FIAT Complaints

AS OF 01/15/2017 MY 2012 FIAT 500 POP RECALL HAS STILL NOT BEEN FIXED CORRECTLY. I AM CURRENTLY RENTING A VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. FIAT CHRYSLER HAS NOT PAID ME ONE PENNY TOWARD MY VEHICLE RENTAL. I HAVE RECEIVED RANDOM EMAILS FROM CHRYSLER THE LAST EMAIL WAS DATED JANUARY 13, 2017 SAYING THEY HAD AN UPDATED ON CASE #30818709. WHAT UPDATE COULD THEY HAVE MY VEHICLE RECALL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN A TIMELY MANNER. MY VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AT ALL. THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE VERY FEW MECHANICS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAPABLE OF FIXING A FIAT BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE DESIGN MOST MECHANICS DON'T HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING FOR THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN OF VEHICLE NOR DO THEY HAVE THE CORRECT TOOLS THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED USING A EUROPEAN METRIC SYSTEM IN ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO SAFETY STANDARDS FIAT MECHANICS NEED THE PROPER TRAINING AND TOOLS! BOTTOM LINE MY RECALL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED!

THE FIAT 500L 2014 MODEL SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN TRAFFIC. THERE IS NO ACCELERATION. ONCE THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IT SEEMS TO BE FINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. HE DID SUGGEST THIS MAY BE AN ELECTRIC CONTROL UNIT ERROR WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN EASY FAULT TO IDENTIFY. IF THIS IS THE SOURCE (ECU) IT IS DETECTING AN ERROR WHEN NONE EXISTS. IT IS TELLING THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER OR STOP TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IN NONE OF THE THREE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CAR LOST POWER WAS THERE ANY NEAR COLLISION. IN THE FIRST OCCASION, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ON A CITY STREET AT A LOW SPEED. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST IT TO THE CURB. AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT, IT RAN FINE. IN THE SECOND INCIDENCE ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER, I WAS IN VERY HEAVY DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC IN TAMPA WHEN IT LOST POWER. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND AGAIN IT RAN FINE. IN THE THIRD INSTANCE, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO A CITY STREET AT A LOW SPEED. THE CAR AGAIN LOST POWER. I TURNED IT OFF. IT RESTARTED AND RAN FINE TO GET ME HOME. I AM NOW FEARFUL OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WILL BE HAVING IT TOWED TO A FIAT DEALER TO SEE IF THEY CONCUR THAT THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT ERROR. *TR

2012 FIAT 500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MANUAL TRANSAXLE/CLUTCH PEDAL RECALL 16V-302 TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. *SMD

IN MOTION ON A HIGH WAY HIT CAR, AIR BAGS DEPLOYED GIVING ME EXTREME LEG TRAUMA THAT HAS GOTTEN WORSE EACH DAY. THE PAIN IS VERY SEVERE. NONE OF THE MEDICAL CARE PERSONNEL HAS SEE SUCH BAD LEG TRAUMA. *TR

SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR A YEAR AGO I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIO SUDDENLY INCREASING VOLUME TO MAXIMUM STARTLING ME. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR, WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS, OR STATIONARY. IT CAN HAPPEN JUST ONCE AT A RANDOM TIME OR MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO THEM. THEY STATE THEY NEED A FIX FROM FIAT WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED YET EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME. THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT FIAT AMERICA AND THEIR ATTITUDE WAS THAT IS WAS THE DEALER'S PROBLEM. I JUST WANT THIS FIXED BEFORE I AM INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN BLAST OF NOISE AT A BAD TIME. IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS ON RADIO STATIONS THAT DISPLAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEYOND THE FREQUENCY. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND IT ONLY HAS 8700 MILES ON IT. *TR

THE CLUTCH PEDDLE RECALL S-34 DOES NOT FIT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FIAT CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE THROW OUT BEARING AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE PRESSURE PLATE. MY CLUTCHED FAILED AT 105170 MILES AT UNDER 1 MPH WHILE GOING FROM A STOP TO PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE TO PARK AT MY WORKPLACE IN BATON ROUGE, LA. THIS OCCURRED IN LATE AUGUST AND I WAS WITHOUT MY PRIMARY TRANSPORTATION UNTIL DECEMBER 30TH DUE TO PARTS NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL ISSUED AND THE RECALL NOT COVERING ALL OF THE FAILED PARTS AS IT SHOULD HAVE. THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A DESIGN FAILURE ON THE MANUFACTURERS PART AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $1500 FOR A REPAIR THAT FIAT AND THE NHTSA SHOULD HAVE RECALLED WHEN CLUTCHES STARTED FAILING WITH LESS THAT 20000 MILES ON THEM BACK IN 2012. FIAT NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THEIR FAILURE AND RECALL THE ENTIRE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY NOT JUST THE PEDDLE. THAT IS LIKE PUTTING A BANDAGE ON A TIME BOMB HOPING NOBODY NOTICES.

THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL S34 / NHTSA 16V -302 ON MY VEHICLE. THE SERVICE CENTER, HELFMAN FIAT ALFA ROMEO MASERATI 7720 KATY FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77024 IS UNABLE TO REMEDY THIS DEFECT UNTIL MAY 24TH 2017. THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

2013 FIAT 500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR RECALL NOTICE 16V-302. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, THE CLUTCH WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER STATED THEY WOULD NOT BE PERFORMING ANY RECALLS, UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR. *JB

VEHICLE GOES INTO "LIMP MODE" ANYTIME WHEELS SLIP, UNTILL COMPUTER CLEARS NO THROTTLE OR MOTION, VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE FOR OVER 5+ SECONDS AND THEN ACCELERATED AT WHATEVER POSITION THROTTLE IS AT. DEALER AND MECHANICS SAY ALL NEW FIATS 2 AND 4WHEEL DRIVE ALL HAVE THIS ISSUE AND THEY CANNOT FIX. I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC, WHEEL SLIPPED AND WENT INTO LIMP IN MIDDLE OF LANES UNTILL IT CLEARED AND TOOK OFF AT HALF THROTTLE AND ALMOST GOT SMEARED BY TRAFFIC. DEALER SAYS ALL FIATS HAVE SAME PROBLEM AND ONLY SOLUTION IS TO GIVE A LOT OF LEAD TIME BEFORE ENTERING TRAFFIC AND TRY NOT TO ACCELERATE AS TO MAKE WHEELS SLIP WHEN ROAD CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE SLIPPING. THIS HAS HAPPEND PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND WHILE ON RAMPS, HILLS. IF ON CURVE OR HILL VEHICLE WILL GO INT "LIMP MODE" AND WILL JUST SLIDE DOWN HILLS AND THROUGH CURVES!!!