2016 Fiat 500X Steering Problems

“My tie rod has bent 2 times now. I have done nothing to it. The first time is that my whole tire fell off when I was driving. The next it just barely not even a year after my tire fell off I was driving in the snow and my drive mode stop working. Once I parked I look at my tire and saw it was cockeyed. I did not hit anything. I was only going max 5 miles an hour. It has been a year from hell with my car.”

“I was driving on the highway and my car shut off without warning. The steering wheel locked up, the shifter locked, the brake locked. There was no safe way to bring the vehicle off the highway. I coasted off the highway into the grass. There was a sierra 1500 that was behind me that was fortunate enough to avoid hitting me. The Fiat dashboard had no warning lights on, such as check engine, oil low, or any other indication that something was wrong. The dealership's response was it needed an oil change. …”

“I was making a slow turn in a parking lot and the car turned itself off while driving. The radio remained on and dash lights/gear lights were illuminated but the car was completely unresponsive otherwise. I realized it had turned off so I restarted it & it continued to drive normally. About 50 miles later I was driving 35mph and a warning light came on stating drive mode unavailable then another saying service engine . I took it to the dealership where they said it just needed some updates, gave it the updates, and sent me home. …”

“The day after we had a bad storm, my car's electrical system went haywire. I was driving to work and all kinds of warning lights started flashing. Then when I came to a stop sign, stopped, then proceed to go again the car car would not go. I was still in drive but the car would not go when I pressed the pedal. So I put the car in park then back in drive and it started driving again. Then a warning came on about my power steering. I get further down the road to a stop light. I stopped and when the light turned green it would not go again while it drive. …”

“I purchased a 2016 Fiat 500X in december 2016. I am a home care nurse so I drive a lot. I have had this same issue since buying this car and it's been in and out of the shop. It is now out of warranty and I am having to pay out of pocket. Here is the story: when it rains heavily, in arizona, my electronics in my car go haywire. According to autonation, I have had the car in approximately 9 times. My power steering becomes disabled and my airbags become disabled. This time, I was driving down 7th street at 7:30am and this happened. I was luckily able to get the car to stop. …”