Fiat 500 grinding brakes problems

Filed Aug 12, 2024 · Transmission · TX

Front Wheel hub bearings grinding, very fast wear and tear Transmission still not shifting right after recall shifter cable replaced not grabbing gears

Filed Apr 7, 2021 · Transmission · 74,000 miles · TX

Vehicle was acting a little strange on a trip to the store. I saw smoke coming from under the hood when I pulled into the parking spot. Upon this happening the car would not go back into gear. Had it towed to a dealership and was informed of the s34 recall on the clutch. The spring had failed causing the clutch to fail. The recall fix was completed and when I picked my car up I noticed it was very hard to shift into gears-but thought it was due to the new clutch. I went to the store and when I went to leave it grinded so loud when I put it in reverse. I waited so I could pull forward instead. I took it back to the dealership and was told that my transmission was going out but was instructed on how to just push it into gear through the grinding until I could get a new transmission. That the recall had nothing to do with the transmission issue. I found this absolutely unacceptable and opened a case with fiat-who is still trying to tell me that the two issues have nothing to do with each other. I am attaching documentation I have found that shows fca stating that the recall can cause excessive clutch travel and that over time cause damage to the transmission-limiting a driver's ability to change gears!!!!! I am getting nowhere with them and basically have a hunk of metal now.

Filed Feb 21, 2020 · Transmission · 113,048 miles · CA

On friday, december 6, 2019 my 2012 fiat 500 began to emit a strong odor. I thought the car would catch on fire. The car also made a loud, screeching and grinding noise. When I arrived safely to my destination, a few minutes away, I stopped and turned off the car. I had to cancel a hair appointment because I didn't feel comfortable driving the distance in the vehicle. On monday, december 9, 2019 I took my car into a fiat chrysler dodge ram jeep dealership for an oil change and free basic inspection. I was told by the dealership that they also heard the noise coming from the clutch area but needed to perform an official diagnostic. I didn't have the money at the time so I waited until january 2, 2020 to have the diagnostic performed. During the month of december and while my car was in the shop I took lyft rideshare for transportation as I did not feel safe driving the car. The car stayed in the shop over the weekend and I was able to pick it up on monday, january 6, 2020. The issue was related to a recall fca # s34, the federal safety agency# 16v‑302 that happened a couple years before. It was supposed to be resolved for this vehicle but I was having similar and worse problems, which are due to the previous faulty car part. The fiat has only $113k miles on it. I have owned manual transmission vehicles previously and never had this issue. I previously owned a honda civic (gained over 200k miles) and a chevy aveo and neither car had this issue. I believe this is a serious safety hazard and myself and my daughter could have been seriously injured had I continued to drive this vehicle. The clutch could have stopped all together and we could have hit another vehicle or been seriously injured on the interstate or street traffic. Even with the repairs I am no longer confident in the safety of this vehicle. It should be declared a lemon.

Filed Oct 15, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 49,819 miles · CA

A few days after normandin chrysler did a recall clutch repair, the passenger side control arm came loose at the wheel causing vehicle to be uncontrollable and right tire to jam into wheel well. I had just turned left onto a road from a driveway. I heard a grinding sound and pulled the car over. Cv fluids on road. Axel disconnected at both ends.

Filed Jun 22, 2019 · Visibility · 21,250 miles · UT

Both passenger and driver window regulators failed on my 2014 fiat 500gq at 21250 miles within 1 week of each other. The first failure occurred on 06/14/2019. I replaced the regulator myself on 06/22/2019, but as I was backing out of my driveway I rolled up my driver side window and the exact same thing happened there as well! Needless to say I was absolutely shocked. The failure was the same for both. When rolling up the window when the window reaches the top of the track and stops against the door frame the regulator motor continues to run forcing too much tension on the internal mechanism. In both instances the same type of failure occurred on my vehicle, this extra tension caused the cable to be pulled free from the top pulley of the regulator. A crunching/grinding noise is heard as the cabled is pulled through the internal structure of the door, followed by the weight of the window forcing the window to drop fully open. This could be very hazardous if it happened while driving during adverse weather conditions as the driver has no ability to raise the window. Both of these instances occured while the vehicle was running but stationary, the first while I was stopped at a red light on a city street, the second while in my driveway.

Filed Jan 24, 2019 · Transmission · 95,356 miles · NV

I drive a manual fiat, and I smelled a burning smell and my clutch wasn't engaging properly, I was losing torque,and theres a loud squeaking when I press on the clutch.

Filed Dec 3, 2017 · Brakes, Electrical · 25,000 miles · WA

On multiple occasions my wife's care has refused to srmtart with now answer from the dealership why, the brakes have been replaced by fiat under warranty and they still squeak when in reverse, and lately it says there is a tire sensor that is damaged or low along with drive mode unavailable, this keeps us from using the awd system effectively, and fiat said they fixed the issue once before and it came back within the week. The car has had electrical problems from the day she bought it along with multiple occasions with not starting and multiple computer problems with now help from the dealerships, this car is still covered under all warranties and still causes problems with my wife going to work. On two occasions the drive mode unavailable error came up while driving, this doesn't allow the car to operate the awd system like it should

Filed Jan 18, 2017 · Transmission · 104,000 miles · MN

Stopped at a red light on the highway. When light changed, I let out the clutch to start driving, but the gear never engaged. Tried every gear. Only reverse would try, but it would only grind. No clutch engagement.

Filed Feb 1, 2016 · Transmission · 36,000 miles · CA

At about 36,000 miles it became difficult to change gears and then shifter suddenly became impossible to control while on the road. Got off the road and car would not go into first gear, and when trying to reverse it made a horrible grinding sound. Car was immobile. Turns out that some 2012 fiats have been reported to have faulty pressure plates installed. Dealership said it was my pressure plate and quoted a price of 1100+ as they said clutch is not covered under warranty. I fought that and fiat chrysler corporation ended up paying for the new clutch assembly. A photo of pressure plate were emailed by dealer with the note: as you can see here in the picture the fingers for the pressure plate are bent in 3 places causing the issue you are experiencing. The good news is I have spoken with ericka from fiat chrysler headquarters and this will be warrantied by them at no cost to you for the parts, labor or rental.

Filed Nov 30, 2015 · Transmission · 28,500 miles · OR

I was driving along at about 30 MPH and my clutch pedal became very difficult to push in and I could not shift. I was lucky enough to turn into a parking lot where I could not put the car into gear. Once the car was off I could move about the gears but once the car was on the pedal would not go down all the way and I could not get it into gear. There has been zero slipping or grinding of the gears and I have less than 30,000 miles. I am currently awaiting if my warranty will cover this issue. From what I have seen online the pressure plate has been cracked out warped so I plan to fight to have this covered under warranty. To think that a clutch would go out in 2.5 years and under 30,000 miles if crazy but when I spoke with fiat dealership he made it seem that they see it all the time and customer care at first said they have seen it multiple times....updated 7/19/16