Fiat 500L Complaints

209 consumer complaints on file.

#11406927April 7, 2021
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND VIBRATE BEFORE SUDDENLY STALLING. ALSO, A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT AND THE WARNING MESSAGE "DUAL CLUTCH OVER HEATING" HAD DISPLAYED AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY SURGE FORWARD AND EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER IILDERTON DODGE LOCATED AT 701 S MAIN ST, HIGH POINT, NC 27260 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11406734April 6, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM MANHATTAN ALFA ROMEO FIAT IN DEC 2017. IT HAD 17000 MILES AND I PURCHASED AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH ZURICH FOR POWER TAIN FROM MANHATTAN FIAT. THE CAR HAD 1 RECALLS FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES ON IN MARCH 2014 AND ONE IN MARCH 2017. THE CAR NOW NEEDS A COMPLETE NEW TRANSMISSION AND IT ONLY HAS 52457 MILES. THE REPAIR IS OVER $7000. THE WARRANTY IS CLAIMING THAT IT WILL NOT COVER THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION -HYDRALLIC SUPPLY UNIT BUT THE PART CAN ONLY BE REPLACED AS A WHOLE UNIT. I CALLED CHRYSLER/FIAT HEADQUARTERS AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME. THE CAR HAS HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES FROM WHEN IT WAS MADE. ALL THE RECALLS AND ISSUES WITH THE CAR THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ME. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY NOT COVERING THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR BECAUSE THEY DEEM IT AN OUTSIDE PART WHEN IT IS PART OF THE TRANSMISSION. WHO CAN A CONSUMER TURN TO. THIS IS FRAUD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11398676March 2, 2021
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STATE "CHECK TRANSMISSION" AND "MANUAL TRANSMISSION UNAVAILABLE" THEN THE AUTO SHIFTER FOR GEARS WILL START SHIFTING REALLY ROUGH OR NOT AT ALL. ONCE YOU TURN OFF THE VEHICLE IT WILL NOT START AGAIN UNLESS PUT ON A BATTERY CHARGER, AS IT'S STUCK IN 1ST GEAR (PER THE SHOP). TOOK IT TO A SHOP, THEY STATED IT APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE FIRST RECALL THAT I HAD COMPLETED AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING SINCE RECALL ALREADY DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11394616February 4, 2021
POWER TRAIN
I WENT TO GO MOVE MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE AFTER SEVERAL TRIES THEN EVENTUALLY IT JUST WENT INTO REVERSE AND WAS OKAY. THE NEXT DAY IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING BUT WOULDN'T GO INTO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11388502January 16, 2021
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE TRANSMISSION MODULE A IT'S RUNS BUT SOMETIMES WHEN IT APPEARS SOMETHING IS STUCK CAUSING TRANSMISSION LIGHT APPEAR AND SOMETIMES IT STOPS ME IN MIDDLE OF ROAD NOT GOING IT'S DISCONNECTED SOMEWHERE NOT SAFE IN MIDDLE OF ROAD SEEMS IT'S NEVER BEEN FIXED FROM RECALL?? IT DID TO ME IN MIDDLE OF ROAD EVEN IT'S NOT OVERHEAT AS WELL HAD TO SHUT OFF WAIT FOR LIKE 1 MINUTE THEN START AND GO IT WOULDN'T START RIGHT AWAY SOMETHING WITH THE SENSOR SOMEWHERE FOR NO APPEARLY REASON OVER ALL IT RUNS GREAT BUT SOMETHING TO DO WOTH MODULE A IS WHAT THEY SEEN ON THE CHECK UP WHEN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DID IT 3 TIMES IN ME IN MIDDLE OF ROAD WHEN TRANSMISSION WON'T GO LIKE I SAID I WAS TOLD WHEN THEY DID THE DEVICE CHECKING WHEN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CHECKED FROM THERE . BEEN DOING THIS MORE LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTHLIES IT NEED UPDATE OR WHAT NEED HELP PLEASE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11387520January 11, 2021
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING, SMOKE WOULD COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SMOKE WOULD APPEAR INTERMITTENTLY AND USUALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD BECAUSE THE SMOKE WOULD MAKE WAY INTO THE CABIN WITH A BURNING ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ORANGE COAST CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT, 2929 HARBOR BLVD, COSTA MESA, CA 92626, AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DUAL CLUTCH BURNING UP AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR FEES AND WANTED ANOTHER OPINION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11366286October 25, 2020
ENGINE
I BROUGHT MY 2014 500L TO FIAT DEALER TO TAKE CARE OF THE RECALLS REGARDING THE SHIFTING AND ENGINE IDLE SPEED. BEFORE I BROUGHT THEIR IT WAS RUNNING FINE. I GOT IT BACK THE SAME DAY AND WHEN I RECEIVED IT GOT A REPORT THAT ALL WAS GOOD. NOW MY CAR IS ACTING UP. SOMETIMES I STEP ON ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENS THAT WAS AT MY HOME. ALSO WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE IT DOESN'T ENGAGE AND ON THE SCREEN IT TELLS ME TO PUT IN PARK THEN NEUTRAL AND THEN DRIVE THAT WAS AT MY SONS SCHOOL. SOME TIMES IT STILL DOESN'T WORK AND HAVE TO DO IT MULTIPLE TIMES. I BROUGHT IT BACK AND TOLD THEM THEIR SOFTWARE UPGRADE HAS MADE MY CAR WORSE THAN IT WAS. THEY EVALUATED IT AND THE SERVICE WRITER SAID HE WOULD NEED TO CHARGE ME 8HRS OF LABOR @ $185 AN HR. JUST TO EVALUATE THE PROBLEM. IT STILL THEIR AND WILL CALL FIAT DIRECTLY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11365232October 19, 2020
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE SOMETIMES WILL NOT GO INTO DRIVE AFTER REVERSE. WILLMREVERSE OUT OF DRIVEWAY BUT CAR WON'T DRIVE FORWARD WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE GEAR. I THEN GE A MESSAGE TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TRY AGAIN. SOMETIMES THIS WORKS BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364667October 16, 2020
POWER TRAIN
RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE FOLLOWING RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON MY 2014 FIAT 500L VIN [XXX]: "ITEM AFFECTED: POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONDATE ANNOUNCED: 03/04/2014DESCRIPTION OF RECALL:CHRYSLER GROUP LLC (CHRYSLER) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2014 FIAT 500L VEHICLES MANUFACTURED APRIL 5, 2013, THROUGH JANUARY 22, 2014. IN CERTAIN TEMPERATURES, MOVING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER MAY HAVE A DELAYED EFFECT OR NO EFFECT ON SELECTING A TRANSMISSION GEAR." HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. EVERY DAY WE FIRST START THE CAR, NOTHING HAPPENS WHEN WE PUT IT IN GEAR, AND WE GET AN ELECTRONIC STATEMENT THAT THE "GEAR IS UNAVAILABLE". WE HAVE TO MOVE THE GEARSHIFT BETWEEN AUTO DRIVE, REVERSE, AND MANUAL DRIVE UNTIL SOMETHING WORKS, AFTER WHICH EVERYTHING WORKS PROPERLY. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS A SOFTWARE ISSUE, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PAY $6,000+ FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION! CAN THIS EXACT SAME RECALL BE REDONE AT NO COST TO US? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363634October 9, 2020
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SUSPENSION
SPEED SLOW DOWN,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363415October 8, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON AUG 19TH MY CAR WENT IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO THE UNSAFE FAILURES OF ITEMS REPLACED DURING THE 2 RECALLS. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE GEAR SHIFT MODULE AND POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WERE BOTH RECALLED AND "FIXED". YET ON OCOTOBER 7TH 2020, I EXPERIENCED THE INABILITY TO SHIFT AND CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTION. I HAD UNINTENDED DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT. I EXPERIENCED A DIMINISHED ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND TO MAINTAIN VEHICLE SPEED AS EXPECTED. I WAS ONLY GOING 20MPH-40MPH ON STREETS. THE CAR WAS SWITCHING GEARS ON ITS ON AND STALLING IN TRAFFIC. WHEN I WOULD PUSH ON GAS PEDDLE IT WAS ROLLING BACK WHILE ON AN INCLINE. WHAT WAS MOST ALARMING WAS THAT AS I TRIED TO GET THE CAR HOME IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE TO GET IT INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. OBVIOUSLY THE RECALLS IN BOTH 2014 & 2017 FAILED TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN PER AUG 19TH'S SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS, AVOIDING AGGRESSIVE HIGH SPEEDS AND WHEN IDLE PUT IN PARK TO AVOID OVER HEATING. I HAVE DRIVEN IT AN AVERAGE OF 18MILES A DAY SINCE LAST SERVICED. EVERYTHING I AM EXPERIENCING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE TWO RECALLS. UNSAFE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361715September 29, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING AND AT A STOP LIGHT. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY FLASHED AND SAID NOT IN GEAR. IT WAS IN DRIVE. IT SAID SWITCH TO NUETRAL. I DID AND BACK TO DRIVE. THE CAR WOULD BARELY GO. LEFT ME MOVING AT 15 MPH IN THE MIDDLE OF 55 MPH TRAFFIC. THEN IT SEEMED TO WANT TO LUNGE FORWARD AT THE NEXT RED LIGHT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND THE FIAT DEALER SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS. HOWEVER I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE. I WAS ALMOST STRUCK TWICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11355253September 15, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
FROM THE MOMENT I BOUGHT THIS CAR, IT HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH ACCELERATION. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR MOVE SO SLOW WHEN YOU PRESS THE PEDAL. MY CAR HAS 77000 MILES AND NOW I AM TOLD MY TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID AND THE REPAIR WILL BE $4400. IT HAS NOT BEEN DRIVING ANY WORSE THAN IT ALWAYS HAS. IT SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS? THE CLOSEST FIAT DEALERSHIP IS 30 MILES AWAY. SERVICE IS ONLY OPEN UNTIL 5 M-F WITH NO SERVICE ON WEEKENDS. THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE CUZ WHEN I PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE CAR WONT ACCELERATE. THIS CAR HAS ALWAYS HAD A BIG PROBLEM ACCELORATING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11350222August 19, 2020
POWER TRAIN
HAD RECALL REPAIRED HOWEVER, STILL LAGGING AND NOT WANTING TO CHANGE GEARS OR ACCELERATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11350311August 19, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342503July 31, 2020
AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
I JUST PURCHASED THE 2015 FIAT 500 L . I JUST HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 5 MONTHS AND I HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. 1ST THE OIL RING NEED TO BE REPLACED, THEN MY FRONT CHARGER NOT WORK AND THEN IS PROGRESS TO LED REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT WENT OUT AND NOW IS THE AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT IS ON. RADIO KEEP GOING IN AND OUT AND THE BLUETOOTH IS NOT WORKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340625July 21, 2020
POWER TRAIN
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11339458July 15, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11339306July 14, 2020
POWER TRAIN
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11339207July 13, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION CAUSING RAPID BATTERY DRAIN WHILE PARKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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