NHTSA Complaint #10572806 — 2014 FIAT 500

HAD CAR FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND AFTER COMING HOME FROM VACATION, 1 WEEK, BATTERY TOTALLY DEAD. AFTER AAA ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE BATTERY 3 TIMES IT FINALLY CHARGED UP BUT WAS TOLD TO DRIVE DIRECTLY TO DEALERSHIP. I GOT ABOUT 3 MILES FROM HOME WHEN CAR AGAIN DIED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD BUT WAS ABLE TO STEER TO THE SIDE BEFORE STEERING LOCKED. AFTER CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THEY NEVER REALLY SAW THIS BEFORE, A TOTALLY DEAD BATTERY THAT WOULD NOT CHARGE UP. NO EXPLANATION, ACCUSED ME OF POSSIBLY LEAVING LIGHTS ON WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE. THEY SAID IF I WAS GOING TO LEAVE THE CAR SITTING FOR EVEN A FEW DAYS I SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE START CAR TO KEEP BATTERY CHARGED. FUNNY BUT MY DAUGHTER'S 2010 FORD FOCUS SAT FOR THE SAME WEEK WITHOUT BEING STARTED AND WHEN I STARTED IT THAT CAR HAD NO PROBLEM. *TR