2016 FIAT 500 Complaints

CAR SWITCHES INTO NEUTRAL UNEXPECTEDLY CREATING A DANGEROUS INOPERABLE VEHICLE SCENARIO WHERE THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES ON THE OPEN ROAD AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS IS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE WHICH I HAVE TO PREDICTIVELY ALLOW FOR BY ANTICIPATING THIS MAY HAPPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 FIAT 500X. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND EXPLODED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FIRE CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE HOME. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRE, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND SAW NO SIGNS OF A FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO A REPAIR FACILITY FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,669. *TT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT UPDATED 9/24/18*JB

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS I'VE HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL, SWITCH GEARS ON ITS OWN, ACCELERATE WHILE MAKING A STOP, UNCONTROLLABLY JERK WELL MOVING AT A SLOW SPEED'S AND DISPLAY MESSAGES SUCH AS DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND HAS ALMOST CREATED AN ACCIDENT NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE I HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. *TT *TR

MY 2016 FIAT 500X STARTED OVERHEATING WITH APPROXIMATELY 32,900 MILES ON IT. I HAD THE FAN ASSEMBLY AND 50 AMP FUSE REPLACED. IT IS STARTING TO MAKE THE SAME NOISE I HAD NOTICED WEEKS BEFORE IT OVERHEATED AGAIN.

THE CAR IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND NO MORE THAN 5000 MILES. I NOW HAVE A WARNING MESSAGE "SERVICE ENGINE - DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE". NOW REMOTE START WON'T WORK NOR WILL THE TRACTION CONTROL (I.E. THE VARIOUS DRIVE MODES). FIAT DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX THE PROBLEM.

MY FIAT 500X 2016, HAS BEEN CHANGING FROM SPORT MODE, TO THE TRACTION MODE, THEN OUT OF NO WHERE IT SAYS DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE. WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE.

CAR HAS APPROX 26K MILES. DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING AND WARNING CAME ON "SERVICE ENGINE. DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE". I HAD THE SUN ROOF OPEN AS I WAS DRIVING AND I KEPT THINKING I WAS SMELLING A HOT OR BURNING SMELL, BUT COULDN'T BE SURE. I POPPED THE HOOD WHEN I GOT HOME AND DIDN'T SMELL ANYTHING OBVIOUS. DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS RELATED, BUT JUST HAD IT IN FOR OIL CHANGE A WEEK AGO - THEY NEVER RESET THE OIL CHANGE LIGHT (WHICH WASN'T COMING ON BEFORE OIL CHANGE - THOUGH LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WAS COMING ON -- NOW LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT IS OFF, BUT OIL CHANGE LIGHT IS ON!). AGAIN, DON'T KNOW IF IT IS RELATED BUT WANT TO GIVE ALL PIECES OF THE PUZZLE. ALSO MY ENGINE SHUTS OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING OCCASIONALLY. VERY SCARY! TOOK IT IN TO FIAT AND THEY GAVE ME A LAME EXCUSE -- IT JUST NEEDED SOME UPDATES! TO ME THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE -- WHAT IF I HAD BEEN GOING 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND THIS HAPPENED!? I ASKED THEM THAT EXACT QUESTION AT FIAT AND THEY JUST SHRUGGED THEIR SHOULDERS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS SHOCKING TO ME THAT FIAT IS NOT TAKING IT MORE SERIOUSLY! AFTER THE "UPDATE" THAT THEY PERFORMED ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO -- ALL SEEMED FINE UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO. CAR STALLED AS I WAS DRIVING -- SEEMED TO HAPPEN ONLY WHEN I WAS GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP OR A ROUGH ROAD. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THE FIRST TIME -- FIRST TIME I WAS ON A SMOOTH, FLAT ROAD. I REALLY FEEL LIKE A SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE DONE ON THESE CARS BECAUSE AFTER READING ABOUT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THESE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS -- THIS IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE!

WHEN OPENING THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, YOU FEEL A SLIGHT DROP, IT FEELS AS IF THE DOOR IS UNHINGED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD ADDRESSED IT. THE DOOR IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. IS THIS A VEHICLE ISSUE OR COULD THE CAR HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AT THE DEALER? I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS TWICE AND NOTHING IS BEING CORRECTED.

WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, THE A/C ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY OVERHEATED. THE FAN ASSEMBLY HAD FAULTED, THE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED IN OCTOBER 2017 AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS HELD FOR 30 DAYS BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE NEW ISSUE CAME UP ON START UP, THE A/C WAS NOT COOLING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I DROPPED OFF THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS A SENSOR IN THE RIGHT REAR VIEW MIIRROR THAT IS CAUSING THE A/C MALFUNCTION, THEY INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE FAN ASSEMBLY THAT HAD FAULTED AGAIN. THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR (3) WEEKS. THEY SAID IT WAS A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE ON THE PART (AGAIN). MY QUESTION IS SHOULD THIS BE CAUSE FOR CONCERN? WHY WOULD THERE BE A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE ON A SINGLE PART? AND IS THIS CONNECTED IN ANYWAY TO THE FAN ASSEMBLY FAILURE. I LOVE MY FIAT, BUT I DONT NEED THE ISSUES, THIS VEHICLE IS BARELY (2) YEARS OLD.

SERVICE ENGINE DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE SOME TIME TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING WHEN YOU START ENGINE AND GO. SCREECHING NOISE FROM PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR