2016 FIAT 500 Complaints

SINCE AUGUST 2019 , THE 2016 FIAT 500X HAS BEEN IN FOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. IN AUGUST 2019 A RADIO WAS REPLACED, THE NEXT MOTH A COMPUTER MODULE WAS REPLACED, SUBSEQUENTLY SINCE OCTOBER 8 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE BATTERIES INSTALLED. IT IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE, IT CONTINUES TO LEAVE ME STRANDED . TODAY IT HAD TO BE TOWED IN AGAIN. I AM GOING TO BE STRANDED AND IN DANGER. I WAS IN VAN NUYS , CALIFORNIA IN DECEMBER WHEN THEY REPLACED A BATTERY, THEN FEBRUARY 7 , 2020 IT WAS IN MESA AZ WHEN IT HAD TO BE TOWED IN AGAIN. TODAY MARCH 11, 2020 IT WAS TOWED IN AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILL DO THIS TIME SINCE 3 NEW BATTERIES HASN'T TAKEN CARE OF THE ISSUES. I AM PETRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. I WENT THROUGH ARBITRATION ON FEBRUARY 17,2020WHICH WAS DENIED. I REALLY NEED SOME HELP TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES

VEHICLE HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING IN LOWER GEARS. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTS, THE CAR JERKS YOU FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED INCREASINGLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FEB '19. VEHICLE ALSO TENDS TO SHAKE WHEN IN IDLE AT RED LIGHTS, SHAKING STOPS AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL.

MY FIAT KEEPS GIVING TRANSMISSION ERRORS. I TOOK THE CAR TO CONCORD, CA FIAT FOR DIAGNOSTICS 10/2019 AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPORT AN ISSUE. THEY 'RESET THE COMPUTER' AND SENT US OFF. NOW IN 02/2020 I'M STILL GETTING ERROR MESSAGES AND THE CAR LOCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD REFUSING TO TURN OFF, SHIFT GEARS, OR MOVE AT ALL. FOR 15 MINUTES.

WHILE DRIVING MY FIAT 500X, IT JERKS WHEN IT'S SHIFTING GEARS OR ACCELERATING. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WAS A BULLETIN CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION I BELIEVE. BUT WHATEVER UPDATE WAS DONE, IT DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. I'VE LOOKED FOR INFO REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

DURING A NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, MY FIAT 500X'S ENGINE TURNED OFF / STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS IN THE CITY AND GETTING READY TO TURN, SO I WAS AT A SLOW SPEED - AROUND 8 MPH. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN AND IT SEEMED TO BE FINE AFTER THAT. BUT THIS WAS VERY ALARMING AND IF I HAD BEEN GOING A HIGHER SPEED, IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS.

ASIDE FROM THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THIS CAR HAS HAS (WHICH IT HAS HAD MANY) THE MOST RECENT ISSUE WAS THAT THE 'SERVICE ENGINE' AND THE 'DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE' LIGHTS CAME ON. I'M TOLD IT COULD BE A THERMOSTAT ISSUE. THIS ALERT HAPPENED WHEN I STARTED MY CAR AND HAD CONTINUED SINCE DRIVING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND IT SEEMS MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. THE CAR SEEMS TOO NEW AND CURRENT TO BE HAVING THESE KINDS OF ISSUES, SUCH AS POSSIBLY THE THERMOSTAT. I WANTED TO REPORT THIS TO YOU DUE TO FINDING NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE. ALSO I HAVE ALSO HAD THIS CAR STOP ACCELERATING AND I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A NEUTRAL SETTING. THIS SCARED ME TO DEATH AS IF I WERE TO BE ON THE FREEWAY, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DIRE. THEY RESET THE COMPUTER FOR THAT ISSUE, IT HAS NOT RECURRED BUT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY FEAR WHEN THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, I'M WORRIED SOMETHING SIMILAR COULD HAPPEN. I HONESTLY WISH THIS CAR WAS IN WARRANTY SO I COULD LEMON LAW IT, BECAUSE IT'S A TOTAL LEMON OTHERWISE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS INDEPENDENTLY. THE DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JEFF D'AMBROSIO ALFA ROMEO FIAT OF THE MAIN LINE, LOCATED AT 487 LANCASTER AVE, MALVERN, PA 19355, AND WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING STICKY MIGHT HAVE SPILLED IN THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT TO BE DISPLAYED. THE CONTACT DISAGREED WITH THE ASSESSMENT. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CARMAN CHRYSLER-JEEP-DODGE DEALER, LOCATED AT 196 S DUPONT HWY, NEW CASTLE, DE 19720, AND IT WAS STATED THAT SOMETHING STICKY MIGHT HAVE SPILLED AND ENTERED THE DRIVE MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO JERK OR SHAKE WHEN IT SHIFTS SOMETIMES, LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL OR LURCH FORWARD. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE WITH THEM. SOMETIMES WHEN IM DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY IF I STEP ON THE GAS THE CAR JERKS BACK BEFORE GOING FOWARD. ITS EXTREMELY SCARY AS IF SOMEONE IS HITTING YOU FOM BEHIND.

THE OTHER DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID THAT MY COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW. I WENT A GRABBED COOLANT AND FILLED IT UP TO THE MAX LINE. FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW NOW, I HAVE BEEN HAVING LIGHTS RANDOMLY POP UP ON MY DASH. SUCH AS DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE, SERVICE ENGINE, 4WD UNAVAILABLE. IT HAS ALSO RANDOMLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING WITH MY SON IN THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. WHICH THERE OBVIOUSLY IS. I SEARCHED AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES WITH THEIR 2016 FIAT 500X, AND THE DEALERSHIPS ALL SAY THE SAME THING. INCIDENTS HAVE ALLHAPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. ON NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS TO INTERSTATE. AT SPEED MILEAGE OF ANYWHERE FROM 15-70MPH.

THE ISSUE LOOKS SIMILAR TO FIAT 500L 2014 RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE DAY. THE AUTOMATIC GEAR DOESN'T SHIFTS EVEN IF THE SPEED GOES HIGHER. IT TAKE ALMOST A MILE OR 2 FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. I HAVE REQUESTED FOR AN SERVICE APPOINTMENT AT LOCAL FIAT DEALER, BUT I THOUGHT OF REPORTING THE PROBLEM AT NHTSA TOO, IF IN CASE IT IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINT.