Alfa Answers Reliability Issues In UK With 5 Year Service And Warranty - Would You Consider One If They Do That Here?

Alfa Romeo has given a five-year warranty to the Giulia, Stelvio and Giulietta models as part of its bid to increase sales to 400,000 annually by 2022.

This follows the industry trend for longer warranties. The cover will be included in the purchase price of the car, along with three years of servicing and five years of roadside assistance. Parts, lubricant and labour are all included in the service cover.

The five-year warranty includes mileage of up to 75,000 miles, with the increase stemming from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ investment in its Cassino plant, where the Giulia, Stelvio and Giulietta are built.

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MDarringer - 7/11/2018 8:18:49 AM

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Alfa Romeo should have arrived with a Hyundai warranty.

Beyond that however, even with a warranty, the reliability issues are still there and still get in the way. Granted repairs are not out of pocket, but the car is still needing those repairs.

An acquaintance made the mistake of buying a Giulia. It has gone into limp mode on the 405 several times on a hot day with the air conditioner on. The dealer told him that a hot day plus air conditioning and bumper to bumper traffic is an "extreme condition" and that he should expect the limp mode. Let's not mention other cars that have no issue with the same conditions. The dashboard lights up like a Christmas tree intermittently and has done so often enough that he just ignores it.

Is it a lemon? 100% Is it a normal Giulia? 100%

If Alfa Romeo is going to act like it is a premium brand that Americans have missed and clamored for, it needed to be better engineered and better built. Given the sales thud of the Stelvio, Alfa may have screwed itself over.

Vette71 - 7/11/2018 10:40:14 AM

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Alfa's reliability validates the old joke about European heaven and hell.

European heaven: English police, French chefs, German Mechanics, Italian lovers.

European hell: French police, English chefs, Italian mechanics, German lovers.

Everyone is good at something. Italians make sexy cars. They just can't make reliable and dependable cars and a long warranty doesn't solve the problem.

TomM - 7/11/2018 12:52:29 PM

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A long warranty cannot take the place of reliability - even a Hyundai 10 year does not make their cars any more reliable. The inconvenience of having to take your car in for unscheduled service cannot always be made up with a free service.

MDarringer - 7/11/2018 3:59:45 PM

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Leave it to TomM it completely miss the point...as usual.

garysandiego - 7/13/2018 1:27:08 AM

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Matt? "Beyond that however, even with a warranty, the reliability issues are still there and still get in the way. Granted repairs are not out of pocket, but the car is still needing those repairs." Sound familiar? Isn't Tom agreeing with you? (For once, I might add?)

Foncool - 7/11/2018 5:29:54 PM

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Not to mention the shear and utter humiliation of actually being seen in a Hyundai, but I guess it’s ok if you own the corner lot at the entrance to the trailer park.

MDarringer - 7/11/2018 7:17:42 PM

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So you're against warranty coverage? How is that logical?

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/11/2018 9:44:14 PM

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Just buy a Toyota and be happy. No, you will never be cool, but who cares. You won't be a regular in the service department. Ever.

MDarringer - 7/11/2018 10:52:04 PM

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I'd rather be uncool in a Stinger than stranded in a Giulia.

Foncool - 7/12/2018 7:23:20 AM

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Some neon lighting, a couple of Maxwell House cans for the exhaust and you too can be cool in your Stinger!

MDarringer - 7/12/2018 8:05:45 AM

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Why be an a$$h0le?

Foncool - 7/12/2018 8:42:17 AM

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You may want to look in a mirror on that one.