NHTSA Complaint #10614480 — 2014 FIAT 500L

10 INCIDENTS SO FAR! 1: THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. DROVE CAR AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING. BACKFIRES ON ACCELERATION. 2: SAME ISSUE DAYS AFTER 'REPAIR' COMPLETED. THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY 3: SAME ISSUE AS #1 WEEKS AFTER 'REPAIR' COMPLETED ON #2. THIS TIME THE RPM'S GO VERY HIGH WHEN IT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTS OR PRESS ON ACCELERATOR 4: ENGINE MAKES GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING. DEALER SAID NOISE WAS NORMAL BUT THEN FIXED IT IN INCIDENT #5. 5: GRINDING NOISE ON ACCELERATION. CAR WILL NOT MOVE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. ANOTHER TIME WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE, CAR WENT IN REVERSE. 6: RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION. THOUGHT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM BUT IT CONTINUED. 7: SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. CAR WENT BACKWARD AND HIT A POLE. 8: BACK WHEELS SUSPENSION HAS A LOUD NOISE GOING OVER BUMPS. LEFT REAR SPRING AND TOP MOUNT FELL OUT OF PLACE. 9: VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. SHIFTER IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE TO TOW IT TO DEALERSHIP. 10: VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AGAIN. SHIFTER IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE TO TOW TO DEALERSHIP. TOTAL DAYS IN THE SHOP SINCE 8/30/2013 THROUGH 07/18/2014 IS 46+. *TR