2014 FIAT 500 Complaints

I HAVE HAD A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH MY FIAT 500L TREKKING THAT IT LOSES ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC, CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF AND AT TIMES IT WILL ACCELERATE ON IT OWN. I HAVE TO PULL OVER IF ABLE AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO GET IT TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FIAT BUT THEY HAVE IGNORED IT SINCE 2016. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF IT LOSING POWER. FIAT DEALER (KANSAS CITY) TELLS ME THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE A SUPPOSED COMPUTER CODE. IT HAS HAD ALL THE RECALLS DONE ON IT AND THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES. THEY WON'T FIX IT.

I PURCHASED MY 2014 FIAT 500L IN MARCH 2019 WITH ONLY 54,000 MILES ON IT. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS TRAFFIC AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. AS I FRANTICALLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO GET THE CAR TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE REVVED TO APPROXIMATELY 5000 - 6000 RPMS UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED A GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY. THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO MORE VERY CLOSE, ALMOST ACCIDENTS, JUST LIKE THE ONE DESCRIBED ABOVE; AS WELL AS OTHER INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED SUCH AS CHANGING LANES IN A TRAFFIC JAM AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE, ETC. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS LATER (LAST WEEK), WHILE SITTING IN A TRAFFIC JAM FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, I BEGAN SMELLING A BURNING SMELL. SHORTLY AFTER, WHILE INCHING FORWARD, THE CAR JUMPED; ALMOST FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. ABOUT FIVE - TEN MINUTES LATER, A MESSAGE DISPLAYED SAYING TO PLACE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THEN BACK INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. I DID THIS AND THEN ALARMS STARTED DINGING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER, WHEN TRAFFIC FINALLY STARTED TO MOVE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ONLY GO INTO 2ND, 4TH, AND 6TH GEARS. WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE MANUAL SHIFT MODE, IT SAID GEAR NOT AVAILABLE. I MANAGED TO GET MY CAR HOME AND TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE TCM AS BAD (CODE P1CB1). IT COST ME $1,221.51 TO FIX! THERE WAS A COMPLETED GEAR SHIFT MODULE RECALL (NHTSA # 14V-103) IN MARCH 2014 AND A COMPLETED REPROGRAM POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE RECALL (NHTSA # 17V-192) IN MARCH 2017. FIAT HAS FAILED MISERABLY TO FIX THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND THERE'S STILL REPEATED PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS. THEY DID NOTHING FOR ME WHEN I CONTACTED THEM! IT IS A SAFTEY ISSUE! DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THIS IS RECALLED? BECAUSE I COULD HAVE!

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT TO DRIVE AFTER REVERSING, AND HICK UPS WHEN GEAR CHANGING.

THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY OUT OF PARK. WOULD NEED TO WAIT AND SHIFT THROUGH GEARS AND WAIT TO HEAR GEAR ENGAGE. SOMETIMES I HAD TO DO THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE IT FOUND THE GEAR. THIS HAPPENED BOTH FOR REVERSE AND DRIVE. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT TIMES WHEN NEEDED. IT WOULD REV REALLY HIGH BUT NOT CHANGE GEARS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY. EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD ALSO OCCUR ON REGULAR STREET DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V103000 (POWER TRAIN). THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

KNOWN RETRACTABLE ROOF ISSUE WHERE THE ELECTRONIC MODULE CONTROLLING THE ROOF MALFUNCTIONS. THIS IMPACTS THE ABILITY TO OPEN THE TRUNK FROM THE OUTSIDE. UPDATE TO MODULE CONDUCTED BY MANUFACTURE IN 2015, HOWEVER ANY EARLIER MODELS ARE AT RISK FOR THIS TO OCCUR. FIX REQUIRES REWIRING PLUS NEW COMPONENT, COST IS $1100

IM GETTING A TURBO UNDERBOOST CODE FROM THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT'S A SOLID LIGHT NOT FLASHING. I DO NOT HAVE A GAS CAP & IVE ALREADY HAD A SMOKE REST WHICH REVEALED NO LEAKS. I STARTED PUTTING PREMIUM GAS & THE LIGHT WENT OFF & WAS BACK TO PEAK DRIVING PERFORMANCE BUT RECENTLY IT CAME ON AGAIN WITH SAME CODE & IT'S DRIVING LIKE AN OLD LADY NOW

CAR JUST A FEW MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. STILL PAYING MONTHLY NOTE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WITH A COST OF $6000 TO REPAIR. CAR IS NOT WORTH WHAT WE OWE PLUS WHAT REPAIR CHARGE WILL BE. I SEE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS OF THIS WITH OTHER OWNERS- WITH LOW MILES. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND FIAT NEEDS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIR. THIS ISSUE LEFT MY 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STRANDED WITH 3 YOUNG CHILDREN! I AM READING ALL THESE ACCOUNTS FROM OTHER OWNERS, BUT NOT SEEING ANY RESOLUTION. WE WERE TOLD TO JUST 'GIVE AWAY' THE CAR. WE ARE STILL PAYING THE NOTE! DID NOT KNOW A FOUR YEAR OLD CAR WHICH HAS BEEN WELL- MAINTAINED WAS CONSIDERED DISPOSABLE.

BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED ON MY 2014 FIAT 500GQ AT 21250 MILES WITHIN 1 WEEK OF EACH OTHER. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED ON 06/14/2019. I REPLACED THE REGULATOR MYSELF ON 06/22/2019, BUT AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I ROLLED UP MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED THERE AS WELL! NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED. THE FAILURE WAS THE SAME FOR BOTH. WHEN ROLLING UP THE WINDOW WHEN THE WINDOW REACHES THE TOP OF THE TRACK AND STOPS AGAINST THE DOOR FRAME THE REGULATOR MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN FORCING TOO MUCH TENSION ON THE INTERNAL MECHANISM. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE SAME TYPE OF FAILURE OCCURRED ON MY VEHICLE, THIS EXTRA TENSION CAUSED THE CABLE TO BE PULLED FREE FROM THE TOP PULLEY OF THE REGULATOR. A CRUNCHING/GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD AS THE CABLED IS PULLED THROUGH THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE DOOR, FOLLOWED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE WINDOW FORCING THE WINDOW TO DROP FULLY OPEN. THIS COULD BE VERY HAZARDOUS IF IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE DRIVER HAS NO ABILITY TO RAISE THE WINDOW. BOTH OF THESE INSTANCES OCCURED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT STATIONARY, THE FIRST WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON A CITY STREET, THE SECOND WHILE IN MY DRIVEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE PROPER GEAR. THE CONTACT COULD NOT PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT MADE MORE THAN TWO ATTEMPTS TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAITED APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AND WAS ABLE DRIVE OFF SAFELY. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, "SWITCH TO NEUTRAL THEN TO DRIVE" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FIAT DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH STAR DODGE SAN PEDRO (7242 SAN PEDRO AVE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216, (210) 249-7500) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE MAY HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF AN UNKNOWN RECALL THAT WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH HER VIN. THE MECHANIC THEN REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.