2014 Fiat 500L

BEGINNING AFTER WE PURCHASED OUR USED FIAT 500L WE BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH THE TRUNK/BOOT LID NOT OPENING. THE OUTSIDE LATCH NOR THE KEYFOB WOULD OPEN THE TRUNK. TRUNK HAS TO BE OPENED USING THE EMERGENCY LATCH RELEASE WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET TO. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING AND OFTEN WHEN A VISIT IS PLANNED TO DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM IS NOT HAPPENING AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FIAT AND UNLESS WE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS FEE AT A DEALERSHIP THEY ARE UNABLE TO ASSIST US. THE ISSUE IS KNOWN AND CAN BE EASILY FOUND BY A SEARCH FOR FIAT 500L BOOT OR TRUNK LID ON SITES SUCH AS FIAT500OWNERS.COM, FIXYA.COM,FIATFORUM.COM, AND OTHERS. I WILL PASS THIS SITE ALONG TO OTHERS SO THEY CAN BE REPORTED AND AN INVESTIGATION CAN BE CONDUCTED AND GET THIS ONGOING PROBLEM RESOLVED. MY WIFE IS HANDICAPPED AND WE WILL BE GETTING A NEWER MOTORIZED WHEEL CHAIR THAT CAN BE TAKEN APART AND STORED IN THE TRUNK. THE ISSUE COMES WHEN YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALLOWED TO OPEN THE TRUNK WITHOUT CRAWLING THROUGH THE BACKSEAT TO USE THE EMERGENCY TRUNK RELEASE OR IF BAGS OR GROCERIES ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO THE RELEASE. WE LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT ARE NOT HAVING ANY LUCK GETTING A KNOWN ISSUE FIXED. THE TRUNK MIGHT OPEN BEFORE LEAVING FOR A TRIP BUT QUIT WORKING WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCESS IT. THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT MAKES THE CONDITION OCCUR OR PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING. THERE IS AN OPEN CASE WITH FIAT BUT AT THIS POINT THEY COULDNT OFFER ANY RESOLUTION. I WAS DIRECTED TO THIS WEBSITE BY THE PERSON I SPOKE TO.

THE CAR WEEK NOT RESPOND IN ACCELERATION IT TOOK TOO LONG TO CLICK IN GEAR. . ON RAMPS IT STRUGGLED TO GET TO SPEED GOING INTO THE FREEWAY. THE DEALER SAID IT FIXED THIS AFTER A RECALL. IT DID NOT WORK HOWEVER AND IT WON'T SHIFT TESTS AT TIMES. ANOTHER MECHANIC SURE ITS BECAUSE ITS A JET FUELED ENGINE N I NEEDED TO GIVE IT GAS. WHEN I DID IT JUST IDLED THE SAME. NOW THE TRANSMISSION BROKE N I STILK OWE 5K ON IT! IT COSTS 9K TO FIX.I DROVE TO A MECHANIC AND HAD TO LEAVE IT THERE, THE GEARS DID NOT WORK ANYMORE.

STOPPED CAR AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT COULD NOT GET IT BACK INTO GEAR WHEN LIGHT CHANGED. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE IN PARK COULD NOT GET BACK IN GEAR. TOOK CAR TO FIAT DEALER AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION @ 60,849 MILES. CAR TRANSMISSION WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER FIAT RECALL FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. FIAT DEALER SAID I HAD NO RECOURSE OTHER THAN REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT MY COST.

I HAVE HAD A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH MY FIAT 500L TREKKING THAT IT LOSES ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC, CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF AND AT TIMES IT WILL ACCELERATE ON IT OWN. I HAVE TO PULL OVER IF ABLE AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO GET IT TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FIAT BUT THEY HAVE IGNORED IT SINCE 2016. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF IT LOSING POWER. FIAT DEALER (KANSAS CITY) TELLS ME THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE A SUPPOSED COMPUTER CODE. IT HAS HAD ALL THE RECALLS DONE ON IT AND THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES. THEY WON'T FIX IT.

I PURCHASED MY 2014 FIAT 500L IN MARCH 2019 WITH ONLY 54,000 MILES ON IT. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS TRAFFIC AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. AS I FRANTICALLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO GET THE CAR TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE REVVED TO APPROXIMATELY 5000 - 6000 RPMS UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED A GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY. THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO MORE VERY CLOSE, ALMOST ACCIDENTS, JUST LIKE THE ONE DESCRIBED ABOVE; AS WELL AS OTHER INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED SUCH AS CHANGING LANES IN A TRAFFIC JAM AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE, ETC. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS LATER (LAST WEEK), WHILE SITTING IN A TRAFFIC JAM FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, I BEGAN SMELLING A BURNING SMELL. SHORTLY AFTER, WHILE INCHING FORWARD, THE CAR JUMPED; ALMOST FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. ABOUT FIVE - TEN MINUTES LATER, A MESSAGE DISPLAYED SAYING TO PLACE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THEN BACK INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. I DID THIS AND THEN ALARMS STARTED DINGING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER, WHEN TRAFFIC FINALLY STARTED TO MOVE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ONLY GO INTO 2ND, 4TH, AND 6TH GEARS. WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE MANUAL SHIFT MODE, IT SAID GEAR NOT AVAILABLE. I MANAGED TO GET MY CAR HOME AND TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE TCM AS BAD (CODE P1CB1). IT COST ME $1,221.51 TO FIX! THERE WAS A COMPLETED GEAR SHIFT MODULE RECALL (NHTSA # 14V-103) IN MARCH 2014 AND A COMPLETED REPROGRAM POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE RECALL (NHTSA # 17V-192) IN MARCH 2017. FIAT HAS FAILED MISERABLY TO FIX THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND THERE'S STILL REPEATED PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS. THEY DID NOTHING FOR ME WHEN I CONTACTED THEM! IT IS A SAFTEY ISSUE! DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THIS IS RECALLED? BECAUSE I COULD HAVE!

THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY OUT OF PARK. WOULD NEED TO WAIT AND SHIFT THROUGH GEARS AND WAIT TO HEAR GEAR ENGAGE. SOMETIMES I HAD TO DO THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE IT FOUND THE GEAR. THIS HAPPENED BOTH FOR REVERSE AND DRIVE. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT TIMES WHEN NEEDED. IT WOULD REV REALLY HIGH BUT NOT CHANGE GEARS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY. EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD ALSO OCCUR ON REGULAR STREET DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V103000 (POWER TRAIN). THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

IM GETTING A TURBO UNDERBOOST CODE FROM THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT'S A SOLID LIGHT NOT FLASHING. I DO NOT HAVE A GAS CAP & IVE ALREADY HAD A SMOKE REST WHICH REVEALED NO LEAKS. I STARTED PUTTING PREMIUM GAS & THE LIGHT WENT OFF & WAS BACK TO PEAK DRIVING PERFORMANCE BUT RECENTLY IT CAME ON AGAIN WITH SAME CODE & IT'S DRIVING LIKE AN OLD LADY NOW

CAR JUST A FEW MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. STILL PAYING MONTHLY NOTE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WITH A COST OF $6000 TO REPAIR. CAR IS NOT WORTH WHAT WE OWE PLUS WHAT REPAIR CHARGE WILL BE. I SEE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS OF THIS WITH OTHER OWNERS- WITH LOW MILES. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND FIAT NEEDS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIR. THIS ISSUE LEFT MY 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STRANDED WITH 3 YOUNG CHILDREN! I AM READING ALL THESE ACCOUNTS FROM OTHER OWNERS, BUT NOT SEEING ANY RESOLUTION. WE WERE TOLD TO JUST 'GIVE AWAY' THE CAR. WE ARE STILL PAYING THE NOTE! DID NOT KNOW A FOUR YEAR OLD CAR WHICH HAS BEEN WELL- MAINTAINED WAS CONSIDERED DISPOSABLE.