I am having issues again with my fiat stalling on me while driving down the road. this has been happening for a year 1/2 now and no solution via the dealership service department. i was almost rear ended on the interstate due to my car shutting off. this is time i was on the interstate going 70mph. i have had my car towed to the service dealership in the past for this same issue. they had it for a month and same thing keeps happening. this is unsafe and terrifying for me to drive with my two kids in the back.
My fiat 500x 2016, has been changing from sport mode, to the traction mode, then out of no where it says drive mode unavailable. while driving. this is very unsafe.
I have had at least 5 incidents so far with my fiat turning completely off while driving down the road. i have taken it in numerous of times to the dealer with no luck. i have documented each and every time my car decides to shut off while driving. i find my car to be a safety hazard to me and my family as well as others. the dealerships seem to not know why my fiat tends to shut down while driving. first i had only about 25000 miles and it shuts off while turning in a 4 way intersection, fiat place had me take it in just to say it needed an update. second time i stalled in my neighborhood with my children inside. called the dealer, said it needed an update. 3rd time happened while driving it to the dealership the same day. dealer had it for two weeks and said it was a new update that caused my fiat to turn off completely. 4th time happened while i driving down the road at 45mph and dealer had me bring it in and said it was caused by my key fob battery ( literally just changed the batteries the day before). all bs from the dealers mechanics. so i called fiat customer service and they told me i should not be driving the vehicle at all, i should return the car to the dealer to have them run test. they had it for a month and said it was caused by my driving habits and they could not do anything about it. so now my fiat decides to shut off while driving 70mph 49000 miles on the interstate, thankfully i was in the slow lane and was able to coast to a safe position to put my car in park and restart. this has been happening since the 3rd month of ownership june 2017.
Over the past two years i've had to take my vehicle in to the dealership numerous times. the car will accelerate on its own without touching the gas pedal, switch gears on its own, accelerate while making a stop, uncontrollably jerk well moving at a slow speed's and display messages such as drive mode unavailable at random times while driving. this car is dangerous to drive and has almost created an accident numerous times while i had my children in the vehicle. *tt *tr
Vehicle goes into "limp mode" anytime wheels slip, untill computer clears no throttle or motion, vehicle is inoperable for over 5+ seconds and then accelerated at whatever position throttle is at. dealer and mechanics say all new fiats 2 and 4wheel drive all have this issue and they cannot fix. i pulled out into traffic, wheel slipped and went into limp in middle of lanes untill it cleared and took off at half throttle and almost got smeared by traffic. dealer says all fiats have same problem and only solution is to give a lot of lead time before entering traffic and try not to accelerate as to make wheels slip when road conditions may cause slipping. this has happend pulling out into traffic and while on ramps, hills. if on curve or hill vehicle will go int "limp mode" and will just slide down hills and through curves!!!