2014 Fiat 500L Speed Control & Cruise Problems

For the past several months my car will simply stop accelerating while I am driving down the road. I can put my foot on the gas, and it will not accelerate. The RPM's and speed go down and I must pull over to the side of the road quickly and turn the engine off, wait 5 minutes or so and try again. Sometimes I must wait longer before it will go back in gear and accelerate. It has been very unsafe when this happens on the interstate putting me, my passengers, and other cars/drivers at risk because it happens with no warning lights and not enough time to get over. This same problem happened before in 2017, and FIAT issued a recall. The dealership stated that recall was fixed and cannot use it for this problem even though it is the EXACT same issue. They state I need a new transmission now costing $9,876.00 repairs/labor for a 2014 FIAT 500L I bought for $13,000..... If this problem was acknowledged before, why isn't FIAT fixing it again?

The is a code that states service transmission, software update needed.

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN TO SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN. THE DASH DISPLAYED (! MANUAL UNAVAILABLE) THE CAR BEGAN TO JUMP FROM PARK, NEUTRAL, D2 AND D6 UNTIL THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT TOOK THREE OF US TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE FREEWAY. PRIOR TO THIS I HAVE NOTICED THAT OVER THE PAST MONTH WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THEN IT SUDDENLY STARTS GOING. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WITH REGARDS TO MY CAR.

MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON A CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY, GOING A NORMAL MPH (USUALLY AROUND 40), WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE THE CAR LITERALLY WILL JERK TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE IT GETS TO ACCELERATING. THE JERKING INVOLVES GOING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES.

FOLLOW UP ON THE FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES US LLC RECALL T19/NHTSA 17V-192. *LD THE CONSUMER WAS FOLLOWING UP ON RECALL T19/NHTSA 17V-192. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED 3 TIMES EACH TIME THE FAILURE RECURRED. *JS

I HAVE HAD A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH MY FIAT 500L TREKKING THAT IT LOSES ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC, CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF AND AT TIMES IT WILL ACCELERATE ON IT OWN. I HAVE TO PULL OVER IF ABLE AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO GET IT TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FIAT BUT THEY HAVE IGNORED IT SINCE 2016. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF IT LOSING POWER. FIAT DEALER (KANSAS CITY) TELLS ME THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE A SUPPOSED COMPUTER CODE. IT HAS HAD ALL THE RECALLS DONE ON IT AND THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES. THEY WON'T FIX IT.

I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FIAT BACK IN 2016 THAT WHILE IN MOTION MY VEHICLE LOSSES POWER AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND AT TIMES AND YOU CAN'T TURN IT BACK ON. IT WILL ALSO ACCELERATE ON ITS ON WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT ON AND I AM NOT PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. IF I CAN I HAVE TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF TO RESTART IT SO IT WILL ACCELERATE. IT HAS BEEN TO FIAT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT AND SAY THEY CAN'T DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM A CODE ON THEIR COMPUTER. I HAVE SHOWN THEM VIDEO OF THE CAR DOING THIS. AND THEY SAID I SEE THAT BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A CODE SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES BY OTHER VEHICLES BECAUSE MINE JUST STOPS ON THE ROADS/HIGHWAYS. AND NOW 2 YEARS LATER IT IS THE SAME STORY AND THE CAR IS GETTING WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS OUTSIDE IT WILL DO IT AT ANYTIME BUT IT IS MORE FREQUENT WHEN IT GETS WARMER OUT.

WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF RT. 50 E IN ANNAPOLIS MD, I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. THE CAR BECAME CONSUMED WITH A STRONG BURNING ODOR. AS TRAFFIC BEGAN TO MOVE, I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON BRIEFLY. SINCE THE CAR HAD BEGUN TO ROLL FORWARD, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS. TRAFFIC BEGAN TO GET BACK TO SPEED BUT I WAS BROKEN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE LANE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC. I CALLED THE STATE POLICE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND THE CAR WAS EVENTUALLY SAFELY TOWED TO THE DEALER, JOHNSON FIAT OF ANNAPOLIS. THE DEALER HAD THE CAR FOR 4 WORKING DAYS AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, THAT THEY DROVE IT FOR 60 MILES AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE REPAIR INVOICE NOTES " NO WARNING LIGHTS ON AS OF NOW, COULD NOT DUPLICATE COMPLAINT FROM CUSTOMER. TOOK CAR FOR MULTIPLE TEST DRIVES, NO SIGN OF BRAKE FAILURE, NOT RUNNING POORLY, CAR JUST HAS A HORRIBLE BURNING SMELL". I ACCEPTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMS TO BE FINE ALTHOUGH I HAVE LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN ITS SAFETY WHILE DRIVING IT. *TR

TWICE DRIVING ON FREEWAY WE PUSH GAS PEDAL DOWN TO ACCELERATE AND CAR DOES NOTHING, WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS GOING TO STOP OR ?? SAME THING HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE DRIVING AND WANT TO SPEED UP AND FOR EXAMPLE PASS A CAR OR GO THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT BUT THE LONGER I DRIVE THE CAR THE MORE FREQUENTLY IT'S BEEN HAPPENING. THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS A NEW PROBLEM: WHEN BACKING UP CAREFULLY WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE I CANNOT PUSH THE BRAKE DOWN ALL THE WAY, FEELS LIKE A METAL BAR IS BLOCKING IT. WILL BE LEAVING IT AT THE FIAT DEALERSHIP TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST PROBLEM SEEMS LIKE THEY CAN'T FIX IT (TAKEN IT IN 3 TIMES). I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE MANAGERS AT THE LAST VISIT THAT A "GO PEDAL" IS SUPPOSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. CAN BE INSTALLED AT A PLACE IN SIGNAL HILL, CA FOR $300. *TR