2012 FIAT 500 Complaints

REAR MAIN SEAL OIL LEAKS. CAR ONLY HAS 26,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN AROUND TOWN. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" AND IS DENYING SERVICE UNDER 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY TERMS.

2012 FIAT 500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE MANUAL CLUTCH MALFUNCTION AND CONSUMER SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR MANUAL TRANSAXLE CLUTCH RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL 16V302000. *JB

RECALL S34/NHTSA 16V-302 WAS ISSUED IN JUNE BUT NOW WE ARE IN OCTOBER AND THE LOCAL FIAT DEALER (FRONTIER DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS) HAS NOT YET REPAIRED THE DEFECT.

MANUAL CLUTCH RECALL RECEIVED JUNE 2016. PER ONLY RHODE ISLAND DEALER, FIAT STILL HAS NOT PROVIDED THE REPAIR PARTS AS OF OCTOBER 27, 2016. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS CLUTCH CONTINUES TO STICK OR NOT RETURN UNPREDICTABLY IN MOVING TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. FIVE MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE RECALL AND MANUFACTURER HAS FAILED TO REMEDY. NHTSA SHOULD IMPOSE A SERIOUS AND EXEMPLARY FINE AND OTHER PENALTY. RECALL IS S34 / NHTSA 16V-302. PLEASE RESPOND TO ME AT [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THERE HAS BEEN AN OPEN RECALL FOR A CLUTCH PROBLEM SINCE JUNE. ALMOST 5 MONTHS LATER AND FIAT HAS NO UPDATE ON THE PARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT

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. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

WE RECEIVED NOTICE IN JULY FROM FIAT STATING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE CLUTCH ON MY HUSBAND'S CAR. IT ALSO STATED THAT THE PART WASN'T AVAILABLE YET. ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, THE CLUTCH GOES OUT ON MY HUSBAND'S CAR. WE HAVE IT TOWED TO THE FIAT DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TELL US "WE DO NOT GIVE OUT LOANERS, WE DON'T HAVE THE PART TO FIX YOUR CAR AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL GET IT. CALL DODGE ABOUT GETTING A RENTAL CAR." I CALLED AND WAS CONNECTED WITH SOMEONE AT FIAT AND THEY SAID THIS PART WILL NOT BE READY UNTIL "SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER". I ASKED WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR A CAR BECAUSE THAT IS 2 TO 3 WEEKS AWAY AND MY HUSBAND NEEDS THIS CAR FOR WORK. SHE STATED SHE WOULD FORWARD IT TO A CASE MANAGER AND THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME IN 1 DAY. THEY CALLED ON TUESDAY AND SAID "WE AREN'T GIVING OUT RENTALS ON THIS RECALL BUT SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS AND AFTER IT IS FIXED MAYBE WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU AFTER WE REVIEW IT." HOW IS THIS FAIR? IT ISN'T OUR FAULT THE PART WASN'T AVAILABLE OR WE WOULD HAVE REPLACED IT. MY HUSBAND'S CAR IS STILL UNDER THE 50,000 MILE WARRANTY SO WHY CAN'T THEY JUST PUT IN A NEW CLUTCH AND THEN REPLACE THE RECALL PART ONCE IT COMES IN? WE DO NOT HAVE THE INCOME TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS BUT WE ARE HAVING TO CHARGE IT JUST SO MY HUSBAND CAN GET TO AND FROM WORK. IF THERE ISN'T A FIX FOR OUR CAR, THEN WHAT IS OUR REMEDY? AT THE MOMENT, IT IS SITTING UP AT THE CAR LOT UNTIL A PART COMES IN. I CALLED YESTERDAY TO TALK TO OUR CASE MANAGER ABOUT THIS AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A CALL BACK. HER NAME IS [XXX] AND OUR CASE # IS [XXX]. WHAT DO WE DO? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO KEN GARFF FIAT AT 198 E 500 S IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH IN ORDER TO GET THE CLUTCH FIXED THE CLUTCH WENT OUT AT 179840 MILES AND NOW I AM BEING CHARGED $925.00 TO REPLACE THE CLUTH. I AM ALSO BEING TOLD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE PART ON MY CLUTCH WHEN I KNOW THERE IS AND THAT I MUST REPLACE THE WHOLE CLUTCH I AM ALSO BEING TO TOLD THAT MY STEERING COLUM IS BROKEN HOWEVER AS OF TODAYS DAY NO ONE MECHANIC AT KEN GARFF FIAT HAS DRIVEN THE VEHILCE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN GIVEN A LOANER VEHILC TO DRIVE FROM KEN GARFF FIAT I JUST I WANT MY VEHILCE AND I WANT IT WORING PROPERLY AND I WANT IT TO PASS SAFETY AND EDMISSONS BEFORE THE VEHICLE IS RELEASED TO ME I HAVE CONTACTED CHYSLER AT 888-242-6342 OVER 387 TIMES SINCE 2013 CHYSLER HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO INTERVENE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFTEY OF MYSELF AND MY 14 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THIS VEHILCE. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT KEN GARFF FIAT SINCE 10-03-2016 AND AS OF TODAYS DATE 10-19-2016 THE WORK IS STILL NOT COMPLETE!