2016 FIAT 500 Complaints

VEHICLE SHIFTS ROUGHLY WHEN IN MOTION, WHEN STARTING OUT AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT WHEN I START TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN SPEED BACK UP. I HAVE NOTIFIED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING AND SLOWING TO A STOP THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT INTO 1ST EARLY CREATING A JUMP OR SURGE WHILE SLOWING. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS FROM OCCURRING IS TO SWITCH TO MANUAL SHIFTING AND DOWN SHIFT MANUALLY WHEN ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP.

VEHICLE FOG LIGHTS HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE ONE LIGHT GETS TOO MUCH VOLTAGE, CAUSING IT TO BURN OUT THE BULB AND THE HOLDING UNIT. SOMETIMES THE BULBS WILL RANDOMLY SWITCH (FOR EXAMPLE ONE DAY THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL BE OUT, THEN THE NEXT DAY THE PASSENGER SIDE). I HAVE TAKEN IT TO GET REPAIRED: THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BULB AND THE HOLDING UNIT AND ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER. I THEN TOOK IT BACK, THE MECHANIC CHECKED MY ALTERNATOR WHICH WAS FINE AND PUTTING OUT CORRECT AC AND DC VOLTAGE. HE TOLD ME HE CALLED FIAT AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE BUT DON'T KNOW WHY. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON BACK ROADS (SO GOING UNDER AND UP TO 45MPH) THE VERY FIRST TIME THE LIGHT WENT OUT. AFTER THE FIRST TIME, I WOULD TURN THE CAR ON AND IT WOULD BE OUT, OTHER DAYS IT WOULD BE ON AND WOULDN'T GO OUT AT ALL, OR IT WOULD GO OUT LATER WHEN I WAS DRIVING. THERE WAS REALLY NO CONSISTENCY TO THE ISSUE.

AROUND OCTOBER 9, I TRIED TO TURN ON THE IGNITION AS USUAL WITH THE KEY FOB. THE ENGINE WOULD'T TURN, SO I RECHARGED THE BATTERY. AFTER 10 MINUTES, IT FINALLY CRANKED. THE BATTERY IS GOOD, HOWEVER, SO I REPLACED THE BATTERY IN THE FOB. ON OCTOBER 19, I USED THE KEY FOB AND ALL KINDS OF INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. WHEN I PLACED THE CAR IN REVERSE, SEVERAL LIGHT INDICATORS (SERVICE ENGINE, CHECK TRANSMISSION, ETC.) AND IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING INSIDE THE ENGINE DROPPED AS IF THE CAR SHIFTED INTO ANOTHER GEAR. THE 'R' AND THE 'D' BLINKED STEADILY. I CALLED AND ALERTED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT BREWBAKER DEALERSHIP, BUT THE ONLY AVAILABILITY WAS THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. BY FATE, THE CAR BEGAN TO OPERATE BETTER. FOR NEARLY A WEEK, THE IGNITION STARTED TO IMPROVE ALTHOUGH IT WOULD TAKE TWO TRIES. ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 29, THE SAME PROBLEMS REOCCURED FROM OCTOBER 19. INSTEAD OF GOING TO WORK, I DROVE THE CAR STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY KEPT IT OVERNIGHT FOR SERVICE PERSONNEL TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM. IN RESEARCH OF RECALLS, I NOTICED THAT MY CAR IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST ALTHOUGH THE DESCRIPTIONS OF DEFECTS FIT WHAT MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING.

HAPPENED AGAIN -- THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN NOV 2016. ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIAT DEALER APPARENTLY CLUELESS ABOUT THE ISSUE AND HOW TO REPAIR. TOOK CAR TO SAME DEALER ALL THREE TIMES THIS HAPPENED - EACH TIME THEY'VE GIVEN ME A RIDICULOUS REASON THE CAR IS LITERALLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE STREET!! FIRST TIME THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THE COMPUTER NEEDED UPDATING?!?! SECOND TIME (POSTED ON NHTSA WHEN 2ND TIME HAPPENED) THEY SAID IT WAS A LOOSE CABLE CONNECTION TO THE BATTERY - NEVER ONCE EXPLAINED WHY CAR WAS GIVING THE ALERT "DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE), AND NOW THIS THIRD TIME THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T GET CAR TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MAKES ZERO SENSE - CAR ENGINE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING AND IN MOTION 3+ TIMES A DAY!!! FIAT DEALER KEPT CAR FOR 8 DAYS - AT ONE POINT TOLD ME IT NEEDED ALMOST $2000 OF WORK AND THAT THE REASON ENGINE WAS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING WAS LOW OIL PRESSURE?!?! AFTER I QUESTIONED THEM EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE CHARGES AND THE SUPPOSED LOW OIL PRESSURE - THEY CHANGED THEIR STORY AND SAID OIL PRESSURE WAS JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AND APOLOGIZED ABOUT THE $2000 CHARGES - SAID I DIDN'T OWE ANYTHING?? AGAIN, THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME A REASON WHY CAR WAS SHUTTING OFF AND SUPPOSEDLY THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. SO I PICKED UP THE CAR AND IT HASN'T DIED ON ME ONCE - SO THEY MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO IT. WHY THE COVER UP!?! WHY DOES MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING?!?! EVERYTHING GOES OUT WHEN IT DOES -- BECOMES DIFFICULT TO STEER AND BRAKE. SERIOUSLY SCARY!!!

MY FIAT 500X SHIFTED ITSELF TO NEUTRAL FROM DRIVE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. GEAR NOIZES HEARD FROM ENGINE FOR THREE MONTHS. IT ALSO STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING BY ITSELF WHILE MY SON WAS IN CAR WITH ME. VERY SCARY. I CALLED CHRYSLER/FIAT, CUSTOMER SERVICE SAID "NO RECALL" OF MY CAR, IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. I GOOGLED AND FOUND OUT RECALL STARTED AUG. 29, 2016 AND I BOUGHT THE CAR IN JULY, 2016. SO WHO TOOK CARE OF THE RECALL IF THERE WAS ONE???!!! NO RECALL FOR THIS KINDA OF PROBLEM IS UNBELIEVABLE!! PUTTING OUR LIVES IN EXTREME DANGER. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE ANY LIFE LOSS!! THIS IS A VERY DISHONET ACTION OF FIAT AND THE PERSON WHO SOLD THIS CAR TO ME, KNOWING THIS PROBLEM COULD PUT MY FAMILY'S LIVES IN CRASH. RIDICULOUS REALLY.

AT 47.000 MILES THE VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SAYING "DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE." THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO STOP DRIVING AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED IN FOR SERVICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION JERKED AND SHIFTED ROUGHLY. OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND FAIL TO IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (NYLE MAXWELL FIAT, 13049 RESEARCH BLVD, AUSTIN, TX) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. COMPUTER UPDATES WERE PERFORMED TO THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500E. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. THE BRAKE LIGHT WARNING INDICATOR DISPLAYED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: "RIGHT STOP LIGHT OUT". THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500X. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK AND RESTARTED. THE DEALER (FIAT OF EDMOND, 14113 BROADWAY EXTENSION HWY, EDMOND, OK 73013, (405) 696-0631) WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.