2004 fiat Ulysse reviews

Fiat Ulysse 2.2 JTD Eleganza 2004

Bought as an Ex demonstrator, 3 months old with 2600 on the clock and at first was pleased. Within weeks we had problems with the electric doors opening by themselves evening allowing our 3 year old to fall out into the road when the vehicle was stopped. Plagued with water getting into the electrics, poor drainage and stupid location of fuseboxes, I wouldn’t recommend this car to anyone. In the first year the car went into the dealership 13 times (twice for over a week). Dealership told us that the car had numerous design flaws in the electrics and that Fiat had tried to be too ambitious with the computer systems. The knock on effect of this car’s poor reliability is that the Ulysse now has extremely poor residual value. Built by robots, designed by morons, Fiat UK have washed their hands of any responsibility. The last issue was a loose battery terminal which spiked the computer and did £800.00 worth of damage. Dealership stated that it was the poor design of the quick release battery terminal that was at fault, but we still had a bill for £800.00. All in all if yours works you’re lucky, but don’t be surprised if you get a heap of issues with it. The more advanced your version the more likely your are to get issues. Buyer beware!!