FIAT Complaints

CLUTCH WEAR SEEMS TO BE EXCESSIVE FOR MILEAGE (25K) ON VEHICLE. CLUTCH IS SLIPPING AND PRESSURE PLATE, FORK, BEARING AND RELATED COMPONENTS ARE FAILING. ENGAGEMENT POINT VERY HIGH UP IN PEDAL TRAVEL. SOMETIMES SHIFTER GETS STUCK IN GEAR AND VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING, THE GEAR SHIFT BECAME STUCK IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,300.

MY CAR CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING OR BEING IDLED. I WOULD DRIVE IT IN THE CITY AND AFTER ABOUT 20-30 MINUTES OF DRIVING STOP AND GO. IT WOULD CUT OFF WHILE I'M STOPPED AT A LIGHT. THEN I WOULD PUT IT IN PARK AND IT WOULD RESTART. THEN AFTER THAT IT WOULD READ AS HIGH COOLANT. ALSO GOING UP STEEP HILLS IT WOULD CUT OFF WHEN I TURN IT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND READ NOTHING JUST COMPLETELY TURN OFF. I FINALLY GOT TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH FIAT SERVICE AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP IT FROM CUTTING OFF. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND REPLACE BY FIAT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE REPLACED 2 CONTIPROCONTACT 195/45/16 TIRES ON MY FIAT 500. BOTH DEVELOPED BUBBLES IN THE SIDE WALLS. FIRST ON 1/30/2017 AT 16119 MILES. SECOND ONE ON 3/22/2017 AT 18818. BOTH WERE THE FRONT WHEELS AND NOTICED CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE . REPLACED BOTH FOR SAFETY REASONS. THIRD TIRE SEEMS TO BE DEVELOPING A BUBBLE AS WELL. I AM AT 19225 MILES NOW. WORRIED FIRSTLY ABOUT SAFETY SECONDLY EXPENSES OF REPLACEMENT. ALL TIRES ARE ORIGINAL TO CAR BOUGHT NEW EXACTLY 1 YEAR AGO . THANKFULLY CAUGHT BEFORE ON THE ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

RECALL IN EFFECT SINCE MAY OF 2016. NO REMEDY AS OF YET. PLEASE FOLLOW UP ON THIS

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET AT 6:10 AM AND UPSHIFTING AT ABOUT 40 MPH THE CLUTCH DIAPHRAGM SPRING FRACTURED AND THE CLUTCH NO LONGER OPERATED, AND THE GEAR COULD NOT BE CHANGED WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. MANAGED TO BRING CAR TO A STOP IN LEFT TURN LANE, GET CAR IN TO NEUTRAL AND PUSH IT ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO A PARKING LOT SO I COULD BE OUT OF THE INTERSECTION SINCE IT WAS DARK. CAR HAD 25,583 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. FRICTION DISC STILL HAS PLENTY OF MATERIAL, PRESSURE PLATE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND FREE OF DAMAGE, THROW-OUT BEARING IS INTACT AND ROTATES SMOOTHLY. CONDITION OF PARTS INDICATES MINIMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON CLUTCH AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ABUSE. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY BUT HAD NOT YET HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK DONE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ORIGINAL CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS ALLOWING TOO MUCH TRAVEL AND OPERATING THE CLUTCH DIAPHRAGM SPRING BEYOND ITS INTENDED RANGE OF MOTION, STRESSING IT TO A POINT OF FAILURE. REVISED PEDAL ASSEMBLY LIMITS TRAVEL TO PREVENT THIS. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD THE REVISED PEDAL ASSEMBLY INSTALLED BUT ARE OPERATING WITH THE ORIGINAL CLUTCH DIAPHRAGM SPRING THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPROMISED AND COULD STILL FAIL WITHOUT WARNING.

TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR DOES NOT FUNCTION OR RESET. THE CAR IS NOT ABLE TO MEASURE THE TIRE PRESSURE, IT STATES UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALERSHIP MECHANICS SAID TO RESET IT, BUT UPON DRIVING IT WOULD RESET.. HOWEVER, IT NEVER DID. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM ALTHOUGH CAR WAS JUST PURCHASED WITHIN 2 WEEKS TO BE EXACT. THE MONITOR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE LOW OR HIGH PRESSURE ON TIRES, AND THE CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN EMERGENCY TIRE. MECHANICS SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS YEAR CAR, AND WHILE SITTING WAITING FOR ANOTHER SERVICE, SEVERAL PEOPLE SEEM TO COMPLAIN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. MONITOR NOT WORKING, BUT EVERYONE WAS OFFERED TO BE RESET FOR A PRICE, WEBSITE DOES NOT HELP, MOPAR WILL NOT SET IT, AND THE MECHANICS WILL CHARGE, BUT THE RESET DOES NOT WORK NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.

CAR IS VERY YOUNG, 24, 781 MILES AND TURNED IN BY PRIOR OWNER WITH 22,400'S MILES. AFTER CAR WAS SOLD WITH A RECALL, IT WAS NOTED IT ALSO SUFFERS FROM OIL LEAKING FROM THE REAR MAIN TRANSMITTION, PER MECHANIC IT AFFECTS BOTH THE TRANSMITION AND THE MOTOR, AND COULD CAUSE DEATH IF CAR RAN OUT OF OIL. LEAK PER SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS IS TOO SOON FOR A FIAT WITH SO LITTLE MILES, AND A CAR THAT STILL OWNS THE ORIGINAL TIRES, WIPERS, AND STILL HAS THE SMELL FROM WHEN IT WAS NEW. CAR BY PRIOR OWNER WAS FOR VACATION, BUT CAR NOW LEAKS AND IT SEEMS MANY VEHICLES THIS YEAR MODEL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE PER BLOGS AND FIAT COMPLAINTS BLOGS, UNFORTUNATELY THE DEALER WONT FIX THE PROBLEM AND MECHANICS ARE IN SHOCK CAR WAS SOLD WITH A RECALL AND WHEN IT WAS SERVICED THEY TOO REFUSED TO WORK ON THE SEAL WAITING FOR THE CAR TO GO THROUGH THE BANK FIRST & HOPE FOR A WARRANTY TO PAY FOR THE LABOR AND PART, EVEN AFTER I OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE PART WHILE THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE CAR CHANGING. HOWERVER, THEY FAILED TO INFORM ME ABOUT THE ISSUE, UNTIL I GOT HOME WITH THE CAR. ISSUE IS LIFE THREATENING BY MECHANICS WORDS, AND ALL 4 DIFFERENT SHOPS DEMANDED I EITHER RETURN THE CAR TO THE DEALER OR DEMAND THEY FIX IT BEFORE I WOULD END UP DEAD OR IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT BE PART OF A YOUNG CAR, IT SHOULD NOT BE LEAKING FROM A SEAL, PARTICULARLY THE TRANSMITION MAIN REAR SEAL, WHICH PER MECHANIC IT TOO AFFECTS THE MOTOR AND THE T RANSMISSION ABILITY TO FUNCTION ON A MANUAL VEHICLE.