NHTSA Complaint #10871488 — 2014 FIAT 500

I BOUGHT A 2014 FIAT 500L MODEL FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I'VE DRIVEN IT LESS THAN 1000 MILES. I WAS AT STARBUCKS WAITING FOR MY ORDER WHEN IT STARTED SMOKING AND IT SMELLED LIKE IT GOING TO START BURNING. THE CAR HAD BEEN STATIONARY. IT WAS A NAUSEATING SMELL. LUCKILY, MY BOYFRIEND WAS IN THE CAR. HE'S A MECHANIC, SO HE WAS ABLE TO TELL ME THAT IT WAS THE CLUTCH. DROPPED IT OFF AT THE DEALER. IT'S AT THE DEALER AND I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL BE THERE. THE GUY AT THE FRONT SAID, THAT IT WAS NORMAL AND NOTHING WOULD BE WRONG WITH THE CAR. MY BOYFRIEND SAID, THAT IT WAS NOT TRUE, FROM THE BURNING SMELL, HE WAS SURE SOMETHING HAD BEEN DAMAGED IN THE CAR. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND MULTIPLE FORUMS AND WEBSITES, DETAILING THE DANGERS OF THIS CAR WITH THE CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION, BREAKS. IT SEEMS, LIKE THEY SHOULD NOT BE SELLING THESE CARS TO UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMERS.