2014 Fiat 500L

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN TO SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN. THE DASH DISPLAYED (! MANUAL UNAVAILABLE) THE CAR BEGAN TO JUMP FROM PARK, NEUTRAL, D2 AND D6 UNTIL THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT TOOK THREE OF US TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE FREEWAY. PRIOR TO THIS I HAVE NOTICED THAT OVER THE PAST MONTH WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THEN IT SUDDENLY STARTS GOING. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WITH REGARDS TO MY CAR.

HAD THE CAR IN N WHILE GOING THROUGH A CASH WASH. SHIFTED TO D BUT IT WOULD NOT GO. PUT IT BACK IN N THEN D AND DROVE AWAY. AT THE NEXT TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHILE IN D, THE COMPUTER SCREEN ADVISED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK TO R OR D. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE DRIVING THE PANEL LIGHT WAS, INSTEAD OF SHOWING D, SHOWING EACH GEAR SUCH AS D1, D2 ETC.

I ALONG WITH MANY OTHER 2014 FIAT 500L HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. OUR OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS NOT READING CORRECTLY WHICH 100% AFFECTS THE HEATING AND COOLING. THE TEMPERATURE ALWAYS READS 30 DEGREES COLDER THEN THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE REALLY IS. SO MY AC WON'T RUN COLD ON A 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DAY (LIKE TODAY). BECAUSE THE CAR THINKS IT IS 60 DEGREES OUTSIDE. IT WILL ACTUALLY ONLY BLOW WARM AIR ON AN 80 DEGREE DAY BECAUSE THE TEMP SHOWS THAT IT IS 50 DEGREES OUTSIDE. HOW DOES THIS GET FIXED WHEN WE CAN NOT PURCHASE THE PART NEEDED. OTHERS BOUGHT THE WHOLE NEW DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR THAT HOUSES THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SENSOR THAT IT 'THE PROBLEM'. AND WITHIN MONTHS, THIS SENSOR DOES THE SAME THING AND STARTS READING THE WRONG TEMPERATURE. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED. THE TEMPERATURE IS READING WRONG 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME. WEATHER MOVING OR STATIONARY. OR PARKED IN THE GARAGE OR OUTSIDE.

THIS MORNING I GOT INTO THE CAR EVEN TRIED TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE BUT IT SAID SHIFT BACK TO NEUTRAL THEN TO REVERSE OR FORWARD. I TRIED JUST LIKE IT SAID AND IT STILL CONTINUED THROW THE ERROR. AFTER LIKE THREE OR FOUR TIMES IT SKIPPED FIRST GEAR AND SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR BUT THE CAR JERKED AS SOON AS I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL. I TURNED IT OFF FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN TRY IT AGAIN AND I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME I PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND ACTUALLY WENT IN REVERSE, THEN IT ALLOWED ME TO GO INTO FIRST GEAR. I CHECKED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE AND IT THREW A P1CB1 CODE WHICH INDICATED IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I'M TRYING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY NEVER ANSWER THE PHONE AT THE ONLY ONE NEAR ME. BUT EVERYWHERE I'M LOOKING AND READING IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BUT CANNOT VERIFY UNTIL I GET TO THE DEALERSHIP.

THE FIAT 500L HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT. FOR THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES REGARDING THE DRIVING ABILITY OF THIS VEHICLE. IN COLD OR HOT TEMPERATURES, THE CAR JERKS WHEN IN DRIVE. LATELY, IT STALLS AT STOP SIGNS/LIGHTS WHILE IDLING. IT THEN, WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS ENGAGED. WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY INFORMED US THAT THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WILL NEED TO PULL THE TRANSMISSION OUT (MIN. OF $1000) AND LOOK FURTHER TO SEE WHAT ISSUES THEY WILL NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. POSSIBLE WORST CASE SCENARIO WILL BE $6000 TO FIX A CAR THAT IS NOT FOR MORE THAN $5000. A YEAR AGO, WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR $10000. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT OF COURSE THE WARRANTY ON THAT RECALL EXPIRED. I DON'T BELIEVE A VEHICLE THAT IS SIX YEARS OLD, LESS THAN 50,000 MILES SHOULD HAVE A TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SAFFORD CHRYSLER FIAT (7611 LOISDALE RD, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TURBO CHARGER FAILED TO CREATE SUFFICIENT BOOST PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,081.

CAR WAS STATIONARY. WHEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, CAR WOULD NOT GO. SHIFTED BACK TO NEUTRAL, STILL WOULD NOT GO, SHIFTED TO PARK THEN TO DRIVE, IT FINALLY WENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. MESSAGE CAME ON A ND SAID CHECK TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. REPAIR SHOP SAID THE. COMPUTER SAID THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SENSOR. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SENSOR PART OF RIGHT OUTSIDE MIRROR . MIRROR WITH SENSOR REPLACED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. COST OF MIRROR AND LABOR TO REPLACE WAS $589. COULDN'T JUST REPLACE SENSO. COMPUTER MESSAGE APPEARS EACH TIME THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE GAGE GOES BLANK AND MANY TIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. SOMETIMES LIGHT WILL GO OFF WHEN AMBIENT TEMP SHOWS UP AGAIN. MANY TIMES THE AMBIENT TEMP GAGE WILL GO HAYWIRE AND SHOW WRONG TEMP, SUCH AS 32 WHEN IS 60 OUTSIDE.