Alfa Romeo Forum - View Single Post - Gearbox problems for the 147 GTA again!!!

killer · 02-09-2004

Originally Posted by Barbalatte

Hello guys. Sorry I haven't posted for a long time. I've just returned from Europe after 2 1/2 months away.
Upon my return, I have been contacted by one of my contacts in the Alfa game in Australia and it has been brought to my attention that there has been another case of the same gearbox problem that I experienced. One of the spider gears disintegrating. Please go to your dealers and ask questions. If this happens to you, you WILL pay like I did. Yes, I had to pay for that mayhem that happened about 4 months ago.
I ended up bringing the pieces in question to a Metallurgist. He said that there was a stress fracture before the gear broke down. I wanted to go further in bringing it to a University to put it under an electron microscope. This will would have told me the exact date that the fracture happened. Though through time and money, I didn't.
Please post any comments here.
Thank you
Barba

Hi Barba,
can I ask you, how many Km did your car have when this problem occured and what reason did Alfa-centro give you for not fixing it under warranty, like were you racing the car in a supersprint or something? I find it very strange that a dealer would not fix such a problem if it occured during road use, My car has nearly 11000 km and have experienced no problems but I will be contacting my dealer Rick Damelian and see if they heard of anything about defective gearboxes, but do keep us posted of any new developments.
Cheers.
Killer

02-09-2004	#7 (Post Link)
killer AO Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 54 Member car: ALFA 147 GTA	Re: Gearbox problems for the 147 GTA again!!! Originally Posted by Barbalatte Hello guys. Sorry I haven't posted for a long time. I've just returned from Europe after 2 1/2 months away. Upon my return, I have been contacted by one of my contacts in the Alfa game in Australia and it has been brought to my attention that there has been another case of the same gearbox problem that I experienced. One of the spider gears disintegrating. Please go to your dealers and ask questions. If this happens to you, you WILL pay like I did. Yes, I had to pay for that mayhem that happened about 4 months ago. I ended up bringing the pieces in question to a Metallurgist. He said that there was a stress fracture before the gear broke down. I wanted to go further in bringing it to a University to put it under an electron microscope. This will would have told me the exact date that the fracture happened. Though through time and money, I didn't. Please post any comments here. Thank you Barba Hi Barba, can I ask you, how many Km did your car have when this problem occured and what reason did Alfa-centro give you for not fixing it under warranty, like were you racing the car in a supersprint or something? I find it very strange that a dealer would not fix such a problem if it occured during road use, My car has nearly 11000 km and have experienced no problems but I will be contacting my dealer Rick Damelian and see if they heard of anything about defective gearboxes, but do keep us posted of any new developments. Cheers. Killer