2015 Fiat 500: check engine light

Filed Feb 6, 2021 · Acceleration, Electrical · 160,000 miles · FL

Began losing clutch, clutch/brake assembly had the 2 connecting bolts broken in half. Have pictures. Clutch interlock arrived bad, bypassed it; now the power steering, engine light and eos lights stay on. Car engine died then cranked up on its own while driving 60mph stating high temp (pull over, turn engine off) - had been in the car less than 1 minute, just long enough to get to 60 on the highway. Now clutch interlock, and brake interlock must be replaced.

Filed Jun 22, 2020 · 28,044 miles · CA · fire

I was driving a total of 4 and a half hours back home from a trip. Most of the trip was via straight freeway. I was 2 hours in when the check engine light started blinking. I called my dad who said to pull over immediately. I let my car glide through the exit that was coming up and I noticed smoke flowing behind my car. I pulled over and got out to see smoke coming out of the hood. I opened the hood and discussed what was happening with my dad. All of a sudden I heard a noise that sounded like a blow torch and flames came up out of the engine. I ran about 50-100 meters away and called 911. Quickly, the whole hood was on fire. Thankfully the fire department must have been close by because they were able to put out the fire before it got too far inside the car. The windshield melted and shattered. I found glass stuck on my purse and hat sitting in the passenger seat. I had to throw them away as I could not get the glass off. The car was taken to a tow yard where my insurance company inspected it. They could not find the cause for the damage. Since the car was a 2015 model that I had purchased new and it was 2018, I thought it was strange that this would happen so I had fiat pick up the vehicle and inspect it. They said they did not find that the fire was associated with manufacturing or assembly error. I then had my insurance company take it and close the claim. Still find it strange that a 3 year old car suddenly caught on fire with no warning. I'm glad I was able to move off to the side and that I wasn't in the car when it caught on fire fully. The cause of the fire though is still unknown.

Filed Oct 30, 2019 · Driver assistance, Engine · 95,000 miles · CA

We have ran into two issues with the car. The first issue was last year there was an issue with the computer inside not working which in turn cause issues with the bluetooth, lighting, and dashboard. The mechanic said it could in turn result in other issues as well. We recently started the car and it started shaking, the dashboard went out, the check engine light came on, and then the power steering went out.

Filed Nov 8, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 26,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 fiat 500. The check engine and transmission indicators illuminated without warning. On one occasion, the vehicle stalled without warning while driving various speeds. The vehicle was taken to fiat of manhattan in manhattan, new york where unknown adjustments were made to the vehicle, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 26,000.

Filed Jun 20, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 74,500 miles · CA

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.

Filed Jun 19, 2015 · Engine · 1,850 miles · MI

Fiat 500 abarth 2015 after driving the car for about 30 min. I parked the car and after returning to leave I started the car backing out of parking space and the engine just died. Tried to start it 3 times with no cranking sound. Put the car in neutral and pushed the car back into parking space. 5 minutes later started the car with no problem. The engine light was on but not blinking. I decided to remove the gas cap and put it back on. The engine light stayed on for about a day and then went out. Called the dealership for an appointment.. The diagnose was a failed intake brick and replaced the intake actuator. Then did a PCM flash, flash, performed PCM software update/ then a TCM flash, flash, performed TCM software update.