2014 FIAT 500 Complaints

I HAVE CONTINENTAL CONTIPRO CONTACT-225/45 R17 91H/6YAR W878 I'VE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS WITH THESE TIRES. ONE EXPLODED ON THE HWY 85 IN GA. HOPING ABOUT 60. IT JUST SHREDDED. $168.00. THEN ANOTHER INCIDENT DRIVING IN TOWN ANOTHER WAS FLAT AFTER VISITING A FRIEND, HAD TO REPLACE $200 TO REPLACE . 3RD IN TOWN GOING 35. FLAT. MIDNIGHT A CALL TO EMERGENCY TIRE REPLACEMENT $200. THEN FOURTH WAS ON THE STREET GOING 25-30. BUMP CURB TURNING. THIS WAS NOT A HIGH SPEED OR HARD BUMP. TWO FLAT TIRES PASSENGER SIDE, AGAIN CALLED EMERGENCY TIRE SERVICE, CALLED AT NIGHT REPLACED TIRES $200.00-BUT THEN THE STEERING SEEMED WEIRD-$3,495.00 + $200 THE LAST 3 HAPPENED WITH IN A MONTH AND A HALF. FED UP. BOUGHT NEW SET + SPARE OF GOODYEAR. REPLACEMENT. CAR HAS LESS THAN 35,00.00 MILES ON IT.

1. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR TO ACCELERATE AFTER BRAKING. THIS RESULT INTO THE CAR GOING INTO TRAFFIC AND RISKING A CRASH DUE TO ITS INABILITY TO SHIFT INTO GEAR TO ACCELERATE FASTER. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE IN 2016. THE DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR FIATS. 2. THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT IN GEAR. MOST TIMES IT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE FROM PARK. IT NOTIFIES ME TO GO INTO NEUTRAL FIRST THEN IN REVERSE/DRIVE. MOST TIMES THIS HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT 4-5 TIMES BEFORE IT ALLOWS ME TO MOVE. SOME DAYS IT DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL. SOME DAYS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND SOME DAYS IT DOESN'T. THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT IS NOT CONNECTING. THIS IS A HAZARD TO MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHEN THE CAR JUST TURN OFF ON ITS ON AND WHEN TRYING TO CRANK IT, IT WONT INITIALLY. OR ONCE RUNNING, IT WON'T MOVE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR MAKE AND MODEL. I TOOK IT IN TO A FIAT DEALERSHIP/SERVICE AND THEY NOTIFIED ME THERE WAS NO RECALL BUT IT WAS INDEED SENSORS GOING OFF FOR THE THE TRANSMISSION. THEY THEN TRIED TO CHARGE ME. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND SERVICE AT NO COST. THIS WAS A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR AND WAS MISLEAD BY THE RUNNING CONDITIONS OF THIS CAR.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED WITH ABOUT 24K MILES ON IT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER I BOUGHT IT, I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE WAY IT DROVE. I KNEW ABOUT THE RECALL ON THIS MODEL BUT THE SERVICE DEPT. ALWAYS SAID THAT MY CAR WASN'T AFFECTED. SINCE 2015, I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT DRIVES. IT SHIFTS SLOW AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS "SLIPPING". FOR TWO YEARS I ENDURED THIS AND FINALLY TOOK IT IN LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS BYPASSING GEARS ON THE AUTOMATIC SHIFT (STALLING IN FOURTH GEAR AND SKIPPING TO THE SIXTH GEAR). ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, THE TRANSMISSION HAD FINALLY GONE BAD...NOT JUST SLOW SHIFTING, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE AND WAS STALLING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, HIGHLY UNSAFE AND FRIGHTENING FOR MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF. THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED A TRANSMISSION "RE-LEARN" AND THE CAR RAN OK BUT THE ISSUES RETURNED AND THE CAR WON'T GO IN REVERSE. BEFORE THIS ISSUE, IT WOUDN'T ENGAGE IN 1ST GEAR. THIS CAUSED ANOTHER ISSUE BECAUSE THOUGH THE CAR WOULD START, IT WAS STALLED AND WOULDN'T TURN ON ONCE I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. THE MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN SAYS: "GEAR UNAVAILABLE" AND I CAN'T EVEN USE THE MANUAL SHIFTER. SINCE 2015, I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR IN FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEY HAVE CONTINUALLY TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE ARGUED BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM AND I AM FINALLY TIRED OF BEING EITHER LIED TO OR MISTREATED. I HAVE RECORD OF ALL THE TIMES I CAME IN TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR. I TOOK THE CAR IN BECAUSE OF THE RECALL ON THE POWERTRAIN LAST MONTH AND THAT WORKED TO SOME RESOLUTION BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND I AGREED TO THE TRANSMISSION RE-LEARN. FIAT AGREES THAT SOME PARTS ON THIS CAR ARE INFERIOR, BUT NOT TO THE POINT THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE CAR OR TRANSMISSION.

WHILE AT STOP LIGHT WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT TO PROCEED, THE CAR AT 1ST YEAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT SHIFT FAST ENOUGH CAUSING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME TO HUNK, I PULLED OVER TURN CAR OFF TURNED CAR BACK ON SAYING A SHOE CONTINUED ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WARNING LIGHT FOR TRANSMISSION, MADE IT HOME. NEXT MORNING CAR SEEMED TO BE BACK TO NORMAL. SOMETIME LATER ENGINE LIGHT TURNED BACK ON TRANSMISSION LIGHT AS WELL AND PROCEEDED TO HAVE SAME ISSUE I WAS TAKING NOTES AND TOOK PICTURES WHEN THE LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON AND OFF. ALSO AIRBAG LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON A WEEKS PRIOR. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 46000 MILES ON IT IT SEEMS TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION I HAD JUST PURCHASED IT FROM A DEALER FOR MONTHS AGO. I STARTED GOOGLE LEAN THE ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THERE WERE RECALLS ON THE POWER TRANS AND AIRBAG AS WELL. CALL FIAHED DEALER AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $175 JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR. THIS ISSUE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A RECALL THEREFORE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID WAS COMPLETED IT IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I NEED HELP THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT BECAUSE THE LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES WHEN THE LIGHT IS OFF THE CAR RUNS NORMAL WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS ON THE CAR HAS AN ISSUE HOW CAN I DETECT WHEN THE LIGHT WILL TURN ON OR OFF AND GET CHARGED IN THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL IF THERE'S A PROBLEM OR NOT UNLESS THAT LIGHT IS ON I NEED HELP, THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I CAN GET INTO AN AUTO ACCIDENT IF THE GEAR SLOWS DOWN AND I CANNOT SHIFT AND GET BACK TO SPEED. DEAR BAG TURNED ON LIGHT WARNING ABOUT MAY 25TH 2018, ENGINE/ TRANSMISSION TURNED ON JUNE 5TH 2018

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

I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FIAT BACK IN 2016 THAT WHILE IN MOTION MY VEHICLE LOSSES POWER AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND AT TIMES AND YOU CAN'T TURN IT BACK ON. IT WILL ALSO ACCELERATE ON ITS ON WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT ON AND I AM NOT PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. IF I CAN I HAVE TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF TO RESTART IT SO IT WILL ACCELERATE. IT HAS BEEN TO FIAT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT AND SAY THEY CAN'T DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM A CODE ON THEIR COMPUTER. I HAVE SHOWN THEM VIDEO OF THE CAR DOING THIS. AND THEY SAID I SEE THAT BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A CODE SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES BY OTHER VEHICLES BECAUSE MINE JUST STOPS ON THE ROADS/HIGHWAYS. AND NOW 2 YEARS LATER IT IS THE SAME STORY AND THE CAR IS GETTING WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS OUTSIDE IT WILL DO IT AT ANYTIME BUT IT IS MORE FREQUENT WHEN IT GETS WARMER OUT.

MY CAR STARTED BEING SLOW TO CHANGE GEARS. TODAY, WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY I WANTED TO RUN AN ERRAND. I STARTED MY CAR BUT COULD NOT MOVE IT. IT IS STUCK IN PARK. I AM UNABLE TO SHIFT TO ANOTHER GEAR. IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I AM DISABLED WITH A MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT, DIABETIC AND UNABLE TO GET TO HELP IF I NEED IT.

SITTING IDLE IN A LINE PUT THE CAR IN PARK WHILE IDLEING. LINE STARTED TO MOVE I TRIED TO SHIFT IT BACK INTO DRIVE AND STEPPED ON PEDAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND IT WOULDNT MOVE. IT WANTED TO BUT COULDNT THEN I SMELLED AND SAW ALITTLE SMOKE THAT SMELLED LIKE BURNING RUBBER. I IMMEDIATLLY LY SHUT THE CAR OFF. IT WAS TOWED AND NOW IS SITTING AT A FIAT DEALER.THREE WEEKS AGO WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO A HIGHWAY THE CAR HESITATED AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TOOK OFF.

I LIVE IN A MAJOR CITY WHERE TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS STOP AND GO. WHEN I AM DRIVING DURING A TIME OF HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC SMOKE STARTS TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND SOMETIMES THAT SMOKE COMES FROM TURN LEFT AND THEN TURN RIGHT THE AIR VENTS IN THE CAR AND THERE IS A DISTINCT TOXIC AND PERVASIVE BURNING SMELL BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CAR. THAT SMELL CONTINUES TO LINGER FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AT ALL. SEPARATELY WHEN THERE IS NO TRAFFIC AND I AM DRIVING AT A SET SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY OR A LONG STRETCH OF ROAD MY CAR WILL GO INTO LIMP MODE AND THE SPEED WILL NOT GO PAST 20 OR 30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS ONE'S HAPPENED ON A BRIDGE AND A FEW TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY.

EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, THE POWER STEERING WON'T ENGAGE WHEN I TURN ON THE CAR. I CAN TURN THE WHEEL, BUT IT ONLY TURNS SLOWLY WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE APPLIED. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON TO FIX IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR OR FIVE TIMES SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR (APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS). IT HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY OR THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, WHERE I NORMALLY PARK.