FIAT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 8 MPH, THE DRIVE MODE UNAVAILABLE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT THE VEHICLE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON BIG TREE ROAD IN SOUTH DAYTONA FLORIDA AS I APPROACHED MY NEIGHBORHOOD I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEARS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH NOR COULD I SHIFT THE GEARS. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE SO I BRAKED AND MANAGED TO DRIFT IN NEUTRAL TO MY DRIVEWAY AT MY HOME.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY 2012 FIAT POP IN NOVEMBER 2016.I CALLED STATELINE FIAT AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A CALL WHEN THE PARTS CAME IN.I NEVER RECEIVED THAT CALL.ON 02/20/2017 I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN UPTOWN CHARLOTTE NC AND MY CLUTCH WENT OUT AND I WAS NEARLY HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC.I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP.I HAD MY CAR TOWED THERE.THAT WAS 6 DAYS AGO.I AM VERY UNHAPPY BECAUSE NO ONE EVER CALLED ME IN TO GET THE RECALL REPAIRED.NO ONE OFFERED ME TOWING AND NOW 6 DAYS LATER I STILL DO NOT HAVE A CAR.I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH FIAT AND I FEAR THAT THIS CAR WILL NOT LAST VERY LONG.I REACHED OUT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FIAT USA BEFORE DECIDING TO SEND THIS COMPLAINT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

ON FEB 11TH 2017 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A CHYSLER DODGE JEEP DEALER IN SANDY UTAH (LHM) I ASK THEM IF THEY COULD REPAIR MY VEHICLE. THEY SAID YES SO I AUTHORIZED LARRY H MILLER CHYSLER DODGE JEEP TO WORK ON MY VEHILCE. KEN GARFF FIAT REFUSED TO GIVE THE PARTS TO LARRY H MILLER AND BACKED THE DEALERSHIP INTO A CORNER MAKING LARRY H MILLER TAKE THE CAR TO KEN GARFF FIAT AT 198 E 500 S IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH AND I KNOW FOR FACT KEN GARFF REFUSED TO GIVE LARRY H. MILLER THE PARTS FOR THE VEHILCE BECAUSE KEN GARFF FIAT LIKES TO FORCE EVERYONE TO COME TO THEIR DEALERSHIP WELL KEN GARFF HAD THE VEHILCE TOWED TO THEM AND KEPT THE VEHILCE FROM 12NOON UNTIL 5PM STATING THEY HAD NOT STARTED WORK ON THE VEHILCE AND THEY HAD PLANS TO WORK ON THE VEHILCE OVER NIGHT WHEN THE SHOP WAS CLOSED I TOLD KEN GARFF THEY WILL NOT BE WORKING ON MY VEHILCE OVER NIGHT AND NOT TO TOUCH MY CAR WELL NOW MY CAR IS SETTING ON KEN GARFF LOT WITH NOT ONE PIECE OF PAPERWORK THAT SAYS KEN GARFF CAN TOUCH MY VEHILCE AND IF THEY TRY TO LIE AND SAY THEY DO THEN THEY HAVE FORGED MY SIGNATURE. I HAD MY PLATES REMOVED FROM THE CAR I CONTACTED LARRY H MILLER AND TOLD THEM ON 02/15/2017 THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO LARRY H MILLER. THE RECALL IS STILL NOT COMPLETE AND KEN GARFF REFUSES TO GIVE THE PROPER PARTS SO ANOTHER CHYSLER DEALERSHIP CAN WORK ON THE VEHILCE ........... I WANT TO NOTE THAT LARRY H MILLER CHYSLER DODGE JEEP IS WONDERFUL AND I AM BEING TREATED WITH RESPECT BY LARRY H. MILLER CHRYSLER DOGE JEEP AND THEIR STAFF....... HOWEVER THE RECALL WORK IS STILL INCOMPLETE BECAUSE KEN GARFF FIAT 198E 500S OF SALT LAKE CITY UTAH WILL NOT GIVE LARRY H MILLER PARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FIAT 500 SPORT HATCHBACK. 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 NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

FIAT TOLD ME THE PROBLEM RELATED TO THE PRESSURE PLATE WHICH IS NOT RELATED TO THE SAFETY RECALL THAT FIAT ISSUED TO CONSUMER IN 2016. ALSO, THE FAIL SYMPTOM IS THE GEAR IS FAILED TO PROPULSION WHEN ONLY ENGINE IS ON BUT ITS NOT WHEN ENGINE IS OFF. FIAT TECHNICIAN DENY THIS CAUSE BY THE DEFECT OF THE CLUTCH DESIGN. MAY I HAVE EXPERT TO PROVIDE THE ADVICE ON THIS.

FIAT SENT A SAFETY RECALL FOR MANUAL TRANSAXLE CLUTCH PEDAL IN NOVEMBER, AND AGAIN IN LATE JANUARY BUT WE MOVED TO ALASKA LAST SUMMER AND NOW LIVE IN JUNEAU, ALASKA WHICH IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT OR PLANE AND IS 500 MILES FROM THE NEAREST FIAT DEALER--EITHER IN BELLINGHAM, WA, OR IN ANCHORAGE, AK NHTSA RECALL SITE SAYS THAT RECALL WAS ISSUED MAY 10 2016; HAD WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN MAY OR JUNE, WE COULD HAVE HAD THE REPAIRS DONE IN ALBUQUERQUE, AS WE DID NOT LEAVE ALBUQUERQUE UNTIL JULY. THERE IS A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN JUNEAU, AND I CALLED THEIR REPAIR SHOP NUMBER, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A CALL BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF FIAT COULD SEND THE PART AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THEM TO DO THE REPAIR OR NOT AND FCA DID NOT OFFER THAT AS A SOLUTION; THEY WANT ME TO INCUR THE EXPENSE OF FERRY PLUS FUEL ETC. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT SHOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 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 CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING MY CAR INTO GEAR. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY TRANS-AXLE CLUTCH PEDAL BUT WHEN I TRIED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR IT TO BE FIXED, ALL THE FIAT DEALERS IN MY AREA HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH. I WOULD LIKE A RENTAL CAR UNTIL MY CAR HAS BEEN FIXED AS IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT I AM DRIVING MY CAR WITH THIS RECALL FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS. *TR