2014 FIAT 500 Complaints

WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE SINCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS WITH OUR NEW FIAT 500. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON, AND ONCE IN A WHILE THE SHIFTER PANEL LIGHTS FLASHING FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT WHILE WE WAITED FOR PARTS. IT TOOK TWO WEEKS FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A NEW CONTROL MODULE IN, FIRST THEY GOT A MODULE THAT DIDN'T WORK, THEN THEY GOT ONE THAT DID WORK AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED. LAST NIGHT MY WIFE IS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND SUDDENLY THE "NO GEAR FOUND" ERROR POPS UP ON THE THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY, THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED INTO NEUTRAL. NO ACCELERATION WHATSOEVER. THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING, THE BRAKES WORK, THE LIGHTS ARE ON, BUT NO GEARS. SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER, CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND GOT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE ARE WAITING ON PARTS AGAIN. *TR

CAR DOES NOT SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. INSTRUMENT PANEL RELAYS MANY WARNINGS (GEAR NOT AVAILABLE, TRANSMISSION WARNING, SEEK SERVICE) AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS IS OCCURRING DAILY NOW AND FIAT DOES NOT HAVE A FIX. CODES CAN BE CLEARED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE TRANSMISSION MODULE IS WHERE THE WARNINGS ARE STORED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO LET THE CAR WARM UP FOR 2 MINUTES BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE. *TR

AFTER A WEEK, CAR MIL STARTED TO BLINK , BUT MANUAL MENTIONS IT CAN BE DRIVE AND COMPUTER MAY RESET ITSELF, BUT THEN MALFUNCTION LAMP WAS ON ALL TIME , AND THEN CAR STARTED TO STALL , TO STOP COMPLETELY . STARTED CAR JUST TO PARK IT, THEN WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM EXHAUST WHEN REVERSING . IMMEDIATELY TOWED CAR TO REPAIR SHOP, IT TOOK 3 WEEKS FOR REPAIR AS PARTS ARE NOT EASY AVAILABLE. PARTS AFFECTED ARE: MULTI AIR ACTUATOR , GASKET NO, GASKET CY , AND WIRING EN. *TR

TODAY IS THE 30TH DAY OF THE PURCHASE OF MY CAR AND HAVEN'T MAKE A PAYMENT YET. WHILE DRIVING IN THE NORMAL MORNING COMMUTE TRAFFIC AT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR AND MAKING FREQUENT STOPS DUE TO THE TRAFFIC JAM, SMOKE BEGAN TO COME OUT OF THE AIR VENT. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THAT THE VENT WAS OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE AND THE SMELL BELONGED TO A TRAILER NEXT TO ME; BUT NO... THE AIR WAS CIRCULATING FROM WITHIN THE VEHICLE. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR HEAVY SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE CAR WAS GOING TO SET ON FIRE, I WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO LANES AND I PANICKED BECAUSE IF AN EXPLOSION WOULD HAVE OCCURRED TOO MANY CARS WERE CLOSE TO ME DUE TO THE HEAVY TRAFFIC. PANEL DID NOT LIGHT UP WITH ANY INDICATIONS OF "CHECK ENGINE" OR "TEMPERATURE" RISING. TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL ACCORDING TO THE THERMOSTAT. I PULLED UP TO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OFF THE CAR AND OPENED THE HOOD AND IT WAS FULL OF SMOKE. AT THE BEGINNING CAR ENGINE DID NOT RUN BUT LATER THE TOW TRUCK WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR OVER THE PLATFORM. CAR WAS LEFT AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER EVALUATION SINCE IT IS A BRAND NEW MODEL THAT JUST CAME TO THE USA. UNKNOWN DEFECT AT THIS TIME. *TR