FIAT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500X. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK AND RESTARTED. THE DEALER (FIAT OF EDMOND, 14113 BROADWAY EXTENSION HWY, EDMOND, OK 73013, (405) 696-0631) WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

NO SIGNS OF ANY PROBLEMS. OIL CHANGE DONE LESS THAN 3 WEEKS. WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IN LESS THEN 2 MINS LOSS OF POWER UNTIL COMPLETE STOP AND CAR SHUT OFF. TURNS OVER BUT CAR SHAKES GOT IT TOWED HOME. CAR REMAINS UNABLE TO DRIVE. SHAKES WITH NOISES IN THE ENGINE WHEN ON. I'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS SO I'M SHOCKED I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS THAT HAVE COME ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE PARKED SINCE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE A FEW MONTHS AGO. SERVICE ABS, DYNAMIC STEERING TORQUE, SERVICE ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE HILL HOLD CONTROL. THE FIRST TIME THESE LIGHTS CAME ON I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THE LIGHTS DIDN'T COME ON DURING THE WEEK THEY HAD IT. SINCE THEN THE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON SEVERAL DAYS WHILE DRIVING ON THE CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTS OUT OF 4TH GEAR BY ITSELF. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY AS WELL AS IN STREET TRAFFIC

LOSS OF TOTAL DASH DISPLAY AT ANY GIVEN TIME , HAVE TO DISCONNECT BATTERY FOR 5MINS RECONNECT TO REGAIN DASH BACK , THIS STARTED DAY 1 OF PURCHASE WHEN PULLING OFF THE CAR LOT .

SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR WHEN I PUT IT INTO REVERSE IT SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. IVE HAD IT SINCE 2014. I'VE LOOKED UP RECALLS BUT IT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED YET. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH SEVERAL MODEL CLOSE MINE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN RECALLED ALREADY. I WILL BE TRYING TO REVERSE ON A STREET AND IT POPS OUT OF GEAR AND GRINDES. THIS ISSUES HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AND HAS GOTTEN ME CLOSE TO ACCIDENTS.

CAR SWITCHES INTO NEUTRAL UNEXPECTEDLY CREATING A DANGEROUS INOPERABLE VEHICLE SCENARIO WHERE THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES ON THE OPEN ROAD AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS IS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE WHICH I HAVE TO PREDICTIVELY ALLOW FOR BY ANTICIPATING THIS MAY HAPPEN.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2017 FIAT SPIDER 124 ABARTH ON REGULAR PAVED ROADS, THE ALARM ACTIVATES. JUST DRIVING NORMALLY DOWN THE ROAD. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE SECOND TIME WAS AFTER TURNING RIGHT ONTO ANOTHER ROAD AND SPEEDING UP. THE HORN STARTS BLOWING AND ALL THE LIGHTS START FLASHING. SCARES ME AND EVERYONE AROUND ME. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM ON THE ABARTH MODEL AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE A PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR, WITH NO FIX IN SIGHT. MINE HAS DONE THIS TWICE BUT OTHERS HAVE REPORTED IT HAPPENING MANY TIMES. FCA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

CAR HAS MOVED OUT OF "PARK" 4 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME ROLLED DOWN MY DRIVE WAY AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. I WANT TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE RETURNED AND GET ANOTHER CAR. WE TOOK THIS VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO FOR ELECTRONIC GAUGE AND SYSTEM PROBLEMS. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THEM ANYMORE.

WHILE AT STOP LIGHT WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT TO PROCEED, THE CAR AT 1ST YEAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT SHIFT FAST ENOUGH CAUSING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME TO HUNK, I PULLED OVER TURN CAR OFF TURNED CAR BACK ON SAYING A SHOE CONTINUED ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WARNING LIGHT FOR TRANSMISSION, MADE IT HOME. NEXT MORNING CAR SEEMED TO BE BACK TO NORMAL. SOMETIME LATER ENGINE LIGHT TURNED BACK ON TRANSMISSION LIGHT AS WELL AND PROCEEDED TO HAVE SAME ISSUE I WAS TAKING NOTES AND TOOK PICTURES WHEN THE LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON AND OFF. ALSO AIRBAG LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON A WEEKS PRIOR. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 46000 MILES ON IT IT SEEMS TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION I HAD JUST PURCHASED IT FROM A DEALER FOR MONTHS AGO. I STARTED GOOGLE LEAN THE ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THERE WERE RECALLS ON THE POWER TRANS AND AIRBAG AS WELL. CALL FIAHED DEALER AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $175 JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR. THIS ISSUE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A RECALL THEREFORE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID WAS COMPLETED IT IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I NEED HELP THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT BECAUSE THE LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES WHEN THE LIGHT IS OFF THE CAR RUNS NORMAL WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS ON THE CAR HAS AN ISSUE HOW CAN I DETECT WHEN THE LIGHT WILL TURN ON OR OFF AND GET CHARGED IN THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL IF THERE'S A PROBLEM OR NOT UNLESS THAT LIGHT IS ON I NEED HELP, THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I CAN GET INTO AN AUTO ACCIDENT IF THE GEAR SLOWS DOWN AND I CANNOT SHIFT AND GET BACK TO SPEED. DEAR BAG TURNED ON LIGHT WARNING ABOUT MAY 25TH 2018, ENGINE/ TRANSMISSION TURNED ON JUNE 5TH 2018