New Fiat & Peugeot Faults & Recalls !!!! Forums

steles

Hi
As previously posted in January we had our scuttle "FIXED" although promised new ours was not considered warped enough by the visiting Fiat engineer probably due to the fact that it had been firmly held in place by Duck tape for 5 months prior to Jan. We travelled to Spain at the end of Jan and spent the next 9 weeks subjecting the fix to a mixture of rain and sun,at times 25deg, we now have more leaks than before the fix. The Fiat dealer tell us that there is nothing they can do as the fix was witnessed by the Fiat engineer and approved. Has anybody else experienced failure after the Fix either New scuttle or Old.

rowley

Spacerunner wrote--Ah yes. But you don't get that £240's worth of stamp in the service book!

So long as it is a VAT registered garage and they use Fiat approved parts their stamp is valid.

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steles

johnc

Just got back from our leaving our van for a habitation check with a local Motorhome Dealer (not the one I purchased our present van from)

Had a nice chat about all of the problems with the new Fiat and Peugeot vans. I explained that my van was going into Peugeot for a complete water ingress makeover etc. The guy just sighed and showed me a package which had just come in from one of the Motorhome builders as a fix for their vans which were leaking.

The box contained a number of black self adhesive strips about 60” long and short ones about 3”. The plan being to stick them onto the windscreen and to join the scuttle in the middle. Believe it or not the photograph showed the strips being fitted to a van with the small one in the middle all creased. Looked wonderful!!!! Taken them a year to get round to the gaffer tape fix as used by many owners.

John C

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Autoquest

I have just had my MH back from Peugeot. The gearbox recall apparently involves replacing some pins in the differential. The ECU remap cures an EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) problem which was affecting performance and upping emision levels - I think the power is slightly different now and there is a slight change in engine note/tone plus my cruise will now hold a steady speed on my local 'hill from hell' whereas before, it dropped out.

With regards to the water ingress. I had covers fitted over various parts and the nice new gucci water catcher but NO engine cover and the scuttle was not resealed so the black mastic tape stays in place Rolling Eyes It should be noted though that water will still pour in through the sides of the bonnet and should be sealed with sponge.

Oh.. and they helpfully replaced a catch on the battery access hatch that was flush before and now sticks up proud so you step on it every time you move out of the cab Confused

jonp

Today we finally went to collect our new Peugeot Boxer motorhome. Two hours on the train to get there... and two hours on the train to get back home!

I won't go into the story of the last five months since we paid our money. This one has had all the covers fitted, and the scuttle does not seem warped in the slightest, but we checked and it leaks through the join. So we refused to accept it.

It seems to me that some mastic in the join would deal with the problem. Is that too simplistic? But whatever is done to it, I feel it should be done by Peugeot, before I take delivery. That way it remains their problem.

Is there anything a Peugeot garage can do, on Peugeot advice, to stop water coming through the join? Even a longish-term "temporary" fix would be better than nothing,

My other worry is: If this has been leaking since manufacture, and I know that the covers have only just been fitted, how do I know how much corrosion there is on the components under the covers?

Any information/suggestions on either point welcome.