Stilo spontaneous combustion?

JHMEG

Anyone see the Stilo that had spontaneously combusted half way up Captain's Hill in Leixlip today at about 12:30? The fire brigade were there when I was passing... Looked like the fire had started in the engine bay as the front half of the car was toast and the back half was ok-ish.

Is this a known problems with Stilos? Jeez, I knew Fiat were bad, but...

[OTOH, the owner might have fitted a set of cheap and tacky Chinese HIDs...]

Guy:Incognito

In fairness it could be any number of things from FIAT related issues to dodgy alarm/car kit/mod installation etc.

JHMEG

Stekelly wrote: »

In fairness it could be any number of things from FIAT related issues to dodgy alarm/car kit/mod installation etc.

Ok, fair enough. But I've seen one Fiat and one Renault burn themselves out, but never a Toyota, Mazda or Honda. Or a German make. Suspicious....

bitemybanger

F ix
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-Chris-

bitemybanger wrote: »

F ix
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Now it's

F ire Brigade
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A bandon
T he car!

colm_mcm

Feck it's all torched!

eringobragh

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JIZZLORD

F uck
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eamon234

I had an Astra it happened to and a mate of mine had a Fiesta with the same problem so it's not confined to the Fiats although catching fire is probably the best thing a Stilo could do

The Real B-man

Lmao probaby not a Bad Thing

furtzy

JHMEG wrote: »

Ok, fair enough. But I've seen one Fiat and one Renault burn themselves out, but never a Toyota, Mazda or Honda. Or a German make. Suspicious....

Had a 05 Merc E Class go up in flames near me in a car park a few months ago! Started in the engine bay and burnt through the bonnet

10-10-20

I put out a Punto engine-bay fire on the little bridge over the M50 at Sandyford one day.
I was in a little Alfa and I had the fire out before the owner could even say a word.

I laughed at him and said "Italian cars, eh...?"

Funny thing was, he didn't seem all that impressed with my efforts...

r3nu4l

I've seen a Golf, a Mondeo and a Mazda 323 go the same way over the years. I've a Stilo myself and haven't had a problem with it yet...apart from the way the dealer tries to scalp me everytime I go for a service

ambro25

Worst I've seen was a Testarossa in Luxembourg many years ago (How I laughed... :pac:)

But I've seen plenty enough over the years all over the place (Europe, US, Middle East) to know that it's got nothing to do with the brand as it's usually component failure, and these days most European (and US, and JP, and...) manufacturers use squillions of sub-contractors all over the place for every little bit that makes a car, so... it's all to do with bad fortune (AFA owner concerned) and mech faults (AFA investigators are concerned) :cool:

Seth Brundle

10-10-20 wrote: »

Funny thing was, he didn't seem all that impressed with my efforts...

He was hoping on the insurance payout and you reduced the claim to a repair job!

maidhc

JHMEG wrote: »

Ok, fair enough. But I've seen one Fiat and one Renault burn themselves out, but never a Toyota, Mazda or Honda. Or a German make. Suspicious....

I know of a 520d that went up.

Fiats have something of a history of going up in flames though, in particular the Mirafiori.

L1011

Going on fire was about the only thing that *didn't* happen to the auld lads 02 Stilo in the time he had it, although the fuel line detaching meant it was probably only a little while away...

Late 04 on their fine cars. Wouldn't touch an 02-mid 04. They re-engineered the car heavily at that time to the point where it was re-NCAPed (with a higher grade).

r3nu4l

Last year the Peugot 307 underwent a recall to fix a 'fire-risk'. Link.

The recall only happened in the UK after BBC's Watchdog program received a huge number of complaints from 307 owners, saying their cars had combusted. I remember how most owners said that at first the dealers denied any knowledge of the problem and some dealers eventually admitted there was a problem and told the owners it was their fault 'for not keeping it in a garage' because humidity was an issue :rolleyes:

jayok

I regularly see Hondas and Toyota go up in flames - particularly the Jap Import ones. Once the joyriders are done they just torch them.

JHMEG

jayok wrote: »

I regularly see Hondas and Toyota go up in flames - particularly the Jap Import ones. Once the joyriders are done they just torch them.

You need to move house!:p

E92

Aren't Volvos notorious for self combusting too? Goes very well with a company that is a world leader in safety:rolleyes:.

javaboy

Built in obsolescence gone mad

kmb

Well i know of a mini 06 which caught fire.And a cousins escort also went up!!

And i love my 2003 stilo and would change it only for the new bravo.

As for reliabilty never had a problem with my fiats down through the years except the odd battery.

Started with the 850(who remembers that?)then 128,escort,uno,brava and now stilo.
What people dont know is that the stilo has tons of safety features and a high encap rating and also has sliding back seats handy for the holidays!!
And the sky roof is something people are amazed at.
I could change tommorow if i wanted too but see no point.
Why buy a bmw,audi or merc and watch the depreciation and service costs.



So all ye doubters do some research!!!

JHMEG

I noticed today that the road is all burned.. wonder will the council fix that?

L1011

JHMEG wrote: »

I noticed today that the road is all burned.. wonder will the council fix that?

Based on the burn damage on the bridge over the M4 in Maynooth from a hay truck going on fire - no. Not in the short term anyways.

ciarsd

JHMEG wrote: »

I noticed today that the road is all burned.. wonder will the council fix that?

Me too, cant avoid driving over it either!

MYOB wrote: »

Based on the burn damage on the bridge over the M4 in Maynooth from a hay truck going on fire - no. Not in the short term anyways.

3 weeks on and still no sign of a cleanup. Sure the partially burned hay is just over the fence too!

L1011

ciarsd wrote: »

3 weeks on and still no sign of a cleanup. Sure the partially burned hay is just over the fence too!

Theres more down oppposite Lidl - they moved the truck there to damp it down after they got the fire out.

martinr5232

10-10-20 wrote: »

I put out a Punto engine-bay fire on the little bridge over the M50 at Sandyford one day.
I was in a little Alfa and I had the fire out before the owner could even say a word.

I laughed at him and said "Italian cars, eh...?"

Funny thing was, he didn't seem all that impressed with my efforts...

Probably cos he was after throwin a fivers worth of petrol over it.:D:D:D

eamon234

Bloody Do-Gooders! Same happened when my Astra blew some bus driver appeared out of nowhere with a fire extinguisher - instead of a handy claim I had to pay 2 grand to get a new engine put in!