Stellantis opens ‘Online Compensation Platform’ regarding its PureTech engines

Stellantis opens ‘Online Compensation Platform’ regarding its PureTech engines

Car manufacturing group Stellantis has launched an online compensation platform for European clients with unforeseen reparation costs related to their 1.0 and 1.2 PureTech engines. Several generations of these engines (also known as EB) confronted their owners with excessive oil consumption or a premature degradation of the timing belt. This additional compensation scheme is meant to cover the costs incurred by Stellantsi clients between January…

The 1.2 litre PureTech three-cylinder engine equips a wide range of Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and even some Fiat or Jeep models. Appreciated for its relative flexibility (especially for a three-cylinder engine), this turbo petrol engine has built up a reputation for technical failures. Many customers have reported serious failures (i.e. engine crashes), sometimes costly (the price of replacing an engine), which have motivated a revision of main…