2014 FIAT 500 Unknown Or Other Problems
15 NHTSA complaints on file
Unknown Or Other Issues in the 2014 FIAT 500
15 unknown or other complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2014 FIAT 500. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Unknown Or Other Complaints
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
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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....
DRIVING CAR ON FREEWAY IN FAST LANE GOING TO WORK GOING ABOUT 65 MPH CAR SUDDENLY LOOSES POWER, GAS PEDAL NOT WORKING. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH EVERYTHING THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE. PUT FLASHERS ON TRIED TO PULL OVER IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. FINALLY GOT TO SIDE TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. HAD IT TOWED SHOP SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING BUT AN OLD CODE THAT SHOWED UP AND WAS NOT ACTIVE. I COULD OF EASILY BEEN KILLED.
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...
PURCHASED FROM HENDRICKS IN CARY, NC. NEVER FELT IT OPERATED CORRECTLY, WOULD LURCH FORWARD VERY VIOLENTLY AND BRAKING WAS DIFFICULT. IN EARLY FEB 2015 WHILE DRIVING AT 30-35MPH THE CAR REFUSED TO MOVE FORWARD AND WAS STUCK ON 2ND GEAR, PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF TWICE, BUT WOULD NOT CORRECT. DROVE 6 MILES TO DEALER ON 2ND GEAR, THEY CHECKED IT BUT SENT ME ON MY WAY TELLING ME THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT AND THEREFORE NOT INVESTIGATE. ALSO, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS EVER MADE TO FIAT-CHRYSLER. 2 WKS LATER THE CAR STALLED AND THEN JUST SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, NO TOWING PROVIDED WHEN I CALLED DEALERSHIP, I WAITED FOR MY AAA TO SHOW UP(IN 16 DEGREES)THEY HAD THE CAR FOR OVER 3 WEEKS AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN, ON 2ND...
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 /
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...
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...
Other 2014 FIAT 500 Problem Areas
Power Train
65 complaints
Electrical System
22 complaints
Engine
19 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
7 complaints
Steering
6 complaints
Air Bags
5 complaints
Electronic Stability Control Esc
4 complaints
Exterior Lighting
4 complaints
Service Brakes
4 complaints
Structurebody
4 complaints
Wheels
3 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
2 complaints
Visibilitywiper
2 complaints
Back Over Prevention Camera System
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Cooling
1 complaint
Equipmentapplianceair Conditioner
1 complaint
Power Trainautomatic Transmissioncontrol Module Tcmpcmtecm
1 complaint
Power Trainclutch Assembly
1 complaint
Seat Belts
1 complaint
Seats
1 complaint
Structurebodydoor
1 complaint
Structurebodyhatchbackliftgatehinge And Attachments
1 complaint
Tires
1 complaint