Misty

Im looking to buy an R/T, and the chap selling it has mentioned a fault code- timing out- after a cambelt change at 80k miles. The car runs and drives perfectly, isn't lumpy or off, and has had 15k put onto it like it is. Is this something that can be rectified? Something more sinister? Any info would be great

Same story with the stilo...I have to go in through the wheel arch! Looks like I'll be looking around for a neon soon, stilo is getting binned or traded in...such a dangerous car!

Hi folks! I'm currently thinking about having the R/T as a daily driver. I'd love to hear some genuine reviews on reliability and general maintenance. I currently have an '03 Fiat Stilo nearing 136k and...it is just awful as a car. I mean, prior to that I had a '99 Polo which was a shed, but that's a given seeing as it was my first car! This italian thing though...it's got sensors everywhere that just fail for no reason, my power steering has gone once already which required a full steering column change, the rear axle bushes are fubar, and the thing has just started with an electrical glitch causing power steering to cut out and I suspect other stuff to cut out too, but it happens so quick that by the time I try to assess what's happening everything goes back to normal. Not to mention the engine light will flash up all the time in winter, when all the fluids get too cold or aren't filled to the flippin' brim, it has a right paddy and doesn't want to get out of bed. So that's the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. I've wanted a Neon for a long time, but being only 22 insurance companies would have taken the p*ss (£1300 per year for a shed 1.0 litre polo was bad enough). Now I've held a licence for some years it's not so bad! My other Mopar is a 70's Dodge Power Wagon resto. I also have a Thunderbird Super Coupe in the garden having an engine re-build. But anyway....any and all reviews/opinions appreciated!