Problems with 2015 FIAT 500 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 500e. while driving at 55 mph, the vehicle lost motive power without warning. the vehicle was towed to renton chrysler dodge jeep ram located at 585 rainier ave s, renton, wa 98057, (425) 430-1000 to be diagnosed. the contact was informed that there was a loss of power in the power inverter which caused the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the vehicle was towed back to the residence. the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 16v303000 (electrical system). the manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 23,000.

Whenever i turn the headlights on, they go off. whenever i turn the headlights off, they go on. because of this, the break lights don't work. when driving at night i have to choose between break lights or headlights. fiat wants over $1000 to fix one month after warranty.

Radio and other electronics went blank, we came to local dealer to fix it. they changed it and it still not working,very went back they changed it again, still not working, made 3 rd appointment to five it, loosing a faith that they ever will fix it right.

2015 fiat 500 pop. consumer writes in regards to problems computer system and acceleration. *ld the consumer stated the cd player was inoperable, the rear wipers stick, the gauges fluctuate, and the floor mats were missing from the vehicle. *js

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 500. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start intermittently without warning. ever since the vehicle was taken to orange coast alfa romeo and fiat (located at 2524 harbor blvd, costa mesa, ca 92626, (714) 546-4511) to be repaired per nhtsa campaign number: 16v302000 (power train), the vehicle failed to start numerous times. the vehicle was taken back to the dealer to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be located. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 58,700.

Was in motion on a surface street after just leaving a 4-way stop intersection. the car automatically left drive and went to park. the message on the the dash said "braking system needs maintenance." every time the car was put into neutral it shifted itself to park. electric car, i think it is the engine (power inverter).

The car dash goes crazy turning all lights. over heating and esc right afters it turns off while the car is on the go less then 50 milers per hour. i have almost crash twice due to the car stops completely on the freeway. dealership has check the car 4 times and they can not get it to be fix yet in the last past 2 month. 11/30/17 fiat says is checking what they can do still i have not receive an answer and chrysler has my car for almost 3 weeks and still not diagnose again.

Many different things have gone wrong with this car starting at the first 900 miles. the cluster that shows you speed and rpm went out at 900 miles while driving home from work making it hard to drive. it took the dealership two weeks to fix this problem. a couple months after this the check engine light came on for no reason, the dealership told me that there was nothing wrong and gave it back to me. two weeks later the check engine light came on again and then they said that there was a problem with something related to the cluster. they had my car for a week this time while they repaired this problem. six months later a generic light came on that something was wrong with the car, i brought it in and again they said there was nothing wrong with my car. a year after i purchased it the daytime running lights went out and i started getting a warning to check them, they said this wasn't covered and would not replace them. at about 65,000 miles my head lights burned out while i was driving and i had to drive 70 miles at night with no headlights on the freeway. i replaced these myself for $60. then three months later my headlights stopped working again. the lights weren't burnt out but they were loose and i had to jiggle them to get them back. at the same time they had a recall on the clutch and it took them a year to get the parts and repair the recall at 66,751 miles. now at 74,500 miles the clutch has completely gone out while i was driving. luckily i had just got to my destination and left it parked in a parking lot. the dealership wants to charge me $3,300 to fix the clutch. the car is only worth $6600 and i owe $13000. also i have tried to trade it in and no one will take it due to all the problems these cars have. fiat should be banned from selling these cars until they stop turning out crappy cars.

Please see attached. this letter was sent to the ntsb. they sent us a follow-up letter stating that the nhtsa would need to handle this. they also indicated that a copy of our letter was sent to the executive secretariat on 4/27/2017. thank you

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 500. the contact stated that the instrument panel failed to illuminate. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer where it was repaired but the parts replaced were unknown. after the vehicle was serviced, there was an abnormal noise and the vehicle accelerated without warning. the contact attempting to stop the vehicle however, the brakes failed to engage and the vehicle continued to accelerate. the contact stated the vehicle had a warning light however was unsure what the warning light indicated. the vehicle then stalled and was able to come into a complete stop. the contact drove the vehicle to the dealer but the vehicle stalled several times while driving. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 8,000.

On several occasions, my car has suddenly revved up to 6000 rpm, start jerking and revving up; and a random error will pop up on the dash. when this happens, if you let off of the break the car will automatically speed up to 40 mph without pushing the gas pedal down. sometimes it will happen while driving, and sometimes it will start as soon as the car is started. it doesn't matter what kind of road the car is on. sometimes the car just jerks and displays an error. the most predominant error is "esc off no hill start". sometimes it says "coolant temp high". i have taken it to the dealership several times and every time i do they say they are unable to "retrieve an active code off of the computer or duplicate the problem." one time, they replaced the computer in the car because they read high voltage coming off of one of the circuits, but the problem continued after that. my wife recorded a video once where it counted down from 3 to 1 and then suddenly revved up. she also showed different videos that she had made of it at different times to the dealership and they just flat out said they didn't know what was going on.

Software recall.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 200c (na). the contact experienced several electrical failures with the voice recognition and radio. also, the vehicle shifted from drive to park and the vehicle was still moving even though the gear shifter stated it was in park. the vehicle seized in the drive position. the failures occurred between the speeds of 30 to 40 mph. the vin and failure mileage were unknown.

Loss of total dash display at any given time , have to disconnect battery for 5mins reconnect to regain dash back , this started day 1 of purchase when pulling off the car lot .

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 500. while attempting to accelerate from a stop, the rpms increased, but the vehicle did not move without warning. the contact switched off the ignition and restarted the vehicle on the first attempt; however, the failure recurred. on another occasion, the vehicle stalled while attempting to exit the highway. in addition, the bluetooth capability failed. once the contact was able to safely pull the vehicle over, it restarted on the first attempt. the vehicle was taken to the dealer four times to be diagnosed, but the failure could not be duplicated. the manufacturer recommended a buy back as an option. the failure mileage was approximately 2,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 500. the contact stated that the vehicle shifted out of drive into neutral when the electrical system overheated. the contact was able to move onto the road shoulder, restart the engine, and the vehicle resumed normal operation after the engine cooled down. the dealer advised the contact to shift the gear into neutral manually when the burning odor emitted or they could reprogram the electrical system; however, it would not permanently correct the failure. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 17,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 500. after the vehicle was started, the steering wheel controls and speedometer became inoperable. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the system needed to be reset. the vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 350.

Bluetooth display safety issue. a month after purchasing a new 2015 fiat 500 abarth, the display for bluetooth / blue&me stopped working on the central cluster display. (i.e. no info display when a call comes in, no access to phonebook). took the car to the dealer who reset it. worked for about a month and failed again, so took it back to the same dealer who replaced the ctm (convergence telematics module). the new ctm then caused interference to the satellite radio, so notified the dealer. waited a week and no response, so decided to call siriusxm myself for signal reset. all good for another month until the bluetooth display failed again for the third time. so basically same problem every month since purchase and per the dealer, there are six other fiats at his dealership with the same issue and cannot be fixed. talked to my case manager at fiat corporate customer service who said they are looking into it. another month has passed by and still no resolution to this matter. it is important to understand that this is a safety issue because when the steering wheel button fails and stops displaying incoming call info on the cluster, one has to look at the phone to see who is calling, which takes attention off of the road - exactly what the display system is designed to prevent.