2014 FIAT 500 Complaints

RAKATA RECALL,I HAVE PROBLEMS WHIT MY CAR WHEN I LOST MY BATTERY OUT OF CHARGE WHEN I WAS RUNNING ,SO I PUT CHARGE WHIT A SMART CHARGER AND BY MY SURPRISE THE CAR DON'T START I GO TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER SAYS THAT I BURNED THE COMPUTER BUT IT'S NOT TRUE I DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING SO ANYWAYS I HAVE 28000 MILES IN 3 YEARS OLD CAR AND THE COMPANY DON'T WANT TO REPAIR BECAUSE THEY DON'T SO I NEED TO PAY + 1200 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR THAT I KNOW HAVE WARRANTY.

TRANSMISSION FAULT, FREQUENTLY WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE, HAVE TO JOGLE THE GEAR LEVER AND THEN IT DOES MOVE, TOOK IT TO PALMETTO FIAT, THEY SIAD THEY TRIED A NEW CONTROL MODULE, BUT DID THE SAME FAULT, WAS ALSO TOLD BY THEM THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT FAULT ON THIS MODEL THAT WAS MADE IN VIETNAM OR SOMEWHERE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT IF THE CAR GOES INTO LESS POWER MODE ON THE HIGHWAY . I WOULD LIKE TO REMEDY THIS AS MY WIFE LOVES THE CAR, IT HAS 51,000 MILES UNFORTUNATELY AND TO BE CHARGES NEARLY $6,000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NOT CORRECT, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW YOU CAN HELP US, AS THIS CAR HAS HAS VARIOUS RECALLS FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

MY FIAT HAS BEEN HAVING A ISSUE WITH STALLING ON THE ROAD.. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO MECHANICS FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT NOT ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM. IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN

I HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION OF MY 2014 FIAT 500 SPORT DUE TO THE RECALL IN 2016. ON 1/15/19, I LOST USE OF THE TRANSMISSION IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR JUST BEFORE I GOT HOME. AS THE CAR LIMPED TO THE CURB OUTSIDE MY HOUSE, I COULD SMELL THE CLUTCH BURNING. THE STICK SHIFT FELT COMPLETELY BROKEN AND JUST FLOPPED AROUND ON THE CENTER CONSOLE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED VIA FLAT BED TO MY FIAT DEALER/SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE SHIFTER CABLES BROKE AND THE CLUTCH DESTROYED. I HAD EVERYTHING REPLACE TO THE COST OF $2,436.60. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET WHILE IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE HAS 40,507 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND WAS PURCHASED NEW. I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT AFTER DUE DILIGENCE ON MY PART TO HAVE THE CLUTCH REPLACED VIA THE RECALL, THE CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE.

I WAS ON A SIDE STREET TURNING L ONTO A BUSY STREET. THERE WAS A LONG LARGE WHITE VAN BLOCKING MY VIEW FROM TURNING. I WAS AT A STOP SIGN. AS I STARTED TO MOVE OUT I DID LOOK BOTH WAYS FIRST. THERE WAS A RED AUTO OVER A BLOCK TO MY LEFT & RIGHT AN AUTO WAS WAY BEHIND TRACKS. WE HAVE A LONG SET OF TRACKS DUE TO BUSY STREET ON A SLANT. AS I TURN, ANOTHER CAR ON MY LEFT HIT MY CAR SO HARD THAT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD AND I WAS MOVED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT OF CAR & THIS INTENSIFIED IMPACT ON MY LEFT SIDE HEAD TO LEFT DRIVER WINDOW. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. LOC MOMENTARILY, DISORIENTED, TAKEN TO ED VIA AMBULANCE, 2 INCH LACERATION TO SCALP. THIS INITIATED MANY SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS THAT ED NEVER KNEW ABOUT. CT SHOWED IRREGULARITIES TO LEFT BRAIN, I WAS UNABLE TO WRITE LEGIBLE, MY TEXTS WERE NOT UNDERSTANDABLE, MY SISTER STATED SHE HATED TO CALL BECAUSE I WASN'T MAKING SENSE & I FELL CONTINUOUSLY FOR NO REASON. I CAUSED NUMEROUS BROKEN RIBS DUE TO FALLS & ONCE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO RIB SEPARATING FROM STERNUM. MY PSYCHIATRIST PUT ME ON ADDITIONAL MEDICATION DUE TO DEPRESSION. HAD PT TO INCREASE MUSCLE TONE IN LEGS . JUST HAD A RADICAL MASTECTOMY 5 MO PREVIOUSLY AND I KNEW I WASN'T RIGHT. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED OTHER CAR WAS GOING 25MPH WHICH CAN'T BE CORRECT. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 30MPH & EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN AREA KNOW OUR TRAINS ARE SO LONG THAT YOU WANT TO CROSS THEM BEFORE A TRAIN COMES. MY CAR WAS NEARLY ON TRAIN TRACKS. I KNOW BY TURNING LEFT, I WAS AT FAULT BUT THE VAN THAT BLOCKED MY VIEW WAS ILLEGALLY PARKED IN A BUS STOP. I ATTEMPTED TO FILE A LAW SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER/FIAT BECAUSE NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BECAUSE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD ME IN PLACE. NO LAWYER WANTED TO GO AGAINST A CAR COMPANY. I ALSO HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. I WAS HURT BADLY, MY AUTO INSURANCE CANCELED ME. I'VE BEEN ON SSDI SINCE 2011 DUE MULTIPLE SURGERIES. I LIVE OFF SSDI ONLY. *DSY *DT*JB

MY ELECTRIC FIAT 500E (2014) USED TO BE AMAZING. THEN FIAT MADE ME GO TO A DEALER TO GET A SOFTWARE UPDATE AS PART OF A RECALL. I GOT THE SOFTWARE UPDATE IN NOVEMBER 2018. EVER SINCE THEN, WHILE I'M DRIVING, THE AMOUNT OF MILES REMAINING ON MY ELECTRIC BATTERY DROPS BY AS MUCH AS 15 PERCENT SUDDENLY, ACCORDING TO MY DASHBOARD NUMBERS. IN OTHER WORDS, I'LL BE ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING 65 MPH, AND SUDDENLY MY CAR WILL TELL ME I AM ALMOST OUT OF ELECTRIC POWER WHICH MEANS MY CAR MIGHT SUDDENLY STOP ON THE HIGHWAY AND GET HIT BY OTHER CARS. I HAVE TALKED TO THE FIAT DEALERSHIP WHICH PERFORMED THE UPDATE. THEY SAID THEY CAN'T HELP. I HAVE TALKED TO THE CHRYSLER FIAT RECALL DIVISION WHICH FORCED ME TO GET THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE WHICH HAS RUINED MY FIAT AND ENDANGERS MY LIFE. I HAVE TALKED WITH THEM FOUR TIMES ON THE PHONE. THEY PRANKED ME BY TELLING ME TO CALL BACK ANOTHER TIME AND TALK TO A 'LEVEL 1' REPRESENTATIVE. A LEVEL 1 REPRESENTATIVE, I FOUND OUT, IS ANYONE WHO ANDWERS THE PHONE AND THOSE WORKERS SAY THEY CANNOT HELP ME AND I MIGHT AS WELL KEEP DRIVING THIS DEATH TRAP CAR. I ASKED IF I COULD HAVE THE SOFTWARE UPDATE REVERSED. THEY SAID NO. I ASKED IF THEY COULD LOOK AT MY CAR BATTERY. THEY SAID NO. THEY FORCED THIS WORSENING OF MY CAR ON ME AND NOW I HAVE NO RECOURSE BUT TO KEEP DRIVING IT AND WAIT TO DIE IN IT. I GUESS? COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. THANK YOU.

CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS 3/2/15 CAR STALLED MONTHS FOLLOWING PURCHASE OF THE CAR NEW TOLD IT WAS A ISSUE WITH THE COLD TEMPS AND BATTERY WAS NOT SWAPPED UPON ARRIVAL IN US. MONTHS LATER 11/17/15 THE CALL BEGAN TO STALL AGAIN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND TOLD A RECALL WAS ISSUED AND HE CAR NEEDED TO BE UPDATED AND IT WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE. CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO STALL 12/17/15 AND BACK IN THE SHOP DID NOT IDENTIFY ISSUE UNTIL 12/26/15 AND TOLD THE ISSUE WAS CONTROL MODULE 9/9/17 CAR STARTED TO STALL AGAIN DID NOT IDENTIFY ISSUE. 10/26/17 STALLING AGAIN DID NOT IDENTIFY ISSUE BE BELIEVE DEALER HAD RECALL. DECEMBER 2018 CALL STALLING ISSUES OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY AND IN JANUARY CODE STATED CONTROL MODULE WAS FAILING AGAIN. 6/1/2018 COMPLAINED TO FIAT ABOUT INEXPERIENCED SERVICE TECHS. 11/2/18 CAR BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR SERVICE, ROTATION AND INSPECTION CHECKS. 12/7/18 CAR IS NOT DRIVING PROPERLY LEARNED TODAY ONE BRAKE PAD OF ALL INSTALLED WORN DOWN COMPLETELY WHILE OTHERS ARE AT 10. VERY CONCERN WITH ONLY 26K MILES ON CAR FIAT LACK OF RESPONSE TO CONSUMER TO RESOLVE THE CAR CONCERNS. SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME THE TECH DECIDED THE TIRES DID NOT ROTATE TIRES WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE INSPECTION TO BE OVERLOOKED. VERY CONCERN CONSUMERS PAY FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE FIAT DOES NOT PERFORM AND BRAKE ISSUE COULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND NOW 6 DAYS OUT OF WARRANTY. CONSUMER FOOT THE BILL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT REALIZED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO BENSON FIAT (500 A W HAMPTON BLVD, GREER, SC 29650) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHT BULBS AND SOCKETS WERE MELTED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWO YEARS AGO BY THE SAME DEALER FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BOTH TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,025. *TT*JB

WILL DRIVING ON A CITY STREET I WAS SIDE SWIPED ON DRIVER'S DOOR , FROM SIDE VIEW MIRROR TO END OF LEFT SIDE FENDER AND HOOD. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAME TO REST AT REAR OF ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF OF ME PARKED, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *DT*JB NO VIN AVAILABLE *JB

WHEN MAKING A TURN, FROM A COMPLETE STOP ONTO A ROAD THAT HAS A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE ESC LIGHT FLASHES ON THE EVIC, AND VEHICLE LOSSES ALL ACCELERATION. THIS IS ON DRY, EVEN, IN PERFECT CONDITION ROADS ACCELERATING FROM 0MPH TO 5MPH, BEFORE IT DROPS BACK DOWN TO 0MPH. HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT 4X NOW AS CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE OR EVEN REV AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS COMING STRAIGHT FOR ME!