Fiat Ducati recall

[pmacker]

Has anyone tried and been successful in getting Fiat to pay for their manufacturing /part failings that plague the Fiat 250 chassis. EG abs pump, display electronic, air bag ecu.
I have a 2014 swift 686 with Fiat chassis and although it is out of warranty it’s only done 16K miles and all of the above have failed sometimes multiple times!!
We as a motorhome community should stand together and force fiat to recall these vehicles and fix them. There are numerous company’s making lots of money from us in repairing/upgrading these parts instead of fiat taking its customer care service reposibilities seriously.
I will record everyone’s ref details and write to fiat complaint to see how they respond.
Thanks

 

[RobbyMClark]

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[L' Hobo]

Has anyone tried and been successful in getting Fiat to pay for their manufacturing /part failings that plague the Fiat 250 chassis. EG abs pump, display electronic, air bag ecu.
I have a 2014 swift 686 with Fiat chassis and although it is out of warranty it’s only done 16K miles and all of the above have failed sometimes multiple times!!
We as a motorhome community should stand together and force fiat to recall these vehicles and fix them. There are numerous company’s making lots of money from us in repairing/upgrading these parts instead of fiat taking its customer care service reposibilities seriously.
I will record everyone’s ref details and write to fiat complaint to see how they respond.
Thanks

I would join you except, I drive a 2007 X250 model and have never (touch wood) ever had any of these issues. The only one I had when I bought it 5yrs ago, was with the scuttle which I quickly realised had the drain on the wrong (LHD) side and I fitted another on the other side, I also extended the plastic engine cover by pop riveting/gluing an extension to its right-hand side edge. (as one looks under the bonnet.)
I do use mine 12months a year, could that make a difference?

 

[pmacker]

I would join you except, I drive a 2007 X250 model and have never (touch wood) ever had any of these issues. The only one I had when I bought it 5yrs ago, was with the scuttle which I quickly realised had the drain on the wrong (LHD) side and I fitted another on the other side, I also extended the plastic engine cover by pop riveting/gluing an extension to its right-hand side edge. (as one looks under the bonnet.)
I do use mine 12months a year, could that make a difference?

Yes I have added another drain in the front skittle, I have also added a new earth . I also put a full cover over the Moho in winter and try to keep the front skittle from debris. It did not make any differnce. The parts seem designed to fail.

 

[L' Hobo]

Yes I have added another drain in the front skittle, I have also added a new earth . I also put a full cover over the Moho in winter and try to keep the front skittle from debris. It did not make any differnce. The parts seem designed to fail.

I also added a SECOND earth (left the old one in situ). Not sure I would use a FULL cover, I once did that to a preserved FORD100E VAN and over one winter it rotted faster than it had done the previous 5 winters parked in the open.
When I use mine in the winter, my Taylormade windscreen insulated blind covers the scuttle, perhaps it might be worth investing in something like that?

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