2014 FIAT 500 Problems & Complaints

The contact owns a 2014 Fiat 500. The contact stated that while driving on a neighborhood street at 10 MPH, the transmission experienced an abnormal difficulty in the shifting gear. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact coasted to a stop on the side of the road, and had the vehicle towed to a local independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the shifter cable assembly was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,222.

The contact owns a 2014 Fiat 500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine and TPMS warning lights illuminated and the vehicle began to hesitate while accelerating. The vehicle was diagnosed by an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that the powertrain control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000.

Vehicle was operating as normal. Came to a stop, shifted car into neutral to rest foot, light turned green, tried to shift back in to gear from a stop and the clutch pressure plate was all wrong, wouldn’t allow the car to go back in to gear. Luckily this happened at 3am and no traffic on the roads. The clutch it self did not go out, other clutch components are the issue. Lots of other fiat owner are all having the same issue. Gives out with no warning.

The contact owns a 2014 Fiat 500. The vehicle had previously been serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V302000 (Power Train) however, the failure recurred. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was not able to downshift and the gear shifter was stuck in neutral(N). The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.

THE CLUTCH IS MAKING HORRIBLE NOISES RATTLING ALL THE TIME SOUNDS LIKE FORK OR PRESSURE PLATE. SEEMS TO BE LINKED TO RECALL BUT THEY FIXED TOO LATE

KNOWN RETRACTABLE ROOF ISSUE WHERE THE ELECTRONIC MODULE CONTROLLING THE ROOF MALFUNCTIONS. THIS IMPACTS THE ABILITY TO OPEN THE TRUNK FROM THE OUTSIDE. UPDATE TO MODULE CONDUCTED BY MANUFACTURE IN 2015, HOWEVER ANY EARLIER MODELS ARE AT RISK FOR THIS TO OCCUR. FIX REQUIRES REWIRING PLUS NEW COMPONENT, COST IS $1100

WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY IT MAKES ALOUD NOISE AND JUMPS.

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR A REQUIRED REPAIR ON MY MANUAL TRANSAXAL CLUTCH PEDAL. RECALL STATES "CLUTCH COVER DIAPHRAGM SPRING ...MAY FATIGUE AND OR FRANCTURE..POTENTIAL FOR A LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER, COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING" WHEN I CALLED BILL LUKE FIAT TO SCHEDULE THIS RECALL REPAIR, I WAS GIVEN A DATE OF FEBRUARY 20!!!! DEALER TOLD ME THEY "COULD ONLY ORDER A FEW PARTS AT A TIME." JEOPARDIZING THE CONSUMER'S SAFETY!!!!

2014, FIAT 500 L POP, HATCHBACK , AUTOMATIC SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN FEB 2015, WITH 12,000 MILES ON IT, I'VE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION IS SLOW TO RECEIVE THE INTENDED GEAR SELECTION WHICH IN TURN BRINGS A RUNNING CAR ON THE ROAD TO A NEAR COMPLETE STOP WHILE DRIVING. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE FIAT SERVICE STATION NUMEROUS TIME SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS DETECTED. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION, REPROGRAMMED VARIOUS MODULES AND THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE FIAT HEADQUARTERS NUMEROUS TIMES AND STATED MY CASE AND TOLD THEM THAT THE SERVICE STATION HAS DONE EVERYTHING AS PER THEIR RECALLS AND THE PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS AND THEY SHOULD REPLACE MY CAR WITCH IS AT 32,000 MILES AND VERY MUCH UNDER WARRANTY. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO SO. THEY ONLY WANT TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT AS GOOD AS THAT OFFER SOUNDS , ALL HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY AS PER THEIR REPAIR THEY SUGGESTED IN THEIR RECALL. I HAVE ALL THE REPAIR DOCUMENTS.

WHEN GOING FROM MEDIAN INTO HWY IN 2ND GEAR,NO WARNING CAR DIES WILL NOT START BACK. FIGURED IT WAS RECALL ON CLUTCH SAID THEY CHECKED IT AND THAT IT WAS GOOD BUT VALVES WERE BENT AND NEEDED A NEW HEAD. STILL WON'T START BUT NOW THEY ARE BACK TO CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION. THEY HAVE HAD MY CAR 7 WEEKS AND NEVER RESTARTED IT. I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT MAYBE 3 MONTHS WASN'T EVEN TIME FOR AN OIL CHANGE, UNDER 40,000 MILES. WAS TOLD GREAT VECHILE ONLY TRADED DUE TO PREGNANCY. YA, RIGHT. STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED AND APPARENTLY I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THOUSANDS MORE AND NOTHING THEY HAVE DONE IN 7 WEEKS HAS WORKED. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER PROBLEMS. UNHAPPY CUSTOMER.

On 1/24/2024 the check engine came on. I went to auto zone the same day and they check the alert. They advised the code possibly could be the spark plugs or ignition coil. The engine light went off on 2/6/2024 and I went to the dealership for them to check the code information. The code that appear PCM P0301-00 Active Cylinder 1 Misfire-

MY FIAT HAS BEEN HAVING A ISSUE WITH STALLING ON THE ROAD.. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO MECHANICS FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT NOT ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM. IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD INSTRUCTING THE CONTACT TO PLACE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND THEN INTO THE DRIVE POSITION. THE CONTACT FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE SUCCEEDING. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RELUCTANT TO ACCELERATE AND DRIVE SLOWLY. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED A BURNING ODOR. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ODOR WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FOR THE JOLTING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE COMPUTER WAS LEARNING THE DRIVER'S HABITS AND WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. AFTER THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY, NO DEDUCTIBLE, FREE OF COST AND $500.00 FOR COMPENSATION. THE CONSUMER WAS DISSATISFIED WITH THE OFFER. UPON RETRIEVING THE VEHICLE THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL WHILE AT A STOP, BECAUSE ONE OF THE CLUTCHES SLIGHTLY DRAGS AND WOULD EVENTUALLY BURN UP, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE.*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 42 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR WINDOW. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN DETROIT. CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE HEAVILY AS IF ON FIRE, AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND STALLED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO IMMEDIATE DIAGNOSIS OF CAR. CAR HAS LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON IT AND WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN OCTOBER 2014. *TR

AT LEAST 3 TIMES SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED THE BATTERY DIED. THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES HAPPENED IN THE WINTER AND THE CAR WAS LEFT PARKED FOR 2-3 DAYS. IN FEBRUARY THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. THE FIAT DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED AT THE TIME THAT IN THE COLD I SHOULDN'T LET THE CAR SIT FOR TOO LONG, BECAUSE ON THE FIAT THE SYSTEMS USE THE BATTERY EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS NOT ON. I THOUGHT IT ODD, BUT FIGURED MAYBE THE COLD WEATHER COULD DO THIS. THIS SUMMER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS NOT USED IN 3 DAYS. IT DIDN'T START AND I HAD TO GET JUMPED. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THIS TIME THEY SAID THAT THEY FOUND OUT FROM FIAT THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE CAR IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT DRAINS ON THE BATTERY WHEN NOT IN USE AND THAT I CAN'T LET THE CAR SIT FOR MORE THEN 3 DAYS WITHOUT STARTING IT. HOW CRAZY IS THAT! THEY TOLD ME THAT IF I WENT AWAY AND HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR, THAT I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE CABLES FROM THE BATTERY. ARE THEY KIDDING? HOW CAN ANYONE DESIGN A CAR LIKE THAT. THEY JUST SHOOK THEIR HEADS AND SAID THERE IS NO FIX AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CAR THIS WAY. HOW SAFE AM I IF I HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR PARKED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THEN WHEN I HAVE TO USE IT, THE BATTERY IS DEAD. THERE NEEDS TO BE A FIX FOR THIS. THANKS

THIS IS THE 3RD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A MONTH AGO, IT CAME ON AND THEY FOUND A LEAK ON A HOSE ATTACHED TO THE A/C. THE 2ND TIME THEY CLAIMED IT WAS A SMALL LEAK IN ONE OF THE AIR LINES. DO THEY REALLY KNOW OR ARE THEY JUST MAKING THIS STUFF UP. VERY FRUSTRATED!! I AM SCHEDULED TO TAKE IT IN LATER THIS WEEK. I WONDER WHAT THEY WILL SAY THIS TIME. THESE CARS ARE LEAKY OR MAYBE I JUST GOT A 2014 LEMON! THANK GOD IT'S UNDER WARRANTY.

WHILE PARKED AT A MCDONALDS DRIVE-THRU WINDOW IN DETROIT MI IN MY 2014 FIAT 500L AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 A.M. THE CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE PROFUSELY. THE SMOKE FILLED THE INTERIOR CABIN AND UNDER THE HOOD AREA. THE CAR SMELLED HORRID LIKE BURNING ELECTRICAL COPPER WIRES. THE CAR THEN SHUT OFF, BUT CONTINUED SMOKING. I RAN OUT OF THE CAR AND A POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS EATING LUNCH INSIDE RAN OUT TO HELP ME. THE OFFICER AND MCDONALDS EMPLOYEES PUSHED THE CAR AWAY FROM THE DRIVE-THRU WINDOW. NO FLAMES WERE SEEN, ONLY SMOKE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO GOLLING FIAT IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI. THE DEALERSHIP RETURNED THE CAR TO ME DAYS LATER AS IS, STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND NOR REPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR ANY PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. THE SERVICEMAN [XXX] DID STATE TWO TIMES THAT HE SMELLED SMOKE AND BURNING WIRES UNDER THE HOOD, BUT TOLD ME THAT "MAYBE THE BURNING SMELL IS JUST A FLUKE". NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS CAR ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF LEAKING GASOLINE. NOW IT IS SMOKING AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. I WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED $2100 TO REPLACE THE LEAKING GAS TANK AFTER THEY TOLD ME THE TANK WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER MY NEW CAR WARRANTY! I HAVE REPORTED BOTH THE LEAKING GASOLINE COMPLAINT AND SMOKE COMPLAINT TO THE NHTSA. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAD NOT DROVE MY CAR IN 3 DAYS IT WAS PARKED INSIDE OUR GARAGE, I PUT IN THE IGNITION KEY, AND CAR WOULD NOT MAKE A SOUND, NOT EVEN A CLICK, WHILE THE KEY IN THE START POSITION, ALL KINDS IF THINGS STARED TO COME ON THE DISPLAY, . I HAD TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY JUMPED THE CAR TO GET IT OUT OF MY GARAGE, AND HAD THE CAR FOR 5 DAYS, EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE I SMELL GAS FUMES INSIDE THE CAR, WE SPENT 24,000 FOR THE CAR, AND IT JUST DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RIGHT. *TR

AT A STOP TO SHOP, EVERYTHING LOCKED UP. COULD NOT TURN CAR KEY ON OR OFF OR REMOVE KEY. COULD NOT OPEN DOORS OR WINDOWS. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES IT WAS OK. I AM ELDERLY AND QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT SUCH THINGS. NEXT DAY TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY STILL ARE WAITING FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS AND TELLING ME A BUNCH OF NONSENSE THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN IF STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT WHEELS ARE NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE CLEANING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY FOB ONLY UNLOCKED THE REAR HATCH DOOR; HOWEVER THE HATCH DID NOT OPEN AND THE SPRING AND THE LATCH BECAME DETACHED FROM THE HATCH DOOR. THE HATCH NEVER OPENED AGAIN. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO EXPRESSWAY DODGE/FIAT IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 08/04/17*LJ *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (STRUCTURE: BODY) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE PROVIDED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

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.

WHILE DRIVING MY FIAT CONVERTIBLE WITH TOP DOWN, I SUDDENLY HEAR A LOUD POP NOISE AND MY REAR WINDSHIELD POP AND SHATTERS TO MANY PIECES. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW FOR LESS THAN A YEAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A 2014 MODEL BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE SOLD THE YEAR PRIOR. SEND THE CAR IN TO DEALER AND FIAT CHRYSLER REFUSE TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD BY DENYING IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IF THERE WAS PASSENGERS IN THE BACK THE SHATTERED GLASSES COULD HAVE FALLEN ON THEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1986 GRUMMAN LONGLIFE (NA). WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT CLOSED THE DOOR AND HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SLIDING DOOR AND THE DOOR FRAME. AS A RESULT, 1/3 OF THE CONTACT'S FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS OUT OF BUSINESS AND COULD NOT BE NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000. MA 08/11/15 UPDATED 10/19/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A VOICE ACTIVATED INDICATING THAT THE CLUTCH WAS OVERHEATING AND WARNED THE CONTACT TO PARK THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN VARIOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE SHIFT LEVER FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,045.

ON THE DAY OF FEB. 24 2015 ME AND MY WIFE WERE IN THE DRIVE-THRU AT STAR-BUCK. WHILE WE WERE IN LINE TO GET COFFEE WE SMELL THIS BAD BURNING SMELL. I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM SOME WHERE IN THE AREA, I EVEN ASK THE STAR-BUCK CLERK WHATS THAT SMELL, HIS REPLY WAS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SMELLING IT. AS WE PULLED OFF FROM STAR-BUCKS I NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. CALLED THE FIAT DEALERSHIP AS IT WAS HAPPENING, THEY SUGGEST ME TO BRING FIAT IN, SO I DID. FIAT VERIFIED THE PROBLEM AND STATED THIS.( VERIFIED CLUTCH BURNING TYPE SMELL UNDER HOOD. INSPECT AND FOUND NO LEAK AND NO CODES IN PCM OR TCM. DROVE AND FOUND ENGAGEMENT FROM STOP VERY SLIGHTLY DELAYED COMPARED TO NEWER VEHICLE. RELEARNED CLUTCH CONTACT POINTS. DROVE AGAIN AND FEELS BETTER. OK AT THIS TIME.) THEN ON MAY 6 2015 14005 MILES,MY FIAT 500L DID IT AGAIN. WE WERE AT POPEYES DRIVE-THRU WAITING IN LINE TO BUY CHICKEN AND IT HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE BURNING SMELL AND WHITE SMOKE,BUT THIS TIME MY FIAT WOULDN'T MOVE WHILE WE WERE IN DRIVE. SO I SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE TO REVERSE FROM REVERSE TO NEUTRAL AND CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. THEN I PUT IT IN PARK AND KILL THE CAR, REATRTED CAR AND IT DECIDED TO MOVE THEN. SO IT SCARED ME AGAIN WITH THE BREATHING OF THE BURNING SMELL, IN WHICH HURTS YOUR LUNGS AND BURNS YOUR EYES. SO I BROUGHT THE FIAT TO A DIFFERENT FIAT DEALERSHIP, WITH MY CONCERN. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 1 DAY AND SAID. (TEST DRIVE VEHICLE AND IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. SHIFTS THROUGH GEARS PRO PERTLY, UP SHIFTS AND DOWN SHIFTS. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CONCERN AT THIS TIME. CHECKED OVER VEHICLE ANS IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED.

DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE DRIVING, VERY DANGEROUS BEING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITH FAMILY. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIFT AGAIN. REPEATED PROBLEMS OCCUR SPORADIC THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. *TR

CAR DOES NOT SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. INSTRUMENT PANEL RELAYS MANY WARNINGS (GEAR NOT AVAILABLE, TRANSMISSION WARNING, SEEK SERVICE) AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS IS OCCURRING DAILY NOW AND FIAT DOES NOT HAVE A FIX. CODES CAN BE CLEARED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE TRANSMISSION MODULE IS WHERE THE WARNINGS ARE STORED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO LET THE CAR WARM UP FOR 2 MINUTES BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE. *TR

Message flashing "service power steering, hill climb and ESC" appears on an average of once a month for the last few years. No loss of control yet, but it came on three starts in a row for the first time. Usually goes away with a second start. Making an appointment with a dealer (Putnam) in Burlingame, Ca to diagnose. $250 to scan and who knows how much to repair.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AND MAKE A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD OVER STEER WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 07/26/16*LJ

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT INTERSTATE SPEED THE STEERING MECHANISM TENDS TO "HANG UP" BUT WITH EXTRA EFFORT YOU CAN STEER THROUGH IT. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY & SOMETIMES REQUIRES A LOT OF EXTRA STEERING EFFORT. SINCE MY NEAREST DEALER HERE IN EAST GALESBURG, IL IS 40+ MILES AWAY & I WAS TAKING A TRIP TO FLORIDA, I EISKED THE STEERING ISSUE & AFTER ARRIVAL IN FLORIDA TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN WINTER HAVEN, FL, WINTER HAVEN ALFA ROMEO & FIAT OF WINTER HAVE. AT FIRST THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY DROVE IT AT HIGHWAY SPEED, BUT THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR SERVICE "STAR" SYSTEM & WERE TOLD TO CHANGE THE RACK & PINION SYSTEM. THEY DID BUT ON MY RETURN HOME A WEEK LATER THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTS. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THE EVENT THE STEERING LOCKS UP TOTALLY WHICH WILL RENDER THE STEERING INOPERATIVE & BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT . I COMPLETED COMPLAINT FORMS TO FIAT & EVEN ADDRESSED THE ISSUE IN THEIR SERVICE SURVEY WITH NO RESPONSE. I FINALLY SENT AN E-MAIL, RECEIVED A GENERIC REPLY THAT THEY WOULD CALL ME IN 2 DYAS, NEVER DID AFTER 5 DAYS, SO I CALLED. THEY OFFERED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR DEALER IN DAVENPORT, IA BUT WOULD NOT PERMIT A USER/RENTAL VEHICLE UNTIL DIAGNOSED. SO I WOULD BE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES FOR THEM TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM, IF THEY ARE EVEN QUALIFIED TO DO. THE DEALER SAID THAT IF I DROVE IT THERE, AS I SAID I'M AFRAID TO DO SO, THEY WOULD ARRANGE FOR A LOANER. THIS STEERING ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS, THUS WHY I'M DEFERRING IT TO YOU AS FIAT SEEMS TO HAVE LITTLE CONCERN.

Dealer saw me that is needing a battery replaced On February 14, I took my fiat 500 E to the dealer for repairs. They then told me that it has a bad main battery problems and has to be replaced they gave me a price of $17,000. As a City employee. We do not make that much money. I bought this vehicle for my daughter. She’s is an A honor student.

AIR CONDITIONER ELECTRICAL FIRE AND TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING OR MOVING WHILE ON IDLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE AT A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TIRES. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BALL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

While seated in my Car on09/03/2021 my vehicle instrument panels warning lights began to flicker and I would describe it as recycle. This occurred in another vehicle that was taken and towed , except for with that vehicle I jump started the vehicle and it restarted perfectly. I am not near the jump start cable, as I am leaving the country for school. I am currently trapped in a strange city. There are people who keep threatening to have the car towed, but I will be repairing the vehicle. the Battery is a Duracell ultra SL147H6M 12 VOLT SERIAL NUMBER 840821033760. The store was a Batteries plus in Los Angeles CA, the store owners were Hattian or East African , at the time it seems that I was the victim of a ubiquitous sexual harassment case, now being investigate. There are other elements to the circumstances as the car being altered possibly in transit by Car Max from Brooklyn Park Minnesota to Memphis Tennessee possibly by Hispanic individuals as the inventory from "Autozone" shows that the car was made in Mexico, not that it was not, it is just that I thought that the guys telling me this were doing so trying to entrap me, so that they could tow the car, that was what they bothered me about the entire time. Then all of the males were not Hispanic, some were other ethnicities, inc. Caucasian. The crime was online

THE FIAT 500L 2014 MODEL SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN TRAFFIC. THERE IS NO ACCELERATION. ONCE THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IT SEEMS TO BE FINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. HE DID SUGGEST THIS MAY BE AN ELECTRIC CONTROL UNIT ERROR WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN EASY FAULT TO IDENTIFY. IF THIS IS THE SOURCE (ECU) IT IS DETECTING AN ERROR WHEN NONE EXISTS. IT IS TELLING THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER OR STOP TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IN NONE OF THE THREE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CAR LOST POWER WAS THERE ANY NEAR COLLISION. IN THE FIRST OCCASION, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ON A CITY STREET AT A LOW SPEED. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST IT TO THE CURB. AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT, IT RAN FINE. IN THE SECOND INCIDENCE ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER, I WAS IN VERY HEAVY DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC IN TAMPA WHEN IT LOST POWER. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND AGAIN IT RAN FINE. IN THE THIRD INSTANCE, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO A CITY STREET AT A LOW SPEED. THE CAR AGAIN LOST POWER. I TURNED IT OFF. IT RESTARTED AND RAN FINE TO GET ME HOME. I AM NOW FEARFUL OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WILL BE HAVING IT TOWED TO A FIAT DEALER TO SEE IF THEY CONCUR THAT THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT ERROR. *TR

DRIVING CAR SUDDENLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF STREET, FIAT AFTER REPAIR SAY: BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE. AND SECOND ISSUE IS THE SHOW FLAKE SENSOR APPEARS AND SHUT DOWN AIR CONDITIONER / BLOW HEAT . THE BRAND NEW FIAT DELIVERY DATE 10-13-2013 ZERO MILES . THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER /

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 FRONT END WRECKS.*DT *AS

WILL DRIVING ON A CITY STREET I WAS SIDE SWIPED ON DRIVER'S DOOR , FROM SIDE VIEW MIRROR TO END OF LEFT SIDE FENDER AND HOOD. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAME TO REST AT REAR OF ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF OF ME PARKED, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *DT*JB NO VIN AVAILABLE *JB

IN MOTION ON A HIGH WAY HIT CAR, AIR BAGS DEPLOYED GIVING ME EXTREME LEG TRAUMA THAT HAS GOTTEN WORSE EACH DAY. THE PAIN IS VERY SEVERE. NONE OF THE MEDICAL CARE PERSONNEL HAS SEE SUCH BAD LEG TRAUMA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT REALIZED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO BENSON FIAT (500 A W HAMPTON BLVD, GREER, SC 29650) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHT BULBS AND SOCKETS WERE MELTED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWO YEARS AGO BY THE SAME DEALER FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BOTH TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,025. *TT*JB

I HAVE MET THESE CARS ON THE ROAD NUMEROUS TIMES AND EACH TIME (AT NIGHT) THE HEADLIGHTS WERE SO BRIGHT I THOUGHT THEY WERE ON HIGHBEAMS. THIS IS ABOUT ANY YEAR MODEL THEY MADE THESE. I HAVE ASKED DRIVERS OF THESE CARS FOR THEIR LOWBEAMS, AND THEN GOT HIGHBEAMED. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS HIGHBEAM WAS ACTUALLY THEIR LOWBEAMS, SO WHEN THEIR HIGH BEAMS CAME ON I WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED. I KNOW SOMEBODY WITH A FIAT 500 AND THEY CONCURRED THAT THEY GET FLASHED A LOT SINCE THEY BOUGHT THEIR CAR. IS THERE A RECALL THAT CAN BE MADE TO GET THE LIGHTS RE-AIMED? OR POWERED DOWN? *TR

CAR HESITATES, UPON ACCELERATES AT TIMES. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. SO THEY REFUSED REPAIR.

CAR STALL ON THE HIGHWAY 3 TIMES, TOOK THE CAR TO FIAT DEALER FOUND NOTHING IS WRONG WITH CAR, NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THIS CAR. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT A SPEED OF 65 MILES AND THE CAR STALL COMPLETELY. MANUFACTURER AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYING CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE BUT DID NOT FIND THE PROBLEM.

UNDER COLD CONDITIONS (25 DEGREES F) AND FIRST STARTUP OF THE DAY, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE IN CITY DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S THROTTLE RESPONSE WILL STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. THE ISSUE TYPICALLY OCCURS AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING IN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND THEN DRIVING IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR TO EXIT RESIDENCE AND ENTER TRAFFIC. UPON STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, AND THEN PROCEEDING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE'S THROTTLE WILL MALFUNCTION AND THE GAS PEDAL WILL NOT RESPOND WHEN PRESSED. THE RPMS WILL DROP TO ABOUT 1300RPMS AND ENTER WHAT FEELS LIKE LIMP MODE MOMENTARILY UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL IS PUMPED A FEW TIMES AND THEN IT WILL RESUME ACCELERATING AS NORMAL. NO ERROR CODES ARE THROWN AND THE LOCAL FIAT STUDIO CANNOT GET THE ERROR TO DUPLICATE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHILE ENTERING INTO TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE. 2014 FIAT 500L TREKKING WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS HAPPENED EACH WINTER I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE. VIDEO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO FIAT WITH NO RESOLUTION. *TR

WE PURCHASED THE 500L FIAT IN DECEMBER OF 2014. ON FEBRUARY 14, 2015 WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN BECAUSE ON A RETURN TRIP FROM TIJUANA MEXICO WHILE IN BORDER TRAFFIC THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING. THE CAR LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE, IT SMELLED OF BURNT RUBBER. WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING A LOT AND THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE BUT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER USA AND OPENED A CASE, HOWEVER DURING THE CASE REVIEW THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AND WE RETURNED THE CAR TO THE SERVICE SHOP ON MARCH 10TH...WHICH AGAIN THEY SAID IT IS OUR FAULT THE CAR IS DOING THIS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. I SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THEY ARE CALLING DRIVER ERROR, IT IS AN AUTOMATIC VEHICLE AND CHRYSLER USA IS SAYING THAT FOR THIS VEHICLE (MIND YOU IT IS AN AUTOMATIC) IF YOU ARE IN TRAFFIC FOR A PERIOD OF 5 MINUTES OR LONGER YOU MUST SHIFT THE CAR ON EVERY OCCASION INTO NEUTRAL OR ELSE IT COULD BURN OUT THE TRANSMISSION. THEY GO ON TO SAY THAT IF THE CAR DOES SMOKE JUST PULL OVER AND AFTER THE TRANSMISSION COOLS DOWN IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE AGAIN. I ASKED CHRYSLER USA TO SHOW ME ON EXACTLY WHAT PAGE DOES IT SAY THAT IN THEIR MANUAL, FURTHERMORE THAT WHEN PURCHASING THIS CAR THE DEALER DID NOT DISCLOSE SPECIAL DRIVING INSTRUCTION FOR THEIR AUTOMATIC VEHICLE. IF THE DEALER DID DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THE SALE WE WOULD HAVE NOT BOUGHT A CAR THAT COULD LEAVE US STRANDED IN MEXICO OR OTHER AREAS. AT THIS POINT AFTER CHRYSLER USA, HAS REFUSED TO SHOW US WHERE IT STATES THAT IN THE MANUAL IF IN TRAFFIC MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES THE CAR MUST BE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL TO AVOID BURNING OUT THE TRANSMISSION, AND THEY ARE NOT INTENDING ON DOING ANYTHING BESIDES TELL US THAT "SORRY THE CAR IS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED". WE ARE TAKING EVERY MEANS NECESSARY TO GET A BUYBACK ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE DRIVE OR REVERSE THE CAR HESITATES AND IS SLOW TO GET INTO DRIVE/REVERSE... EVEN WHEN AT A STOP SIGN OR A STOP LIGHT THE CAR IS STARTING TO HESITATE BEFORE PROPERLY ACCELERATING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SLOWED DOWN TO 5 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN DEPRESSED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY RESPONDED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS, USUALLY IN COLD WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC ON AN EXTREMELY BUSY ROAD. THERE IS ALWAYS HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THIS ROAD SO YOU MUST PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC QUICKLY. WHEN DOING SO I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR DID NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. IT WAS LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. THE RPM'S REVED AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I WAS ALMOST HIT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICAL. THIS HAPPENED ON SATURDAY SEPT. 5TH. ON TUES. SEPT 8TH I WAS ON AN ON RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE. I ONCE AGAIN PRESSED FIRMLY ONTHE GAS PEDEL TO BE ABLE TO MEGER INTO TRAFFIC AND QUICKLY GET UP TO SPEED. WHILE DOING SO, THE CAR ACTED THE SAME WAY. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I WAS ONCE AGAIN ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL CARS. I CALLED FIAT IN PORTLAND AND DEMANDED THEY LOOK AT THE CAR. AT FIRST THEY COULD'NT GET ME IN AS THEY WERE OVER BOOKED. I EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE SURGERY IN MASS. ON FRIDAY THE 11TH AND I CANNOT DRIVE THIS CAR ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE MANY OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO AS WELL. THIS IS THE WORST CAR THAT I HAVE EVER PURCHACED. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED FIAT USA.

INTERMITTENT NO CRANK NO START, WHEN TURNING THE KEY TI TO START THE CAR THE ENGINE DOES NOT ENGAGE ON THE FIRST TRY. YOU CAN HEAR THE CLICKING OF THE STARTER AND ALL ELECTRONICS POWER UP BUT ENGINE DOES NOT ENGAGE AND START, SIMILAR TO NOT HAVING ENOUGH COMPRESSION IN THE ENGINE. AS TIME PASSES THE MORE FREQUENT THE ISSUE BECOMES. 5/23/14 1ST VISIT TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT, UPDATED POWERTRAIN MODULE. RETURNED CAR TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 5/29/14 FOR SAME NO START ISSUE, SOFTWARE UPDATE AND REPROGRAMMED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE SOFTWARE. 6/9/14 CAR DID NOT STAT, RETURN TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT 6/13/14, INTERNAL CIRCUIT/SOFTWARE FAILURE REPLACED AND PROGRAMMED NEW POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. 7/3/14 WENT TO PICK UP CAR FROM SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND CAR DID NOT START. BACK IN SHOP AND WAS TOLD NEEDED AN UPDATE THAT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED TO PICK UP CAR AND DEAL WITH NO STARTING ISSUES UNTIL UPDATE IS READY. LEFT THE CAR AT DEALERSHIP SAYING NOT ACCEPTABLE TO PICK UP IF NOT FIXED. STILL WORKING ON TRYING TO GET IT FIXED. *JS

While traveling on a PA interstate, I hit the brakes to avoid hitting a vehicle in front of me and the wheels locked up. The anti-lock system appeared to not work on my Fiat 500c. I hard steered L and avoided a head on collision hitting the trailer in front of me on the passenger side front of the car.

the electric vehicle was previously recalled for battery malfunction but now the OBCM module malfunctioned making the vehicle unable to charge(receive power) leaving me stranded in the charging station and unable to go home. The module is the brain of the battery and should have been replaced with the battery if it's what's causing a similar issue. OBCMFAILED CAUSING BPCMAND EVCU NOT TO WAKE UP . NEED TO REPLACE OBCMAND PROGRAMTO VEHICLE

BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED ON MY 2014 FIAT 500GQ AT 21250 MILES WITHIN 1 WEEK OF EACH OTHER. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED ON 06/14/2019. I REPLACED THE REGULATOR MYSELF ON 06/22/2019, BUT AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I ROLLED UP MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED THERE AS WELL! NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED. THE FAILURE WAS THE SAME FOR BOTH. WHEN ROLLING UP THE WINDOW WHEN THE WINDOW REACHES THE TOP OF THE TRACK AND STOPS AGAINST THE DOOR FRAME THE REGULATOR MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN FORCING TOO MUCH TENSION ON THE INTERNAL MECHANISM. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE SAME TYPE OF FAILURE OCCURRED ON MY VEHICLE, THIS EXTRA TENSION CAUSED THE CABLE TO BE PULLED FREE FROM THE TOP PULLEY OF THE REGULATOR. A CRUNCHING/GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD AS THE CABLED IS PULLED THROUGH THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE DOOR, FOLLOWED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE WINDOW FORCING THE WINDOW TO DROP FULLY OPEN. THIS COULD BE VERY HAZARDOUS IF IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE DRIVER HAS NO ABILITY TO RAISE THE WINDOW. BOTH OF THESE INSTANCES OCCURED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT STATIONARY, THE FIRST WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON A CITY STREET, THE SECOND WHILE IN MY DRIVEWAY.

I WAS ON A SIDE STREET TURNING L ONTO A BUSY STREET. THERE WAS A LONG LARGE WHITE VAN BLOCKING MY VIEW FROM TURNING. I WAS AT A STOP SIGN. AS I STARTED TO MOVE OUT I DID LOOK BOTH WAYS FIRST. THERE WAS A RED AUTO OVER A BLOCK TO MY LEFT & RIGHT AN AUTO WAS WAY BEHIND TRACKS. WE HAVE A LONG SET OF TRACKS DUE TO BUSY STREET ON A SLANT. AS I TURN, ANOTHER CAR ON MY LEFT HIT MY CAR SO HARD THAT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD AND I WAS MOVED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT OF CAR & THIS INTENSIFIED IMPACT ON MY LEFT SIDE HEAD TO LEFT DRIVER WINDOW. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. LOC MOMENTARILY, DISORIENTED, TAKEN TO ED VIA AMBULANCE, 2 INCH LACERATION TO SCALP. THIS INITIATED MANY SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS THAT ED NEVER KNEW ABOUT. CT SHOWED IRREGULARITIES TO LEFT BRAIN, I WAS UNABLE TO WRITE LEGIBLE, MY TEXTS WERE NOT UNDERSTANDABLE, MY SISTER STATED SHE HATED TO CALL BECAUSE I WASN'T MAKING SENSE & I FELL CONTINUOUSLY FOR NO REASON. I CAUSED NUMEROUS BROKEN RIBS DUE TO FALLS & ONCE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO RIB SEPARATING FROM STERNUM. MY PSYCHIATRIST PUT ME ON ADDITIONAL MEDICATION DUE TO DEPRESSION. HAD PT TO INCREASE MUSCLE TONE IN LEGS . JUST HAD A RADICAL MASTECTOMY 5 MO PREVIOUSLY AND I KNEW I WASN'T RIGHT. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED OTHER CAR WAS GOING 25MPH WHICH CAN'T BE CORRECT. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 30MPH & EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN AREA KNOW OUR TRAINS ARE SO LONG THAT YOU WANT TO CROSS THEM BEFORE A TRAIN COMES. MY CAR WAS NEARLY ON TRAIN TRACKS. I KNOW BY TURNING LEFT, I WAS AT FAULT BUT THE VAN THAT BLOCKED MY VIEW WAS ILLEGALLY PARKED IN A BUS STOP. I ATTEMPTED TO FILE A LAW SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER/FIAT BECAUSE NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BECAUSE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD ME IN PLACE. NO LAWYER WANTED TO GO AGAINST A CAR COMPANY. I ALSO HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. I WAS HURT BADLY, MY AUTO INSURANCE CANCELED ME. I'VE BEEN ON SSDI SINCE 2011 DUE MULTIPLE SURGERIES. I LIVE OFF SSDI ONLY. *DSY *DT*JB

WHEN MAKING A TURN, FROM A COMPLETE STOP ONTO A ROAD THAT HAS A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE ESC LIGHT FLASHES ON THE EVIC, AND VEHICLE LOSSES ALL ACCELERATION. THIS IS ON DRY, EVEN, IN PERFECT CONDITION ROADS ACCELERATING FROM 0MPH TO 5MPH, BEFORE IT DROPS BACK DOWN TO 0MPH. HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT 4X NOW AS CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE OR EVEN REV AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS COMING STRAIGHT FOR ME!

THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN A STATE OF MALFUNCTION SINCE JANUARY 2018, AND STILL IS AS OF THIS DATE 08/30/18. A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED WITH FIAT CHRYSLER WITH NO RESOLUTION- FIAT CHRYSLER WILL NOT EVEN RETURN A PHONE CALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP APPROX. 6 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A VERY POOR BUSINESS PRACTICE FOR A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER FOR A FEDERALLY MANDATED SAFETY SYSTEM.

HEAD LIGHTS OUT!

I AM SEEKING ANSWERS FROM FIAT USA. THE TRANSMISSION DESIGN FOR THE FIAT 500L TREKKING IS UNSAFE. I HAVE HAD THREE TRANSMISSION SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2015. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION BROKE APART WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND AND THIRD STOPPED WORKING AFTER CLUTCH OVERHEATING, SHIFTING, AND COMMUNICATION LOSS. FIAT PLACED A FOURTH TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE AND I REFUSE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT. I HAVE BEEN IN SOME DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. FIAT RESPONSE "WERE GOING TO FIX YOUR CAR REGARDLESS IF YOU AGREE WITH US".

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL WINDING NOISE, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DETACHING, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL RANDOMLY ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO LOCAL DEALERS (FIELDS FIAT LOCATED AT 131 N ORANGE AVE ORLANDO, FL 32801 AND GREENWAY FIAT LOCATED AT 9103 E COLONIAL DR ORLANDO, FL 32817). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ADVISED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 31796806. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GEARS FAILED TO SHIFT OR WOULD DELAY IN SHIFTING WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE RADIO FAILED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ANY OF THE FAILURES. THE RADIO WAS REPLACED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,000.

LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. BIG SAFETY PROBLEMS! UNABLE TO CONTROL WHEN TURNS!! THE WHEEL TURNS BACK BY ITSELF!! REPAIRED BY THE DEALER ONCE, DEALER CHANGED THE ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. RIGHT NOW IT HAPPEN AGAIN!! AND IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY EVERY TIME WHEN I MAKE THE TURN!NOT SAFE FOR THE DRIVER , NOT SAFE FOR EVERYONE ON THE ROAD!!

ON 01/25/2016 WAS ON I20 DRIVING TO WORK WHEN I STARTED TO SMELL LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING THEN WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THAT THE CAR NEEDED TO BE TURNED OFF AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE SERVICED, MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. ALSO THE WINDSHIELD STARTED TO CRACK WELL FOR STARTERS MY CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE JAN. 25,2016 AND HERE IT IS MARCH 29TH OF 2016 AND THEY BARELY CALLED ME THAT IT IS READY. WELL SINCE READING ABOUT POWERTRAIN RECALL AND READING THAT MY CAR HAS HAD THAT REPAIRED ONCE ALREADY AND NOW REPAIRED FOR THE 2ND TIME I FEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A ON GOING PROBLEM AND NOW I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. WHEN I SPOKE WITH DEALERSHIP ON 03/25/16 I MADE SHOP TECH AWARE THAT THE LOANER I WAS USING NEEDED A NEW REGISTRATION TAG AND NOW TODAY MY CAR IS READY WELL THAT SCARES ME. WHEN I FIRST SPOKWE WITH DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT IT TOOK THEM ALMOST 4 DAYS TO LET ME KNOW THEIR FINDINGS AND THE WAY IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME WAS PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THE 6 CYLINDER TRANSMISSION MAKING ME FEEL LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT WHEN THIS WHOLE TIME IT HAS BEEN A ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL.

I BOUGHT CAR ON MAY 2014. AFTER I USED CAR FOR 2-3 MONTHS I HAVE A PROBLEM ABOUT I COULDN'T START BECAUSE OF NO BATTERY POWER. I TOOK TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID CHANGE THE BATTERY BRAND NEW. HOWEVER, AFTER I USE CAR FOR 6-7 MONTHS IT HAPPENED AGAIN THAT I COULDN'T START THE CAR D/T NO BATTERY, THE TECHNICIAN SAID TO ME THAT THE COMPUTER DRAIN THE BATTERY AND THEY WILL ADJUST THE COMPUTER SYSTEM NOT TO DRAIN BATTERY. AFTER THE 2ND TIME HAPPEN I DROVE FOR ANOTHER 3-4 MONTHS I EXPERIENCE THE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE FRONT HOOD WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I BROUGHT TO THE SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM. AND AS OF TODAY (11/22/15) IT HAPPEN AGAIN THAT I COULDN'T START MY CAR. MY CAR MONITOR SAID THE RADIATION FLUID TEMPERATURE IS TOO HIGH. I HAVE TO TOWED CAR TO THE SHOP. THE SHOP CALLED ME SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM THE CAR IS START NORMALLY. MY CURRENT MILEAGE OF THE CAR IS 20,000. IM SO LUCKY THAT STILL ALIVE AND I ONLY BOUGHT CAR NOT EVEN A GOOD 2 YEARS. I ALREADY HAVE TREMENDOUS PROBLEM AND FIAT COMPANIES DIDN'T WANT TO TRY TO HELP ME TO RESOLVED IT AT ALL.

FIRST INCIDENT WAS TWO WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED THE FIAT 500L. THE BRAKES JAMMED AND I ENDED REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS SIX WEEKS AGO AFTER REPLACING THE FRONT BRAKES. I PURCHASED NEW ROTORS AND PADS;THAT EVENING THE BRAKES JAMMED AND CAUSED ME TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE TWICE. MY FIAT 500L HAS EXPERIENCED LOSING COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMPUTER TO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO STALL ON VARIOUS STREETS AND WHILE IN MOVING TRAFFIC. ON FRIDAY 13, 2015; MY FIAT 500L MADE A NOISE SO LOUD THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. I IMMEDIATELY CHECKED THE ENGINE AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A LARGE HEAVY PIECE OF METAL WAS TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH THE ENGINE WALL. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITED FOR 20 MIN. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE NOISE WENT AWAY. AS I PULLED OFF THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A REAL LOUD NOISE AND SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER FIAT IS ONLY CONCERNED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. MY ISSUE IS NOT THE MILEAGE; HOWEVER MY SAFETY. I AM NOT EASILY SCARED; HOWEVER I FELT LIKE MY FIAT 500L WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS CAR, FCA NEEDS TO BUY BACK EVERY LAST ONE.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WARNING LIGHTS CYCLED THROUGH FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER INDICATING ISSUES WITH ESC , DTS, A SPROCKET WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT, A CAR ON ROUGH TERRAIN, THIS CONTINUED AS I TRAVELED DOWN THE ROAD...ALL OF THESE LIGHTS ARE INDICATORS OF ISSUES WITH THE ABS SYSTEM I MOVED TO THE RIGHT LANE STEERING WAS DIFFERENT I WAS TRYING TO GET OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT HOWEVER AS TRAFFIC SLOWED I WAS UNABLE TO STOP MY VEHICLE AND MY BRAKES REACTED DIFFERENTLY WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND I REAR ENDED THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME

I HAD MY RADIO REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE SCREEN WAS HAVING SOME DISTORTION ISSUES AND ALSO IT WAS CREATING A LOT OF HEAT,SO IT WAS REPLACED AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO SHORT OUT AND THEY CANT SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHY ITS DOING IT! THE VOLUME GOES UP AND DOWN ONCE IN AWHILE BY ITSELF AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE THAT OUT EITHER! ALSO MY WIFE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A LACK OF POWER WHEN SHE'S DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO PAST 50MPH,AND THEN IT STARTS TO SHAKE PRETTY BAD! SHE HAS TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF WAIT 2 MINUTES AND THAN TURN IT BACK ON AND THAN IT'S FINE! AND LASTLY WHEN I SIT AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I START TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND I PULL OVER TO INSPECT THE ENGINE AND NOTHING.. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE LADY TOLD ME IT'S THE TRANSMISSION BURNING BECAUSE I HAVE THE AUTO MANUAL SHIFTER MODEL AND THAT'S WHY IT DOES IT AND IT IS NORMAL! I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S NORMAL AT ALL? THE LADY AT THE SERVICE COUNTER TOLD ME THAT THIS MODEL REALLY TOOK OFF IN ITALY BUT NOT HERE IN THE STATES! SO I GUESS I BOUGHT A LEMON I TOLD HER AND ALL SHE SAID WAS SHE WAS SORRY!! I HAVE SO MUCH TROUBLE AT THIS DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I HAVE TO PROVE SOMETHING IS ALWAYS WRONG WITH MY CAR!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE COMPUTER CODES WERE RESET, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO MOVE IN REVERSE WHEN THE GEAR WAS IN THE DRIVE POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

QUESTION: DO YOU THINK THIS VERY TINY SMALL CAR THAT BOTH THE NYPD AND LAPD HAS IS UNSAFE FOR SOME POLICE BUSINESS THAT THEY HAVE? YES, ON LINE THE LAPD HAS A PHOTO OF THEIR VERY TINY SMALL CAR THAT THEY USE AND TODAY I SEE THAT THE NYPD NOW IN FAR ROCKAWAY, NY HAS A VERY TINY SMALL CAR THAT THEY USE FOR PATROLS. WOW, YOU MAY KNOW THAT POLICE WORK MAY REQUIRE HIGH SPEED CHASES AND LIKE DIFFERENT WORK WHICH REQUIRES A BIG CAR. THIS NYPD SMALL TINY CAR THAT THEY HAVE THAT IS THE SAME AS THE LAPD SMALL TINY CAR EVEN HAD SIRENS ON TOP OF IT. YES, WOW, DID YOU HEAR OR HAVE ANYBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SMALL LAPD AND NYPD CAR THAT THEY HAVE. YOU CAN VIEW THEM ON LINE WITH THE LAPD AND THE SAME TINY SMALL NYPD CAR WITH LIGHTS ON TOP I SAW IN FAR ROCKAWAY, NY TODAY. IS THAT TINY SMALL CAR GOOD FOR PATROLS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE, THE SENSOR ON THE REARVIEW CAMERA FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SENSOR FOR THE REARVIEW CAMERA NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, WOULD EXPERIENCE JERKY MOVEMENTS WHILE THE CAR SHIFTED IN 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GEARS, BOTH ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION LOCKING WHILE THE CAR IS IN PARK, NEEDING TO LET THE CAR SIT AND THEN RESTARTING IT. HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH SLUGGISH 1ST GEAR THAT SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS REALLY PUSHED DOWN. BRAKING IS ALSO TOUCHY. MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THIS FIXED, OPENED A CASE WITH THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FIXES. MANUFACTURER SUPPLIED A NEW TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY THAT WAS REPLACED, SEEMINGLY FIXED THE JERKY MOVEMENT BUT RESULTED IN THE SLUGGISH 1ST GEAR. MANUFACTURER CLOSED CASE WHEN LEMON LAW WAS MENTIONED. *TR

CONTIPROCONTACT TIRES ON A FIAT 500. SO FAR MY WIFE HAS SUFFERED TWO CATASTROPHIC BLOWOUTS ON INTERSTATE 285 IN ATLANTA OF THE SIDE-WALL IN UNDER 6000 MILES. HAD TO REPLACE/BUY BOTH TIRES. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS DRIVING SLOW ENOUGH TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL. BUT NOW I FEAR FOR HER LIFE EVERY DAY SHE DRIVES BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. *TR

AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT STAY COLD NO MATTER WHAT SPEED, STOPPED, FACING OR NOT FACING THE SUN, RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC OR NOT RUSH HOUR, ON FREEWAY OR SURFACE STREETS. AIR IS COLD AND AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES BECOMES HUMID AND COOL, NOT COLD. IT DISPLAYS SIMILAR SYMPTOMS AS IS IF THE CONDENSER IS ICING OVER. WENT INTO SHOP ON 5/23 INTERNAL CIRCUIT FAILURE AND REPLACED THE A/C CLUTCH RELAY. RETURNED TO SHOP FOR EXACT SAME ISSUES ON 5/29/14 FOR FAILURE IN NEW RELAY AND WAS REPLACED WITH NEW A/C CLUTCH RELAY. RETURNED TO SHOP ON 6/13 FOR SAME ISSUE OF NOT STATING COLD. WAS TOLD NEW POWERTAIN COMPUTER MODULE WOULD FIX THE ISSUE. WHEN I WENT TO PICKUP CAR ON 7/3/14, CAR DID NOT START SO UNABLE TO VERIFY IF A/C WAS FIXED. SINCE NO WORK WAS COMPLETED ON A/C UNIT FIGURE THAT SINCE THE MODULE DID NOT FIX THE STARTING ISSUE THE A/C WOULD MORE THEN LIKELY STILL FAIL. *JS

I PURCHASED THE BRAND NEW VEHICLE JUNE 8, 2014 WITH 98 MILES ON IT FROM PREMIERE FIAT OF FREMONT. AFTER ONLY OWNING THE CAR FOR 4 DAYS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON JUNE 12, 2014. IT WAS TOWED TO THE NEILLO FIAT STUDIO IN SACRAMENTO WHERE THEY FIRST DETERMINED A BROKEN RELAY TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE LIGHT. AFTER TEST DRIVING THE CAR, THE LIGHT STILL CAME ON. THEN THEY DECIDED THE PROBLEM WAS A BROKEN O2 SENSOR. THEY ORDERED THE PART, AND REPLACED IT. THE LIGHT STILL CAME ON DURING A TEST DRIVE. AT THIS POINT, THEY NOW HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR OVER A WEEK WITH LITTER IDEA OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. THE LAST UPDATE I RECEIVED WAS THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR A PART TO COME IN SO THEY COULD TEST THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THERE IS NO ETA FOR THIS. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER IN ORDER TO TRY TO SEE WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE, AS THIS CAR NOW SEEMS LIKE A LEMON AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THEY ARE PROVIDING LITTLE ASSISTANCE OTHER THAN CONTACTING THE STUDIO FOR UPDATES AND TRYING TO DETER ME FROM ASKING FOR A TRADE. THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THIS BRAND NEW VEHICLE, WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN GOOD FAITH AND ONLY DRIVEN FOR 4 DAYS. *TR

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE IDLING ROUGH ,TRANSMISSION SHIFTER LIGHT BLINKING, TRNASMISSION GEAR LAGS ON SHIFT. *TR

AFTER A WEEK, CAR MIL STARTED TO BLINK , BUT MANUAL MENTIONS IT CAN BE DRIVE AND COMPUTER MAY RESET ITSELF, BUT THEN MALFUNCTION LAMP WAS ON ALL TIME , AND THEN CAR STARTED TO STALL , TO STOP COMPLETELY . STARTED CAR JUST TO PARK IT, THEN WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM EXHAUST WHEN REVERSING . IMMEDIATELY TOWED CAR TO REPAIR SHOP, IT TOOK 3 WEEKS FOR REPAIR AS PARTS ARE NOT EASY AVAILABLE. PARTS AFFECTED ARE: MULTI AIR ACTUATOR , GASKET NO, GASKET CY , AND WIRING EN. *TR