2014 Fiat 500L

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE PROPER GEAR. THE CONTACT COULD NOT PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT MADE MORE THAN TWO ATTEMPTS TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAITED APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AND WAS ABLE DRIVE OFF SAFELY. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, "SWITCH TO NEUTRAL THEN TO DRIVE" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FIAT DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH STAR DODGE SAN PEDRO (7242 SAN PEDRO AVE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216, (210) 249-7500) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE MAY HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF AN UNKNOWN RECALL THAT WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH HER VIN. THE MECHANIC THEN REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE WARNING LIGHT FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE LOST ENGINE POWER CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECREASE IN SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE AND A PASSERBY HAD TO ASSIST WITH MOVING THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY. A DEALER HAD NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE YET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE OWNERS RESIDENCE DUE TO THE INTERMITTENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V192000 (POWER TRAIN) AND WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE FROM THE MANUFACTURER IF THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,299.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AND THE GEAR NOT AVAILABLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AUTONATION CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM ROSEVILLE (200 AUTOMALL DR, ROSEVILLE, CA 95661, (916) 467-8055) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE SAME DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

AT APPROX 17,000 MILES MANUAL TRANS CLUTCH FAILED NO POWER TO MOVE CAR. REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. NOW AT 32,600 MILES DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION CLUTCH FAILED ON HIGHWAY - NO POWER ALMOST HIT BY SEMI-TRUCK TRYING TO MAKE IT TO SHOULDER 2 FAILURES OF A PASSENGER CAR WITH LOW MILES IS AN ISSUE. NOW AT FIAT JIM BUTLER DEALER IN ST LOUIS MO.

UNSAFE VEHICLE: 1: CAR WAS STATIONARY FOR A SHORT PERIOD AT A RED LIGHT; TRIED TO ACCELERATE & CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. LEFT ME STRANDED FOR HALF HOUR. 2: CAR WAS STATIONARY AGAIN AT RED LIGHT & STALLED, LEAVING MY DAUGHTER STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. 3. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. MOST OF MY ROAD TIME WAS HIGHWAY. DANGEROUS TO NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF PEOPLE TRAVELING 70-80MPH. 4. WHILE DRIVING, TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION, THE CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, PUTTING MY DAUGHTER AND I IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 5. WHILE STATIONARY, CAR WOULD GO INTO GEAR, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION. THIS IS THE 2ND FIAT I OWNED AND WILL NEVER RECOMMEND OR BUY ANOTHER ONE DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES. 1ST FIAT WAS FINE, THIS ONE IS UNSAFE. I HAVE BEEN CHEATED. I CANNOT SELL OR DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE ITS TRASH AND UNRELIABLE. MY HUSBAND IS IN THE MILITARY AND OUR FAMILY WAS TRANSFERRED TO HI. WE HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR BEHIND ON THE MAINLAND BECAUSE IT IS NOT DRIVABLE. IT IS SITTING, STRANDED IN A DRIVEWAY WHILE WE CONTINUE TO PAY THE LOAN AND FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE. A 5 YEAR OLD CAR THAT I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IS LITERALLY FALLING APART AND A THROW AWAY CAR. THE CAR WAS NOT 5 YEARS OLD WHEN THE ISSUES STARTED. THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DEALER. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND OTHER FIAT OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4,000. WHY WOULD I BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY THAT WHEN THERE SHOULD NOT BE TRANSMISSION ISSUES ON IT TO BEGIN WITH? HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN FOR THIS TO COME TO LIGHT? VERY UNFAIR TO THE CONSUMER. MY RADIO ALSO POWERS DOWN BY ITSELF. MY AIR COMPRESSOR WENT OUT & COST 1,700 TO REPLACE. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR, I WAS A SINGLE MOM. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION I WAS BUYING A RELIABLE CAR THAT WAS GOOD ON GAS AND WOULD LAST MANY YEARS.

I WILL GO TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE AND A WARNING COMES UP STATING TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL BEFORE PUTTING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE AND IT DOESN'T GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE AND I NEED TO FOOL WITH IT BEFORE IT FINALLY WILL AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT WILL COME ON. HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES & THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE SAME CODE COME UP AND THEY REPLACED A COUPLE OF MODULES BUT IT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND THE DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE WARNING.

VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE AND SMOKE FROM HOOD. TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. GEAR SHIFT 1 ACTUATOR FAILURE, ATTEMPTED THE ROAD TEST AND FOUND CLUTCH AND SMOKE SMELL FROM TRANSMISSION BELL HOUSING AREA. MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. FOUND THIS ISSUE MANY TIMES EARLIER. EVENTUALLY VEHICLE STOPPED. INTERNAL TRANSMISSION DAMAGE FROM OVERHEATING (SERVICE CENTER RECOMMENDS REPLACING TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. WHILE DRIVING 8 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ON ITS OWN. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE POWERED DOWN AND MADE AN ABNORMAL REVVING SOUND. THE ENGINE POWERED DOWN IN REVERSE AS WELL AND THE POWER TRAIN WANING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HENDRICKS CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP FIAT OF CONCORD (7630 HENDRICK AUTO PLAZA NW, CONCORD, NC 28027, (704) 467-8270) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT NEW GEARS NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED TO SMOKE AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CALLED AAA AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOTEL. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO FIAT OF SAN DIEGO (858-492-9200, LOCATED AT 5135 CONVOY ST, SAN DIEGO, CA 92111) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION PRIOR TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V192000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,229.