2012 FIAT 500 Complaints
View complaints related to 2012 FIAT 500. The complaints found here are submitted by actual consumers with first hand experience. There are more than 390 complaints submitted for the 2012 FIAT 500. You can submit your own complaint to the NHTSA or call the Hotline, Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm at (888) 327-4236, TTY: (800) 424-9153.
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2012 FIAT 500- LOS ANGELES, CA
HELLO, I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I THEM TO FIX MY SHIFTER CABLE RECALL AND THEY SAID WE DON'T HAVE THIS PART YET TILL NEXT YEAR AND I NEED TO REMOVE THE RECALL TO START RENT MY CAR THROUGH TURO.
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2012 FIAT 500- SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT
I AM BLACK MY 17 YEAR OLD SON IS BLACK WE ARE BOTH DARK SKINNED BLACK PEOPLE DARKER THAN A BROWN PAPER BAG I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS CAR I HAVE NOT MADE A COMPLAINT SINCE 2017 ABOUT VIN [XXX] AND FOR YOUR INFO THE CAR IS NERO BLACK AND IT IS A STICK SHIFT . I AM [XXX] I AM BLACK NOT ANY OTHER RACE I WILL NOT SELL THIS CAR OR TAKE IT BACK TO FIAT I OWN IT! NOW YOU ARE TRING TO STEAL MY IDENTITY IN ORDER TO WIN THIS COURT CASE CHECK....... OUT CASE NO. 1:17-MD-2800-TWT (N.D. GA) I STOP FILING COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS VEHICLE IN 2017 AND WHEN I CALLED TO LET NHTSA KNOW I HAVE NOT FILED A COMPLAINT SINCE 2017 I GOT HUNG UP ON I ALSO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I AM BLACK AND GOT HUNG UP ON AGAIN! I PROMISE I WILL NEVER GO TO NHTSA CURSE YOUR COURT CASE STOP VIOLATING MY 1ST AND 4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN ORDER TO WIN YOUR COURT CASE . STOP USING THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT FOR THIS SHAM LEAVE MY CHILD AND MY CREDIT REPORT ALONE AND STOP TRYING TO LIE AND SAY THIS IS SOME IDENTITY THEFT STOP TRYING MAKE ME GO AWAY ON PAPER SO THAT YOU CAN WIN QUIT!!! MESSING WITH MY CREDIT SCORE EVERY MONTH ......... SO YOU CAN WIN..............GO BACK TO BEELZEBUB--- BEELZEBUB THAT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO HARM A WOMEN AND CHILD JUST SO YOU CAN WIN SHAME ON YOU!!!! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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2012 FIAT 500- PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL
A PIECE INSIDE THE SHIFTER BROKE AND MADE THE CAR STALL. IT BASICALLY WOULDN'T MOVE WHILE I WAS ON A BUSY ROAD.
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2012 FIAT 500- SEATTLE, WA
FIRST WIPERS STOPPED WORKING CONSISTENTLY THEN TRUNK AND DOOR LOCKS WOULDN'T RESPOND TO FOB AND TRUNK CAN'T BE OPENED.
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2012 FIAT 500- RICHMOND, NH
THE WIRING HARNESS GETS CRIMPED WHEN IT GOES FROM THE MAIN BODY OF THE CAR INTO THE HATCH CREATING SHORTS AND MALFACTION OF ELECTRIC COMPONENTS. AS, DOES THE REAR WIPER HOSE. WHICH LEAKS AND EMPTIES INTO THE WIRING HARNESS. THIS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE, AT ALL TIMES.
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2012 FIAT 500- SPRING VALLEY, CA
BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ON OCT 19TH 2019 WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SKIPPED SEVERAL TIMES THIS IS A 2012 500 POP MODEL FIAT AUTOMATIC. .AFRAID TO DRIVE FAST FEAR OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE ,SPECIALLY NOTICABLE WHEN GOING UP A GRADE AND WHEN DEPRESSING FUEL PEDAL TO PASS .
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2012 FIAT 500- GYPUSM, CO
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LICENSE PLATE BULB WAS OUT AND THE LIFTGATE DID NOT OPEN MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FLOWER MOTOR COMPANY (2580 N TOWNSEND AVE, MONTROSE, CO 81401, (970) 249-9664) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIRES WERE FRACTURED AND THE LIFTGATE HANDLE WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.
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2012 FIAT 500- LA PALMA, CA
POWER STEERING FAILURE WITH STEERING WHEEL TURNING ON IT'S OWN. WHEN THE POWER STEERING IS ABOUT TO FAIL, IT PULLS THE WHEEL BEFORE GOING INTO STIFF, MANUAL STEERING. ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL. I HAVE A VIDEO OF THE VEHICLE PARKED AFTERWARDS, STILL RUNNING AND THE WHEEL SPINNING ON IT'S OWN. SCARY. I READ A FIAT OWNERS BLOG WHERE MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. ISSUE SEEMS TO BE WHEN IN MOTION AND WHEN STILL. I WILL TRY TO UPLOAD THE VIDEO I TOOK OF THE WHEEL SPINNING ON IT'S OWN, IT SAYS IMAGE OR DOCUMENT, SO MAY HAVE TO SEND AFTER SUBMISSION OF THIS COMPLAINT. THIS ISSUE STARTED IN EARLY 2018 INTERMITTENTLY HOWEVER NOW IS A REGULAR ISSUE. 10/9/2019 ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON THE 5 FWY.
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2012 FIAT 500- WINSTON SALEM, NC
OIL PRESURE LIGHT COMES ON SAYING STOP TURN ENGINE OFF LOW IOL PRESSURE AFTER I DRIVE IT FOR ABOUT 10 MINS I GUESS AFTER IT GET HOT. THEN CHEXK ENGINE LIGGT COMES WITH IT. OTHER PEOPLE HAS AND ARE GOING THREW THE SAME THING WITH 2012 FIAT 509 SPORTS. ITS ALL OVER THE YOU TUBE WHY IS THIS HAPPING. I REPLACE OIL PRESURE SENSOR AND CHANGED MY OIL SAME THING IT DIDNT CHANGE ANYTHING ASKING FOR A RECALL ON THE OIL PUM OR WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. PLUS IT MAKEA A SOUND AFTER DRIVING AT THE SAME TIME IT SHOWS UP WHILE PUSHING GAS PEDAL
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2012 FIAT 500- FARMINGTON, NM
2012 FIAT POP WITH 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY LEAK OIL FROM CASE SEAM AND AT HALF SHAFT SEALS. FIAT DEALERSHIP REPLACED FIRST TRANSMISSION AFTER 600 MILES. LEAKING AGAIN AT 30,000 MILES. OIL IS SLUNG FROM INNER CV JOINT BOOTS INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ONTO GROUND. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDS OF FIRE FROM HOT EXHAUST, LOSS OF TRACTION FROM OIL ON ROAD SURFACE. FIAT REFUSES TO DEAL WITH PROBLEM AFTER SECOND ROUND AND DEALERSHIP FUMBLING REPAIR. STILL HAVE LEAKS, COMPROMISED TRANSMISSION ...UNSAFE CAR.
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