FIAT Complaints

WHEN STOPPED AT A FUEL FILLING STATION THE CAR WOULD NOT TAKE IN ANY FUEL FROM THE GAS STATION PUMP AS USUAL. IT REACTS LIKE THE TANK IS FULL BUT IT IS NOT. A VERY SMALL STEADY FLOW OF FUEL WILL FLOW AND FILL WHEN THE NOZZLE IS ENGAGED AS SUCH. THE DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS THAT THE GAS PUMP 'AUTOMATIC STOP' DOES NOT ENGAGE AND FUEL RUNS OUT OF THE FILLER AREA AND DOES NOT STOP UNTIL YOU MANUALLY PULL OUT THE NOZZLE. THE FIAT DEALER SAYS IT COULD BE THE ROLLOVER VALVE AND THEY HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN BEFORE. THEY WANT TO CHARGE FOR SERVICE/INSPECTION, THEN REPAIRS. SOME DEALERS CHARGE FOR A NEW FUEL TANK @ $1200-1600 AND IT STILL HAPPENS. ONLINE CHATS REGARDING FIAT 500 ALSO DESCRIBE THIS ROLLOVER VALVE PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS 48,000 MILES AND IS A 2012.

THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY OUT OF PARK. WOULD NEED TO WAIT AND SHIFT THROUGH GEARS AND WAIT TO HEAR GEAR ENGAGE. SOMETIMES I HAD TO DO THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE IT FOUND THE GEAR. THIS HAPPENED BOTH FOR REVERSE AND DRIVE. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT TIMES WHEN NEEDED. IT WOULD REV REALLY HIGH BUT NOT CHANGE GEARS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY. EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD ALSO OCCUR ON REGULAR STREET DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAM SHAFT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, PISTON NUMBER ONE WAS NOT COMPRESSING. THE TECHNICIAN REMOVED THE VALVE COVER AND NOTICED THAT THE RELIEF OF THE ELEVATE STICK, WHERE PISTON NUMBER ONE WAS LOCATED, FRACTURED THE EXHAUST VALVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,372.

WAS TOLD RECENTLY NEED TO REPLACE D/S AXEL BUT WHEN FIRESTONE WENT TO CALL FIAT FOR PART THEY WERE TOLD' THIS VEHICLE HAS CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION RECALL IN WHICH WITH THE AXEL THE CONTROL ARM AND OTHER COMPONENTS MUST BE REPLACED AND TO REFER TO DEALERSHIPS OR RECALL. WHEN WENT TO FIAT DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE NO RECALL AND PROCEED TO SAY MUST BUY RF AXLE, LOWER CONTROL ARM, KNUCKLE, BEARING IN ORDER TO REPLACE ORIGINAL AXLE. PARTS ALONE TOTALING 1131.75. ITS WAS ONLY 5 YEAR OLD CAR AT TIME. AND PREVIOUS FIAT OWNERS SAY THEY RECEIVED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE RECALL BEFORE ALFA ROMERO SAID NO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V103000 (POWER TRAIN). THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWED A 2012 FIAT 500.THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IN STANDSTILL TRAFFIC, ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING AT 45 MPH REAR ENDED THE CONTACT, CAUSING HIS VEHICLE TO PUSH FORWARD AND CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE CRASH AN ERROR MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD "FAULTY AIR BAGS" DISPLAYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDIAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT (NCC# 9650) WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS OF YET. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. *DT*JB

KNOWN RETRACTABLE ROOF ISSUE WHERE THE ELECTRONIC MODULE CONTROLLING THE ROOF MALFUNCTIONS. THIS IMPACTS THE ABILITY TO OPEN THE TRUNK FROM THE OUTSIDE. UPDATE TO MODULE CONDUCTED BY MANUFACTURE IN 2015, HOWEVER ANY EARLIER MODELS ARE AT RISK FOR THIS TO OCCUR. FIX REQUIRES REWIRING PLUS NEW COMPONENT, COST IS $1100

SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT APPEARS FOLLOWED BY "DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE." WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE VEHICLE IS BASICALLY IN "NEUTRAL." THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING, INCLUDING CITY STREETS AND ON A 65 MPH HIGHWAY. THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER (WHILE DRIFTING) AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE DISPLAY CLEARS. FIAT SERVICE UPDATED VEHICLE CONTROL MODULES TO NO AVAIL. TCM WAS REPLACED TO NO AVAIL.

I AM HAVING ISSUES AGAIN WITH MY FIAT STALLING ON ME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A YEAR 1/2 NOW AND NO SOLUTION VIA THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON THE INTERSTATE DUE TO MY CAR SHUTTING OFF. THIS IS TIME I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70MPH. I HAVE HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALERSHIP IN THE PAST FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. THEY HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND SAME THING KEEPS HAPPENING. THIS IS UNSAFE AND TERRIFYING FOR ME TO DRIVE WITH MY TWO KIDS IN THE BACK.

ON JULY 20, 2019, MY 2016 FIAT 500X PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. PRESSED THE IGNITION BUTTON TO START AND NO START INSTEAD ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING IN SEQUENCE. COOLANT TEMPT TOO HIGH! SERVICE TRANSMISSION! SERVICE AIRBAGS! SERVICE POWER STEERING! SERVICE ELECTRONIC PARK BRAKE! EVERY AMBER AND RED WARNING JUST CONTINUALLY REPEATS THE FLASHING SEQUENCE. OF COURSE, CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO STARTING AND NO POWER BUTTONS RESPOND. NO ELECTRONIC BRAKE THE BATTERY IS GOOD. COOLANT IS NOT TOO HOT BECAUSE CAR HAS NOT BEEN STARTED/DRIVEN FOR 5 DAYS, SINCE JULY 15, 2019. TOTAL MILEAGE IS 10,005 MILES TO DATE! WILL HAVE TO TOW TO FIAT. AND BE AT THEIR MERCY.THIS CAR IS LIKE NEW. NOT EVEN DRIVEN EVERY. DAY. ## VIN PASSED ## ##