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Before you buy a used Fiat Ulysse.

2000–2010 · Petrol / Diesel · 2 engines

Taken only from Testigo's sourced sheets. Use it to question the seller and on the test drive: it does not confirm that any particular car is affected.

Fiat Ulysse, real photo of this generation
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The essentials.

Typical faults by engine

The period and mileage are those mentioned by each sheet's sources. They are not a maintenance interval and do not predict that any particular car will fail.

All versions

Sheets the catalogue links to all 2 of its engines.

  • Ball joints, rear tyres and belts on the C8, 807 and UlysseKnown weak points
    Period mentioned
    2002–2014
    Mileage mentioned
    What the sheet says: According to Honest John, the rear wear was fixed under warranty with 16-inch wheels; Citroën later supplied new guttering with every C8 belt. On the Ulysse with Fiat engines, belt and pump are changed every 58,000–64,000 km. Ulysse recalls (2003): water in the airbag ECU, sliding-door locks, front brake hose and hub pin.

    Applies if: Only the Ulysse II (2002–2010), twin of the C8 and 807.

2.0

Petrol

We have no faults specific to this engine, only those common to every version.

2.0 / 2.2 JTD-Multijet

Diesel

Which engine has the fewest documented faults?

Documented faults and recalls by engine for the Fiat Ulysse
EngineDocumented faultsRecalls
2.0PetrolFewest documented11 with conditions1
2.0 / 2.2 JTD-MultijetDiesel21 with conditions0

According to the data we have, the engine with the fewest documented faults is the 2.0 (Petrol).

By fuel type, the one with the fewest documented faults is: Petrol.

We only count the sourced sheets we have. An engine with fewer is not guaranteed to be more reliable: it may have been studied less or sold in smaller numbers.

Official recalls: ask before you pay

A recall existing does not mean this car is affected or that it is still outstanding: it depends on the chassis number, the market and the production date.

  1. Ask the seller for the chassis number (VIN): it has 17 characters, appears in the car's documents and can usually also be seen at the base of the windscreen.
  2. Ask an official Fiat dealer, or the brand's official website if it lets you check by chassis number, whether each recall has been done or is still outstanding for that VIN.
  3. Manufacturer recalls are normally carried out free of charge by the official service network. If one is outstanding, ask for it to be done before you close the sale.
Ulysse sound-deadening guard detachmentBodywork

Engines: 2.0 (Petrol)

How to check it: Confirm VIN; replace all fastenings with the campaign captive fasteners and bolts.

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On the test drive: what to look and listen for

Taken from each sheet's symptoms and checks. You can tick off what you have already looked at: it is saved only in this browser.

0 of 2 checked

DPF / EGR / turbo / flywheel

  • Look out for: Particulate filter warning and power loss; rough idle from a dirty EGR; vibration and knocks when starting or in low gears (dual-mass flywheel); smoke or hesitation from injectors at high mileage.

    Ask them to check: Read the DPF status and additive level, check the EGR and cooler, check the dual-mass flywheel at start-up and measure injector balance rates.

Known weak points

  • Look out for: Front suspension ball joints that fail (and replacement shortages); excessive rear tyre wear; serious build-quality problems. On the HDi: belts that break from windscreen water dripping onto their cover (2.2 HDi 2002–2007), a damped pulley to replace with the belt, water pump, particulate filter running out of additive and injectors seized in the 2.2 HDi cylinder head.

    Ask them to check: Check ball joints and tyre wear; ask for the belt history; check campaigns by VIN.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from these Testigo sheets and their original sources. Sources are not checked in real time.

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