engine oil from Amazon, this is one of the engine oils which conforms to Fiat requirements. Wanted to change spark plugs as well, they confirmed it on the phone as in stock but finally told me it was not available.

There were a few issues with the car, passenger side window was making noise, motor was changed for the same. Left side horn pad on the steering is not working. They said need to clean the horn pads. They have charged for it but it was pending to be done, I told them I would get it done on the next visit when I come back for the spark plug change.

Rest all was part of regular service:

• Engine oil
• Oil Filter
• Air filter
• Cabin filter
• Coolant change
• Gearbox oil change
• Front wiper blade change

They have charged for washing and cleaning but the car was spotlessly clean when I gave it.

Service center is decent in size, around 12 service bays. Mostly they cater to fiats but I could see a few other brand cars also like Skoda, Toyota, BMW etc.

Total bill was 15,288/-

Some more pics of the car.

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