FIAT Grande Punto (2006 - 2009) - Recalls and insurance

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Thu 11 Feb 2010 22:23
Recalls and insurance - TedCrilly
Been a few recall campaigns lately to say the least and my question relates to the issue of liabilty. Does the fact you as an owner being aware of a potentialy, albeit very slim, chance of an accident as a result of your car having an inherent fault cause blame on your behalf?? Toyota recently issued a press release confirming along with the ABI that cover on their affected vehicles would not be affected. Does this set a precident and can we assume all cars from all makers subject to recall will not have their cover affected. The subject is being raised as a result of Mrs C`s Grande Punto being one of the 56,000+ subject to a check on the integrity of its steering column....ooohh they kept that quiet didnt they haha??

This issue has just occured to me and I will be speaking to my insurance provider in the morning but in the interim I will be interested in any comments.
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Fri 12 Feb 2010 10:05
Recalls and insurance - AlanGowdy
The subject is being raised as a result
of Mrs C`s Grande Punto being one of the 56 000+ subject to a check
on the integrity of its steering column....ooohh they kept that quiet didnt they haha??

Yup - had mine done a couple of weeks ago. I believe the issue was a nut or bolt not being tightened to the correct torque setting.
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