Fiat Punto 1.4 GT Turbo Review

Overall Rating

Fast off the lights, looks awesome with few tasty mods, very good to drive.

Handling's not the best, torque steer, insurance is a bit steep but im only 18.

Ive only owned my Fiat Punto 1.4 GT Turbo for three days and so far I love it. It rips many a car off the lights and kept up with a Honda Civic Type R up to about 90 on a long straight last night and thats in standard form! Planning on dropping it on 16's and then tuning the engine as much as my wallet can afford. Just one slight problem (so far), the Injector Warning Light keeps popping on every now and again. Sometimes if your slowing down towards a junction and it comes on, the engine cuts out. Seems to start up most times ok again. If it comes on when your driving, the car jumps a bit when changing gear. Its as if the fuel gets cut-off for a split-second, and then comes back on again. Any help or information would be much appreciated, as this is obviously doing my head in and I need to get it sorted.

Members' Comments onste gt's Review

• spliff1star on 30th May 2005

  i have never had this problem with mine, but everyone seems to have this problem. I've even heard it happening with a few toyota starlet gts. Maybe its the sparkplugs or leads? this seems a common fault with punto gts now. if its none of them take the car to a proper garage that knows nos what they are talking about and knows how to work on punto gts.

• ste gt on 31st May 2005

  Well I seem to have pretty much sorted it now. Took it to a mates garage and he put the scanner on the ecu. Turned out there was a slight electrical fault in three of the sensors, so the scanner fixed them. The light came on once or twice later on that day and the next day, but since then it seems to have been alright. Put a Dump Valve on it last night and sounds sweet! Also got a three-way Bleed Valve, wondering if you’ve got any advice or info on the adjusting of these (how much to turn it, etc)???

• corsa on 27th Jun 2005

  yeah would like to know where you got your insurance from as i can't get insurance on a punto gt untill i am 20 years old?

• ste gt on 6th Jul 2005

  elephant.co.uk. admiral and asda are quite good too.

• puntopug on 25th Jul 2005

  Hello mate. I had the same problem! You need new injectors, and they are not cheap!

• Markmair45 on 5th Aug 2005

  Hey me and my boyfriend have had two punto turbo's. I love them. Any problem's you have i'm sure he would be happy to help. I have 16's on mine and it looks great!! It's lower aswell. Got a powerflow exhaust straight through the middle sounds lovely.

• 5p33d fr3ak on 11th Oct 2005

  Just wondering how much you paid for your insurance on your gt turbo since you are only 18. I am also 18 and want to know the best place for insurance on a gt turbo?

• 5p33d fr3ak on 17th Oct 2005

  Who is your insurance with as I am 18 aswell and would like to get insured on a punto gt. Also how much do you pay?

• billyGTwannabe on 14th Nov 2005

  How much are you paying for your insurance? I'm only 17 at the moment and I drive an escort - it's not slow but it lacks the oompf of the GT Punto. I had a go in my mates and I've fallen in love! I'm looking to get one when I'm 18/19 if the insurance is anywhere near reasonable!
  
  Reasonable being not more than a few grand, maximum £4000 a year, otherwise I wont have any money left after paying all my bills!
  
  Thanks for any help ;)

• ste gt on 13th Dec 2005

  I'm insured with Elephant. It is £1180 TP f + t on my own insurance.
  The car was actually written off last week, when some taxi driver pulled out right in front of me. Will get a claim for whiplash and a new car so not so bad.
  
  On the look out for an MR2 turbo now. Unbelievably, they will insure me for £1490 Fully Comp. Cant believe it to be honest.

• adamcommons on 23rd Apr 2008

  my injector lite came up the other day in mine and agen 2day what kinda price am i looking at for injectors its a 1997 wud that be mk1 or 2 thanks for the info

• JON90 on 19th Feb 2009

  iv had a gt since i was 17 i had 2 at one point the injector light is a common fault an can come on when there isnt even a problem . an dont turn a bleedvalve up 2 much id say about 18 psi 21 max but your risking reliability then