Hi Mike

I had a 2.4 Selespeed 5 door for 4 years.  The only problem I had was with
front tyre wear.  This was a factory tracking issue and Fiat ran a campaign
to retrack affected cars.  Might be worth keeping an eye on you front tyres
for a while.   There was at least two other campaigns:

1) (safety) to add some retaining plates to the front springs
2) (electrical) reroute of a connector in front of the fuse box and behind
the front grille.  Some selespeed models had water/damp ingress into this
connector which upset the gearbox signals and caused it to misbehave.  Fix
my have been applicable to all Stilos.

A point worth noting is that if you give your registration (assuming it is
the 1st reg when car was sold) and/or chassis number to your Fiat dealer
they can check to see if all applicable campaigns have been carried out on
you car.  If not they should still be able to get them done and bill Fiat
for the work.  If the care has been dealer maintained then they should have
all been done.  Worth checking though.

Apart from that....

Enjoy.  The Stilo is/was a much underrated car.  Usual biased press opinions
and those of the clueless.

Nick /////

I've got a JTD Dynamic 5-door.

Only issues are:

As mentioned by Nick ///// the tracking was WAY out on mine and wrecked
the front tyres before I noticed.

I had the drop links replaced under guarantee at 36,000; they were shot.
It's worth checking.

The gearbox on mine feels very stiff - I'll investigate when the weather
gets warmer.

The suspension feels a bit flimsy but no troubles so far.

I paid £3,950 for the car, it was less than three years old, in
excellent condition with 36,000 miles. I'm well pleased.

If you don't know about:

http://www.fiatforum.com/stilo/

it's definitely worth a visit.

Another Dave