Fiat 500: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the Fiat 500, model years 2011 to 2019. NHTSA has 577 complaints on file for this model line. 5 of the 9 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Fiat 500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 12,675 |
| 2018 Fiat 500 NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 2% | 12,675 |
| 2017 Fiat 500 NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 5% | 12,675 |
| 2016 Fiat 500 | 3 | 8 | 12% | 51,892 |
| 2015 Fiat 500 | 3 | 54 | 84% | 55,711 |
| 2014 Fiat 500 | 3 | 110 | 172% | 55,711 |
| 2013 Fiat 500 | 3 | 101 | 158% | 94,824 |
| 2012 Fiat 500 | 3 | 299 | 466% | 91,313 |
| 2011 Fiat 500 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
801 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 367 | 294 |
| Electrical System | 126.1 | 101 |
| Engine | 107.4 | 86 |
| Unknown or Other | 61.2 | 49 |
| Air Bags | 44.9 | 36 |
| Steering | 32.5 | 26 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 32.5 | 26 |
| Structure | 30 | 24 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 30 | 24 |
| Service Brakes | 25 | 20 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- 500L4 campaigns
- 500X6 campaigns
- 500E6 campaigns
- 124 Spider3 campaigns
- 1245 campaigns
- 8505 campaigns
- 1314 campaigns
- X1/95 campaigns
- 1282 campaigns
- Strada3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Fiat 500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/fiat/500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC)
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Fiat 500 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2016 with 3, 2015 with 3, 2014 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Fiat 500 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2012 model year, with 299 of the 577 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Fiat 500 name?
- Power Train: 367 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 126.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 107.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Fiat 500?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.