fiat 3ltr clutch shudder Forums

1happy

Hi.
does anyone speak Italian Question

Saw a discussion on O&A about this website >>

Telbell

Catherine- I'll have a look on the French ones but it may not be for a few days- busy entertaining grandchildren in London Laughing

CliveMott

Andy sent me an update which I copy below.

Clive,
Perhaps an update of whats going on with Peugeot and Fiat may be useful:

Presently there are 73 owners who feel sufficiently concerned about the juddering to have contacted me and express their intention to make an official complaint to Fiat and Peugeot. Most, as expected, are owners of the various 6 speed versions of Fiat (130 and 160) and Peugeot (120). Though not all, as we also have several owners of the 100 models who aren't satisfiesd with the juddering.
From experience driving all of them, and from the feedback of owners it seems that the 6 speed version do judder much more than the 5 speed models, but it is degree of defect rather than lack of it.
Fiat do in effect admit that they are all juddering in reverse gear up hills, by stating that this is a 'characteristic of the vehicle'.
Peugeot deny that the problem exists.
In private Fiat admit that they know this is a serious issue but cannot do anything about it until the parent company in Italy gives them some guidance. Which, besides asking them to fob off the customers in one way or another, has been sadly lacking
There is now a huge ground-swell of opinion that this indeed a common defect to all the X250 model Fiats, Peugeots and Citroens.
It is in every owners best interests to go and reverse their vehicle up a steep hill and if they feel that the juddering is unacceptable make an official complaint to Fiat or Peugeot. Or even Citroen if you have that one of those.
Should a defect arise as a result of this defect (and plenty have already) outside of the warranty period (the clutch for instance is only a maximum of two years) then a record of the defect could save much money and hassle.
If you want to help bring an end to this potential nightmare for the second hand market and/or hopefully put pressure of Fiat and Peugeot to sort this out then email me