FIAT Complaints

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 MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 09/23/16*LJ *JS

CLUTCH STARTED GOING BAD IN 500 SPORT SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER DUE TO THE RECALL S34. (CLUTCH MAKES A WHINING NOISE AND CAUSES ABNORMAL VIBRATIONS WHEN TRYING TO ENGAGE GEARS. STILL MAKES WHINING SOUND WHEN ENGAGED WITH GEAR) FCA MADE NO EFFORT TO COVER REPAIRS OR EVEN LOOK INTO EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CLUTCH. ALL I WAS TOLD WAS I NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH KIT AND THROW OUT BEARING. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING SINCE THERE IS NO PERMANENT REMEDY YET DESPITE THAT MY CLUTCH IS GOING BAD NOW. I WAS OFFERED NO ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE OR ESTIMATE ON WHEN PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE YET FCA SEEMED FINE WITH LETTING ME DRIVE IT DESPITE THE RECALL STATING THAT THE BAD PARTS COULD "RESULT IN THE INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH..." AND THAT COULD "CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING". THE RECALL NOTICES WENT OUT IN JUNE, IT'S NOT AUGUST, AND THE OWNER'S FORUMS ARE SAYING PARTS MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER BUT I CAN'T SAFELY DRIVE MY CAR NOW.

AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSLER CORP I AM BEING TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS FOR MY RECALL AND THAT I SHOULD MAKE THE REPAIR ON MY OWN UTILIZING THE SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS THAT ARE ON RECALL!!! I ALREADY HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 7/29 WHEN THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUSH IT OUT OF HARMS WAY I FELL HARD ON THE CONCRETE. TO PUT IN AT MY COST THE SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS IS PUTTING MY LIFE IN DANGER.

FIAT 500 RECALL. FIAT RECALLED MY VEHICLE IN JUNE OF 2016 FOR A DEFECT IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT "COULD CAUSE A CRASH." IT IS AUGUST OF 2016 AND FIAT HAS NO DATE FOR WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE, NOR ARE THEY WILLING TO ADVISE HOW LONG IT MIGHT BE. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE TO BE DRIVING A CAR THAT COULD CRASH "WITHOUT WARNING" YET NO PLAN IS IN PLACE TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK WHILE USING THE KEY FOB. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL 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 MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,491.

TRAVELING DOWN THE A CITY ROAD AND I HERE ALOUD BOOM, AND THEN I HERE GLASS POORING IN MY CAR. NO ONE WAS AROUND ME TRIED TO GET IT FIXED BUT THEY WERE OUT OF STOCK. WITH TALKING TO DEALERS THEY HAVE HAD ALOT OF THESE EXPLODING WINDOW . IT SEEMS THAT IT MAY BE DO TO A PLASTIC REGULATOR IN MY CASE I WAS LUCKY IT BROKE IN THE BACK SEAT NO CHILDREN. BUT I HAVE 3 MORE WINDOWS THAT MAY EXPLOAD PLEASE SEE TO IT THAT THESE GET FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILURE: AT 47,700 MILES AND 4 YEARS 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF MY 2012 FIAT 500 (4 MONTHS PAST WARRANTY), THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING HAS FAILED AND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BEARING IS FAILING. NORMALLY OEM WHEEL BEARINGS SHOULD LAST OVER 100,000 MILES. IN MY 50 YEARS DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE IN WHICH THE WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE.