2012 FIAT 500 Complaints

THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL S34 / NHTSA 16V -302 ON MY VEHICLE. THE SERVICE CENTER, HELFMAN FIAT ALFA ROMEO MASERATI 7720 KATY FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77024 IS UNABLE TO REMEDY THIS DEFECT UNTIL MAY 24TH 2017. THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

MY CAR [XXX] 2012 FIAT 500 POP 2 DOOR HATCHBACK HAS STILL NOT HAD THE SAFETY RECALL FIXED FIAT CHRYSLER IS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT BECAUSE MY RECALL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN A TIMELY MATTER! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAD BEEN SMELLING BURNING OIL FROM MY CAR WHILE PARKED FOR A PERIOD OF MONTHS AFTER MY LATEST OIL CHANGE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I DID NOT SEE ANY DRIPPING ON THE GROUND AND ASSUMED IT WAS A SLOPPY OIL CHANGE WITH RESIDUAL OIL BURNING AWAY IN THE ENGINE BAY. DURING A NORMAL OIL CHANGE AROUND 37,000 MILES THE DEALER INFORMED ME THE REAR MAIN SEAL ON MY FIAT 500 WENT OUT AND THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE UPWARDS OF $1,000. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT MANY FIAT 500S MANUFACTURED FROM 2012 HAD THIS ISSUE OCCUR AT VERY LOW MILES. THE DEALER INFORMED ME MY 4 YEAR/50,000 MILE WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT IN JUNE 2016 AND THAT I MUST PAY THE COSTS. I ENDED UP PAYING OVER $1,100.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN). DUE TO THE DEALER'S REFUSAL TO WORK WITHIN THE CONTACT'S SCHEDULE, THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

WITH A LOW MILEAGE (UNDER 20K MILES), THE CAR HAS BEEN IN TAKEN BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 5 TIMES FOR MAIN SEAL (BETWEEN ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION) LEAKAGE, ENGINE PROGRAMMING RECALL, AND REPEATED NOISE WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION THAT CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED/FIXED.

I HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN CARE IN FOR ENGINE LIGHT IT WAS, THEN BOTH HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN. THEYVE DONE THIS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT. NOW TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS TOLD COULD BE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH WAS STORED DEFAULT AND CLEARED MAY COME BK, OR TCM OR TORQUE CONVERTER OR SOLENOID. I AM STILL PAYING FOR THIS CAR HAD LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. 131,000 MILE. IVE PUT ONLY 42K ON IT. OTHERS COMPLAIN SAME PARTS/ISSUES. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ISSUE NOW. I AM A TRAVELING NURSE, I HAVE TO HAVE A CAR TO TAKE CARE OF MY PATIENTS PLEASE. NOW IT SITS WAITS GO TO CARY NC 11/29. DIAG COST ME 141.00 TO SEE ? IS NOW. JUST HAD SPARKS/WIRES REPLACED TWO WEEKS AGO. PLEASE HELP

CLUTCH COVER DIAPHRAGM SPRING MAY FATIGUE &/OR FRACTURE, RESULTING IN AN INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH, SHIFT GEAR, AND POTENTIAL LOSS OF POWER THAT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THIS RECALL JUST CAME IN THE MAIL AND IS PRETTY SERIOUS. I AM TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND MY SERVICE STATION IS UNABLE TO SERVICE MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH. FOR SOMETHING THIS SERIOUS, THAT IS AN UNACCEPTABLE TIME FRAME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR MY RECALL. I AM NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND FIAT DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION FOR ME. THE DEALER HERB CHAMBERS WANTED ME TO PAY TO HAVE DEFECTIVE PARTS PUT IN THE CAR OR THEY WOULD CHARGE ME STORAGE FOR HAVING THE CAR ON THEIR LOT. I ASKED FOR A RENTAL CAR FREE OF CHARGE TO ME AND WAS DENIED. MY CAR SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I AM WITHOUT A CAR TO DRIVE. THE CLUTCH ON THE CAR STAYS TO THE FLOOR WHEN I PUSH IT IN TO CHANGE GEARS. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS ON THE HIGH WAY TRYING TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. WHEN THE CLUTCH IS ON THE FLOOR I COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO GEAR WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR.