FIAT Service centers in Bangalore

Fiat cars are serviced by Tata Motors since 2006. Prior to this they were serviced by TVS, which is a dealer for Chevrolet now. There are a few authorized centers approved by Fiat from the bygone era. Green Tracks (Jalavi Motors) falls into this category. Since FIAT cars are 'differently-engineered', the regular 'Maruti/Hyundai/Tata experienced' service folks are seldom successful in diagnosing/fixing any issues with the car. Therefore, the experienced Fiat folks are rare to find and have dispersed into various garages during the shut down of Fiat service centers.

Choosing a service center, for a non-regular service, can be a complex decision. It is suggested to gather the current status of various garages from PUG before choosing one.

Here is the map showing the current service locations in Bangalore.

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First puncture

The rear left tyre suffered a puncture after a stray hard spring pierced through the inner side wall. I was hearing a weird spring sound from the left side during night drive (very silent) Thought it was from the rear brake drum and wanted to check it myself and removed the rear tyre. Then i found this stuck to the tyre:

The nearby local tire repair guy fixed the puncture, but its loosing pressure rather quickly nowadays.

It was the first puncture for the Michelins after completing one year and 5k kms.

Rear seat rattle solved

Solved the loud rattle that was coming from the rear sire at very slow speeds (half clutch vibration). It was rather difficult to find the source of the noise. Thought it was the parcel tray, door handles, etc... Could reproduce it finally by thumping on the rear seat back side. Unlocked the seat flip down, and saw there was some insulation tape wound on the lock stud and it was torn. Looks like it came from the factory itself or the TVS guys did some decent PDI/fix. Took the old tape off and wound 8-10 turns on the stud.

The rattle noise disappeared from then on!