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Alfa Romeo 156 2.4 JTD |
| Date: |
30/06/01 (4052 review reads) |
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Advantages: Engine, Looks, Handling
Disadvantages: Weak front suspension, Hard on Diesel
Unless you live in a region with billiard table smooth roads!
If you read my previous report on the 156 2.4JTD, you will be familiar with my problem; the car sits low to the ground, and on bumpy roads, bottoms out, cracking the sump and causing the oil to drain out.
It has happened to me for the third time in four months. The dealer is doing his best, but Alfa don't want to know. They say there is not a problem with this model, but three sumps in four months at a cost of £500.00 each time is not reasonable.
The latest info from Alfa tells me that as the car is a "sports saloon", it naturally sits quite low to the ground, and therefore would be more suceptable to grounding than a "normal" saloon car. They tell me not to drive it as fast. Yet all the advertising blurb that Alfa come out with tells me the exact opposite.
So there you have it - buy an Alfa Romeo and drive it at speeds the Queen Mum would drive at! I bought an Alfa for the very reason that I would be able to cover the ground quite quickly in one, but AR themselves are now telling me that this is not the case. Therefore my advice to anyone considering a purchase of a 156 - any 156 - is not to. Alfa Romeo don't care once they have got your money off you.
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- 28/06/09 Seems we have a couple of people that cant see the state of the roads and blame it on there car. I have had 3 alfa 156 2.4 jtds covering over 300000 miles in total and not once had a problem. They have an engine tray that sits level with the bottom of the front bumper so if your sump is hitting the ground you dont have the sump tray on, and to get the road higher than the bottom of the front bumper takes either a bad road or a really stupid driving. 300000 miles and no problems I think is a good test. |
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- 26/02/05 I have had the same problem. 2 sumps in 6 months. I'm not a boy racer and wasnt going particularly fast. It's a design fault and Alfa should be big enough to admit it.
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- 05/07/01 As Andrew says, welcome to DooYoo. Sorry to learn of your problems. Sounds like your dealer is not helping you. It is poor dealers that keeps me away from buying another Alfa.
We considered thte 156, but poor demo models provided by our locla dealer put us right off. If they can't get the demo model right, what hope is there for your own car ?
Certainly sounds as if better front springs/shock absorbers are needed.
Suggest you try the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for technical advice. |
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