FIAT Complaints

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH AND THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE MODULE FOR THE GEAR SELECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HOMETOWN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (LOCATED AT 228 S WILSON ST, VINITA, OK 74301, 918-323-4307) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V192000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 14V103000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,540.

WE HAVE RAN INTO TWO ISSUES WITH THE CAR. THE FIRST ISSUE WAS LAST YEAR THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER INSIDE NOT WORKING WHICH IN TURN CAUSE ISSUES WITH THE BLUETOOTH, LIGHTING, AND DASHBOARD. THE MECHANIC SAID IT COULD IN TURN RESULT IN OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. WE RECENTLY STARTED THE CAR AND IT STARTED SHAKING, THE DASHBOARD WENT OUT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND 'PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND REVERSE' WAS DISPLAYED. THE CONTACT FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FIAT OF NORTH MIAMI (305-948-6794, LOCATED AT 2065 NE 151 ST, N. MIAMI, FL 33162) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED TO CALL THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,000.

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 .

2014 FIAT 500L MY CAR WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. FINALLY AFTER PUTTING IT IN DRIVE, PARK, REVERSE IT WENT INTO DRIVE AND I TOOK IT TO CUTTER FIAT IN HONOLULU IMMEDIATELY. THEY INFORMED ME IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. ($9,000) WE PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW JULY 2014 FROM CUTTER FIAT IN HONOLULU. MY CARS VIN NUMBER ISN'T LISTED AS A RECALL BUT WHY IS IT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED CARS? PLEASE HELP ME

WHEN I BOUGHT MY 2014 FIAT 500L IN 2017, IT HAD AN OPEN RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THE SHIFTING ISSUES BUT IT DID NOT. I PERIODICALLY GET ERRORS TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND THEN REVERSE/DRIVE B/C TO TRY TO GET OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. ON 10/22/18, I STARTED GETTING "GEAR UNAVAILABLE" ERRORS AND HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT B/C IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. LAST WINTER IN COLD WEATHER, IT STARTED SLIPPING INTO "LIMP MODE" WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON ROUTE 42 WHERE ALL I COULD DO WAS PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR (BUT NO ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE MECHANIC COULD ADDRESS). ON 9/30/19 I TOOK IT TO THE FIAT DEALER IN MAPLE SHADE, NJ, WHERE THEY TOLD ME AT 35,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE (P1CB1 GEAR SHIFT ACTUATOR FAILURE) AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. BUT WHEN THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER GOT THERE HE COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUES SO THEY WOULD NOT COVER A NEW TRANSMISSION. FIAT CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUES WITH THIS YEAR MAKE/MODEL ARE WELL-KNOWN.

BEGINNING AFTER WE PURCHASED OUR USED FIAT 500L WE BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH THE TRUNK/BOOT LID NOT OPENING. THE OUTSIDE LATCH NOR THE KEYFOB WOULD OPEN THE TRUNK. TRUNK HAS TO BE OPENED USING THE EMERGENCY LATCH RELEASE WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET TO. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING AND OFTEN WHEN A VISIT IS PLANNED TO DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM IS NOT HAPPENING AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FIAT AND UNLESS WE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS FEE AT A DEALERSHIP THEY ARE UNABLE TO ASSIST US. THE ISSUE IS KNOWN AND CAN BE EASILY FOUND BY A SEARCH FOR FIAT 500L BOOT OR TRUNK LID ON SITES SUCH AS FIAT500OWNERS.COM, FIXYA.COM,FIATFORUM.COM, AND OTHERS. I WILL PASS THIS SITE ALONG TO OTHERS SO THEY CAN BE REPORTED AND AN INVESTIGATION CAN BE CONDUCTED AND GET THIS ONGOING PROBLEM RESOLVED. MY WIFE IS HANDICAPPED AND WE WILL BE GETTING A NEWER MOTORIZED WHEEL CHAIR THAT CAN BE TAKEN APART AND STORED IN THE TRUNK. THE ISSUE COMES WHEN YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALLOWED TO OPEN THE TRUNK WITHOUT CRAWLING THROUGH THE BACKSEAT TO USE THE EMERGENCY TRUNK RELEASE OR IF BAGS OR GROCERIES ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO THE RELEASE. WE LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT ARE NOT HAVING ANY LUCK GETTING A KNOWN ISSUE FIXED. THE TRUNK MIGHT OPEN BEFORE LEAVING FOR A TRIP BUT QUIT WORKING WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCESS IT. THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT MAKES THE CONDITION OCCUR OR PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING. THERE IS AN OPEN CASE WITH FIAT BUT AT THIS POINT THEY COULDNT OFFER ANY RESOLUTION. I WAS DIRECTED TO THIS WEBSITE BY THE PERSON I SPOKE TO.

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.

A FEW DAYS AFTER NORMANDIN CHRYSLER DID A RECALL CLUTCH REPAIR, THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARM CAME LOOSE AT THE WHEEL CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE AND RIGHT TIRE TO JAM INTO WHEEL WELL. I HAD JUST TURNED LEFT ONTO A ROAD FROM A DRIVEWAY. I HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND PULLED THE CAR OVER. CV FLUIDS ON ROAD. AXEL DISCONNECTED AT BOTH ENDS.