ed
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The squeal comes from the front brakes, not the rear anyway so upgrading to a 1.9 could potentially not solve the problem if you are unlucky.
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blebo
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The dilemma is do I take the £1K hit, Which I cant afford - might need to have a car boot sale etc - or just grin and bear it for two - long and boring - years
at like 10:24 this morning you were going to grin and bear the car for 2 years with no mention of squeeling brakes, but now just a few hours later it's so unbearable you plan to back the car  
Didn't want to go into all the details this morning cause I had never thought about taking the car back. I spoke with the dealership today and on the side I was told that two other people have returned the car due to "brake issues"
Yes I want to get rid of the car cause of the noise and number of trips to garage
No I cant tell if the new car will have the same proplem but from what I have been told FIAT are unable to sort the proplem out in the active sport range.
It not a cop out to get rid of the old car free of charge
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Colin
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If I was sending one faulty Fiat back theres no way id be taking on another one!!
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Gareth
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Imagine what its going to be like in a few years if its got a problem from new and fiat carnt fix it!?
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ed
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Squeeling brakes is hardly the end of the world though. It's not like the car is dropping to pieces.
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willay
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ed will stick up for the punto until the END.
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blebo
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Originally posted by ed
Squeeling brakes is hardly the end of the world though. It's not like the car is dropping to pieces.
Great fun driving round the town with brakes that squel, and I mean squal proper loud.......an I cant go into a multi storey car park.
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ed
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No no no, it's annoying and they shouldn't do it. I was saying that it's not like the car is falling to bits Gareth John...
I'm suprised they haven't fixed it. Mine has the modded brake pads on already as it was built post recall and the brakes are silent and fantastic...
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Twiggy
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copper grease?
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bubble
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brakes still work and they are still fit for the purpose.
the porsche gt3 costs over 100k. when msn cars test drove it the brakes squealed.
its common on any car.
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ackers2302
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i know what you're sayin mate. its the small things like that which take the enjoyment out of ownin a new car, knowin you're guna have it a while.
surely there's something in the contract statin that if you dont keep your end of the deal up you can be sued and vice versa. well their car is faulty so tell them to sort it out or you will be in touch with trading standards.
they'l soon get their finger out and do sumat 
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Gez G
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