FIAT Complaints

I TOOK MY CAR FOR INSPECTION. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT LICENSE PLATE LIGHT FAILED. BULB COULD NOT BE REPLACED. I HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE TAILGATE ASSEMBLY FOR $500 JUST FOR THE NEW BULB. NEW ASSEMBLY THEY PUT IN NOW HAS A REPLACEABLE BULB.

FULL SPEED FORWARD COLLISION WARNING PLUS DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WARNING AND BREAKS NEVER ACTIVATE EVEN IF 1 FOOT FROM CAR IN FRONT.*DT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2013 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A STRAIGHT AWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME OUT FROM A SIDE STREET. THE OTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON IN THE CONTACT'S FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. AS A RESULT, OF THE CRASH THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURY ON A CARTILAGE ON HER STERNUM, FOREHEAD BRUISE FROM THE SUN VISOR ALONE WITH BRUISES ON THE ARM, CHEST, RIBS, AND BACK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT AN EMERGENCY FACILITY. THE PERSON THAT CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AND DIDN'T NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE OTHER PARTIES INSURANCE DEEMED THE VEHICLE TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THEY PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

MY CAR HAS GONE TO THE DEALER REPEATEDLY FOR THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: BAD STRUTS, LOOSE ENGINE MOUNTS, OVERHEATING (BROKEN FAN), "DRIVE MODE NOT AVAILABLE", RADIO NOT WORKING, AND NOW MESSAGES SAYING LIGHTS ARE OUT WHEN THEY ARE NOT (CODE SAYS "PENDING CODE") THIS CAR DRIVES TERRIBLE AND IS UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE- IT SPENDS MORE TIME AT THE DEALER THAN IN MY DRIVEWAY - IT HAS 40K MILES AND IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY

AT TIMES, CONSTANT, SOMETIMES INTERMITTENT, WARNING 'AIRBAG FAILURE.' HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM AND FROM WHAT OTHERS HAVE FOUND, INVOLVES THE WIRING HARNESS TO AIRBAG.

THE SHIFT CABLE FOR THE TRANSMISSION BROKE LEAVING ME UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE IN MOVING TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE STATE HIGHWAY. THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND I HAVE NOT HAD USE OF MY CAR FOR OVER A WEEK AND POSSIBLY UP TO A MONTH.

SHIFTER CABLE AT TRANSMISSION LINKAGE BROKEN. WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS. VEHICLE WAS PARKED/TURNED OFF AT GAS PUMP. TURNED VEHICLE ON AND WOULD NOT GET OUT OF PARK/SHIFT GEARS. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED BYPASS THE 'PARK' TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO BE TOWED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO.

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING - TYPICALLY THE VEHICLE WILL DISPLAY THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC) WARNING LIGHT PRIOR TO STALL. STALL WILL HAPPEN WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING. ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATES. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED 5 TIMES TO CORRECT. EACH TIME THE DEALER DELIVERS VEHICLE. WITHIN 24 HOURS OF DELIVERY, THE ENGINE AGAIN BEGINS TO HESITATE AND STALL, ETC AND CEL LIGHT COME ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FIAT 500. ATER THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. FIAT AUTO GALLERY VAN NUYS (5711 VAN NUYS BLVD, VAN NUYS, CA 91401, (818) 593-0959) REPLACED THE WINDOW. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES SINCE THE INITIAL REPAIR. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THERE AS A CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED PICTURES OF THE MOST RECENT WINDSHIELD CRACK, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD FOR FREE SINCE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL, COULD HAPPEN WHILE IN MOTION (NO TURNS) AND ALSO WHILE TURNING, USUALLY ON A CITY STREET. IT COULD HAPPEN ONCE A MONTH, OR ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIP TWICE. AND PCM/TCM SHIFT WAS REPROGRAMMED (BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE). I TOOK IT AGAIN AND THEY INSIST NOTHING CAN BE DONE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I TRIED EXPLAINING IT HAPPENS SPORADICALLY BUT I FEAR FOR MY LIFE BECAUSE IT HAS DONE IT WHILE TURNING AND HAVING TRAFFIC AGAINST ME. STILL NOTHING WAS DONE. IT STARTED SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT IT AND AT THE MOMENT I THOUGHT I RELEASED THE PEDAL BY MISTAKE BUT IT KEPT HAPPENING I REALIZED I HAD NO WAY OF CAUSING THE FAILURE. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE (ALMOST) 3 YEARS I HAD THE VEHICLE SO I DON'T REMEMBER A SPECIFIC DATE. LAST TIME IT HAPPEN WAS LAST WEEK (05/20/2019-05/24/2019) BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH DAY.