{"meta":{"dataset":"known-issues","title":"Wrench.Pro Known Issues clusters — FIAT","level":"make","generated":"2026-09-20","source_freshness":"2026-09-20","source":"NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaints, grouped by failure theme by Wrench.Pro","source_url":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","license":"CC BY 4.0 (derived data); underlying NHTSA records are US public domain","license_url":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/license","citation":"Wrench.Pro (2026). Known Issues clusters — FIAT [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues","schema_url":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues#schema","method_url":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/methodology#known-issues","fields":["year","make","make_slug","model","model_slug","cluster_id","label","component_code","complaint_count","date_range","source_complaint_count","reviewed_at","quote_1_odi","quote_1_text","quote_2_odi","quote_2_text","quote_3_odi","quote_3_text","vehicle_page","data_page"]},"rows":[{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-oil-consumption","label":"Excessive oil consumption","component_code":"ENGINE","complaint_count":7,"date_range":"2021-07 → 2025-07","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11670892","quote_1_text":"Oil level dropped way below minimum. The current consumption is 1000miles every quarter","quote_2_odi":"11667490","quote_2_text":"The car consumes a lot of oil. After 4000 miles I was under 3.5 qt and the oil pressure light would go off","quote_3_odi":"11605737","quote_3_text":"Hi, I received a recall notice from FCA regarding oil consumption - I threw the letter out, but took the car to dealer. They found the active recall W-80, , had me do the 1500 mile test, came back but for some reason, now it is not even visible anymore","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-door-latch-failure","label":"Driver door and hatch handle or latch failure","component_code":"STRUCTURE","complaint_count":7,"date_range":"2018-03 → 2024-07","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11605424","quote_1_text":"The contact owns a 2016 Fiat 500X. The contact stated that the cover over the button needed to open the driver’s side door would frequently fall off. Over time, the driver’s side door handle had fractured upon an attempt to open the door","quote_2_odi":"11583427","quote_2_text":"The drivers door is defective and will not open from the outside. Upon request the inspection has a cost of upwards of $1000 and customers who drive Fiat 500x models across the US have reported this as an issue","quote_3_odi":"11267379","quote_3_text":"THE VEHICLE DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE BREAKS EASILY. I WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR WHILE IT WAS PARKED","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-engine-mount-vibration","label":"Engine mount fracture causing vibration","component_code":"ENGINE","complaint_count":5,"date_range":"2019-06 → 2022-11","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11491933","quote_1_text":"The contact owns a 2016 Fiat 500X. The contact stated upon making a complete stop at a traffic light, the vehicle vibrated. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving","quote_2_odi":"11395582","quote_2_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FIAT 500X. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT A STANDSTILL, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WITH ABNORMAL SOUNDS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, STEERING COLUMN, AND GEAR SHIFTER. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED","quote_3_odi":"","quote_3_text":"","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-shift-to-neutral","label":"Unintended shift to neutral or stall while driving","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":89,"date_range":"2016-12 → 2026-06","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11216936","quote_1_text":"VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL, COULD HAPPEN WHILE IN MOTION (NO TURNS) AND ALSO WHILE TURNING, USUALLY ON A CITY STREET. IT COULD HAPPEN ONCE A MONTH, OR ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS","quote_2_odi":"11744651","quote_2_text":"3 times my car had died going under 30 mph, it must turns off or goes into this neutral position and won’t let me change gears, when i restart it, the engine makes an awful squealing sound","quote_3_odi":"11708302","quote_3_text":"Car suddenly slowed down while driving on Christmas Day. This was a very unsafe situation because I was on the highway in traffic traveling at 70 miles per hour and the car suddenly slowed down which could have resulted in an accident leading to harm","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-cooling-fan-overheat","label":"Engine cooling fan failure and overheating","component_code":"ENGINE","complaint_count":10,"date_range":"2017-10 → 2021-04","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11100049","quote_1_text":"MY 2016 FIAT 500X STARTED OVERHEATING WITH APPROXIMATELY 32,900 MILES ON IT. I HAD THE FAN ASSEMBLY AND 50 AMP FUSE REPLACED. IT IS STARTING TO MAKE THE SAME NOISE I HAD NOTICED WEEKS BEFORE IT OVERHEATED AGAIN","quote_2_odi":"11078323","quote_2_text":"WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, THE A/C ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY OVERHEATED. THE FAN ASSEMBLY HAD FAULTED, THE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED IN OCTOBER 2017 AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS HELD FOR 30 DAYS BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE","quote_3_odi":"11039728","quote_3_text":"ENGINE IS VERY SHAKY WHEN STALLED AT STOP LIGHTS, ETC. SERVICE LIGHT RECENTLY CAME ON AND CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION AS IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE COOLING FAN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT IS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO ETA","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-electrical-no-start","label":"Electrical failure causing no-start or stranding","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","complaint_count":12,"date_range":"2018-06 → 2026-06","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11547222","quote_1_text":"2016 Fiat 500X started but would not turn off. I’ve had to get it towed out of work, my batter has died from it being on all night and a day as well. Ive had to get my coworkers to help me out and take my home after it died","quote_2_odi":"11317648","quote_2_text":"SINCE AUGUST 2019 , THE 2016 FIAT 500X HAS BEEN IN FOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. IN AUGUST 2019 A RADIO WAS REPLACED, THE NEXT MOTH A COMPUTER MODULE WAS REPLACED, SUBSEQUENTLY SINCE OCTOBER 8 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE BATTERIES INSTALLED","quote_3_odi":"11508371","quote_3_text":"The contact owns a 2016 Fiat 500X. The contact stated that on multiple occasions, the vehicle would not start, and the vehicle had to be jumped. Additionally, while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would stall without warning","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-airbag-malfunction","label":"Air bag non-deployment or system malfunction","component_code":"AIR BAGS","complaint_count":5,"date_range":"2019-09 → 2026-06","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11516001","quote_1_text":"The contact owned a 2016 Fiat 500X. The contact stated that while her son was driving at 65 MPH, a trailer crossed into his middle lane which forced the vehicle off the road and into the median. The air bags did not deploy as the other driver fled the scene","quote_2_odi":"11459291","quote_2_text":"My vehicle collided with another vehicle. The other car air bag deployed while the Fiat front busted radiator, number etc damaged but the driver side did not deploy even on impact","quote_3_odi":"11257762","quote_3_text":"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","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2016,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500X","model_slug":"500x","cluster_id":"fiat-500x-2016-exterior-lighting","label":"Exterior lighting failure","component_code":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","complaint_count":7,"date_range":"2018-11 → 2024-11","source_complaint_count":154,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-23","quote_1_odi":"11230391","quote_1_text":"EXTERIOR LIGHTS LIKE THE PARKING AND DRIVING LIGHTS BLOW OUT EVERY FEW MONTHS","quote_2_odi":"11185440","quote_2_text":"DAYTIMERUNNING LIGHT. BRAKE LIGHT. PARKING LIGHT ALL OUT SAME TIME VEHICLE ONLY HAS 12,000 MILES ON IT","quote_3_odi":"11145169","quote_3_text":"VEHICLE FOG LIGHTS HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE ONE LIGHT GETS TOO MUCH VOLTAGE, CAUSING IT TO BURN OUT THE BULB AND THE HOLDING UNIT. SOMETIMES THE BULBS WILL RANDOMLY SWITCH (FOR EXAMPLE ONE DAY THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL BE OUT, THEN THE NEXT DAY THE PASSENGER SIDE)","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2016/fiat/500x","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2015-clutch-shift-cable-failure","label":"Manual transaxle clutch and shift cable failure","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":18,"date_range":"2016-07 → 2026-01","source_complaint_count":92,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-27","quote_1_odi":"11297395","quote_1_text":"I STOPPED IN A DRIVEWAY AND TRIED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE CAR HAS A MANUAL 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE ONLY 2 GEARS AVAILABLE WERE 3RD, NEUTRAL, AND 4TH. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT ONE OF THE 2 SHIFT CABLES CAME OFF THE SHIFT LEVER ON THE","quote_2_odi":"11219851","quote_2_text":"THE SHIFT CABLE FOR THE TRANSMISSION BROKE LEAVING ME UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE IN MOVING TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE STATE HIGHWAY. THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND I HAVE NOT HAD USE OF MY CAR FOR OVER A WEEK AND POSSIBLY UP TO A MONTH","quote_3_odi":"11169887","quote_3_text":"WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WOULD ONLY GO INTO 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. NO WARNING LIGHT, NO PROBLEM LIGHT, NOTHING. JUST STOPPED AT THE ATOP SIGN AND WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR OTHER THAN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. THE CAR ONLY HAS 50,650 MILES","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2015-clutch-recall-parts-delay","label":"Recall 16V302000 parts unavailable","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":11,"date_range":"2016-07 → 2024-09","source_complaint_count":92,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-27","quote_1_odi":"11613343","quote_1_text":"A recall has been open on this vehicle for over 5 years. I have been waiting for a year and 2 Fiat dealerships cannot complete the recall because the manufacturer has failed to manufacture a spring part for the repair","quote_2_odi":"11579913","quote_2_text":"The contact owns a 2015 Fiat 500 Pop Hatchback. The contact received notification NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V302000 (Power Train) however, the parts to repair were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs","quote_3_odi":"10895430","quote_3_text":"S34 RECALL TAKING EXCESSIVE TIME MAY 10TH - S34 RECALL PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED, AFFECTED POWER TRAIN, THEREFORE A FIX IS VITAL TO SAFETY AND URGENT JUNE 28TH - LETTER RECEIVED FROM FIAT STATING THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO FIX","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2015-headlamp-wiring-failure","label":"Headlamp wiring and connector failure","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING","complaint_count":3,"date_range":"2019-02 → 2023-04","source_complaint_count":92,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-27","quote_1_odi":"11515202","quote_1_text":"The contact owns a 2015 Fiat 500. The contact stated that upon having the vehicle inspected, the mechanic noticed that the front driver’s and passenger’s side headlamps had failed to operate. The brake warning light and the headlamp warning lights were illuminated","quote_2_odi":"11363384","quote_2_text":"I WORK AT AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR FACILITY. WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL HEADLIGHT BULB CONNECTOR FAILURES WHERE THE CONNECTOR MELTS. WHEN THE CONNECTOR MELTS, THE LIGHT STOPS FUNCTIONING. THE REPAIR REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE CONNECTOR AND THE BULB","quote_3_odi":"11176112","quote_3_text":"WHENEVER I TURN THE HEADLIGHTS ON, THEY GO OFF. WHENEVER I TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF, THEY GO ON. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE BREAK LIGHTS DON'T WORK. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BREAK LIGHTS OR HEADLIGHTS","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2015-stall-loss-of-power","label":"Stall or loss of propulsion without warning","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE","complaint_count":10,"date_range":"2015-06 → 2022-11","source_complaint_count":92,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-27","quote_1_odi":"11298153","quote_1_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FIAT 500E. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST MOTIVE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RENTON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 585 RAINIER AVE S, RENTON, WA 98057, (425) 430-1000 TO BE DIAGNOSED","quote_2_odi":"10788410","quote_2_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL WHEN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OVERHEATED","quote_3_odi":"11044553","quote_3_text":"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","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2017,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"124 Spider","model_slug":"124-spider","cluster_id":"124-spider-2017-oil-consumption-engine-stall","label":"Excessive oil consumption and engine no-start","component_code":"ENGINE","complaint_count":4,"date_range":"2018-05 → 2026-06","source_complaint_count":32,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-30","quote_1_odi":"11747162","quote_1_text":"When the automobile isn’t driven or started for 3 weeks or more the engine will not start. The multiair system will lose its oil pressure. The manufacturer needs to do a recall to fix this problem","quote_2_odi":"11666626","quote_2_text":"Vehicle has been consuming excessive amount of oil & has affected my engine and turbo. When the oil is low, car will just turn off and stop running","quote_3_odi":"11092146","quote_3_text":"THERMOSTAT, EXCELERATOR PEDAL, REPLACED AND WINDOW WASHER TUBE REINSTALLED AT 2,477 MILES. AT 3,014 MILS CAR WAS TOWED 2 TIMES IN A WEEK FOR CAR NOT STARTING. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE OIL SOAKED AND FOULED OUT","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2017/fiat/124-spider","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2017,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"124 Spider","model_slug":"124-spider","cluster_id":"124-spider-2017-seat-belt-retraction-failure","label":"Seat belts fail to fully retract","component_code":"SEAT BELTS","complaint_count":2,"date_range":"2021-01 → 2022-07","source_complaint_count":32,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-30","quote_1_odi":"11473497","quote_1_text":"Boyh seatbelts do not retract properly","quote_2_odi":"11387019","quote_2_text":"SEAT BELTS DON'T FULLY RETRACT AND COULD NOT PROTECT IN AN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AS THEY ARE NOT TIGHT AGAINST THE BODY","quote_3_odi":"","quote_3_text":"","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2017/fiat/124-spider","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2017,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"124 Spider","model_slug":"124-spider","cluster_id":"124-spider-2017-airbag-recall-part-shortage","label":"Airbag recall repair parts unavailable","component_code":"AIR BAGS","complaint_count":14,"date_range":"2024-11 → 2025-08","source_complaint_count":32,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-30","quote_1_odi":"11662603","quote_1_text":"I received the airbag recall letter in December (recall A3B)on my 2017 Spyder Fiat. I understand that the recall started in September.I have called Fiat every month since. I am always advised the parts are not available with no update on when the parts will become available","quote_2_odi":"11661577","quote_2_text":"*I received a safety recall notice for the airbag deployment early November 2024. *I’ve contacted the dealership twice and they claim to not have the necessary part. *I’ve called manufacturer FIAT / FCA on 11/20/24 case #91148616, 12/12/24 and4/28/25","quote_3_odi":"11679879","quote_3_text":"The contact owns a 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V694000 (AIR BAGS); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2017/fiat/124-spider","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2017,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"124 Spider","model_slug":"124-spider","cluster_id":"124-spider-2017-alarm-activates-while-driving","label":"Alarm system randomly activates while driving","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","complaint_count":7,"date_range":"2017-10 → 2018-11","source_complaint_count":32,"reviewed_at":"2026-08-30","quote_1_odi":"11052756","quote_1_text":"OUR 2017 FIAT 124 SPIDER ABARTH ALARM GOES OFF RANDOMLY SOMETIMES 4 OR 5 TIMES A DAY WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE HAS BEEN ON THE FREEWAY AND LIGHTS FLASH AND HORN CONSTANTLY GOES OFF UNTIL SHE HAS TO PULL OFF IN TRAFFIC AND STOP THE CAR AND RESTART. PUSHING PANIC BUTTON DOES NOTHING","quote_2_odi":"11040358","quote_2_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FIAT 124 SPIDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CAR ALARM SYSTEM RANDOMLY ACTIVATED. WHEN THE ALARM ACTIVATED, THE HORN AND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS TURNED ON. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD","quote_3_odi":"11113318","quote_3_text":"WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 AND 70 MPH IN SECOND TO SIXTH GEAR, THE CAR'S ALARM SYSTEM RANDOMLY ACTIVATES WITHOUT APPARENT REASON. THE HORN SOUNDS AND EMERGENCY FLASHERS ILLUMINATE WITHOUT CUTTING OFF. THE ALARM IS DEACTIVATED BY STOPPING THE CAR AND SHUTTING OFF THE IGNITION","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2017/fiat/124-spider","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2015-transmission-park-stuck","label":"Transmission stuck in park or no reverse engagement","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":6,"date_range":"2015-04 → 2022-02","source_complaint_count":23,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-02","quote_1_odi":"11449900","quote_1_text":"Vehicle randomly stuck in park and will not move in reverse or drive, at one point was in drive and moving while saying gear not available","quote_2_odi":"11128331","quote_2_text":"THE CAR IS SHOWING THE SAME SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN THE 2014 500L TRANSMISSION RECALL. IT WILL EITHER STAY IN THE PARKING GEAR OR HAVE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN SWITCHING GEARS","quote_3_odi":"10872990","quote_3_text":"HAVE THE 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS LOCKED IN THE PARK POSITION AND COULD NOT DISENGAGE TO ANY OTHER SELECTION","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2015-acceleration-loss","label":"Acceleration loss on throttle input","component_code":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","complaint_count":2,"date_range":"2016-01 → 2016-03","source_complaint_count":23,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-02","quote_1_odi":"10846161","quote_1_text":"THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LACK OF ACCELERATION. THE TTMS AND ELECTRICAL THROTTLE BODY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STILL DID NOT ACCELERATE","quote_2_odi":"10818633","quote_2_text":"WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED","quote_3_odi":"","quote_3_text":"","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2015-battery-camera-sensor","label":"Battery charge loss and backup camera sensor failure","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","complaint_count":2,"date_range":"2015-04 → 2016-06","source_complaint_count":23,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-02","quote_1_odi":"10872988","quote_1_text":"HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AT AROUND 5000 MILES. IT WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE AND BE RANDOMLY DEAD USUALLY AFTER NOT USING CAR FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. I REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A TOP NAME BRAND AND HAVEN'T HAD AN ISSUE SINCE","quote_2_odi":"10704371","quote_2_text":"THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REVERSE CAMERA SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS WHERE ALL FOUR REAR SENSORS AND THE CAMERA INSIDE THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED","quote_3_odi":"","quote_3_text":"","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2015-airbag-warning-light","label":"Airbag warning light and restraint module faults","component_code":"AIR BAGS","complaint_count":5,"date_range":"2015-03 → 2020-07","source_complaint_count":23,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-02","quote_1_odi":"11244345","quote_1_text":"CAR ONLY HAS 6,000 MILES AND IT HAS A FAULTY OCCUPANT RESTRAINT MODULE THAT CAUSES AIR BAG WARNING TO COME ON IT'S BEEN COMING ON AND OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MADE APPOINTMENT TO GET IT CHECKED ON 8/12/19 AND THEY FOUND PROBLEM 8/16/19 AND OF COURSE WARRANTY RAN OUT 8/1/19","quote_2_odi":"11161494","quote_2_text":"THE CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON EVERY 300-500 MILES & DISAPPEARS AFTER ABOUT 200-400 MILES. THE DEALER CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. WE ARE NOT SURE IF THE AIRBAG WILL PROPERLY DEPLOY IN THE INSTANCE OF AN ACCIDENT","quote_3_odi":"10701191","quote_3_text":"I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN SEPTEMBER 2014 REGARDING THE KNEE AIRBAG MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2014 FIAT 500L, DUE TO RECALL","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2015-engine-smoke-burning-odor","label":"Engine bay white smoke and burning odor","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE","complaint_count":2,"date_range":"2016-11 → 2019-01","source_complaint_count":23,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-02","quote_1_odi":"11171006","quote_1_text":"TRAFFIC WAS AT A VIRTUAL STAND STILL AND AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES DRIVING, WHITE SMOKE WAS EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THERE WAS A DISTINCT BURNING SMELL, LIKE ELECTRICAL WIRING BURNING","quote_2_odi":"10925519","quote_2_text":"MY FIAT HAS NEARLY 5300 MILES, THE ENGINE STARTED TO EMIT A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE WHILE I WAS IN PARK AND HAD DRIVEN IT APPROXIMATE 15 MILES. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF FOR 15 MINUTES, RESTARTED AND THE SMOKE AGAIN STARTED COMING OUT NEAR THE RADIATOR","quote_3_odi":"","quote_3_text":"","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2015,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2015-brake-shudder-failure","label":"Brake shudder and parking brake failure","component_code":"SERVICE BRAKES","complaint_count":2,"date_range":"2015-11 → 2016-06","source_complaint_count":23,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-02","quote_1_odi":"10872989","quote_1_text":"HAVING PROBLEM WITH FRONT BRAKE SHUDDER AFTER ONLY 11,000 MILES. WILL PROBABLY REPLACE THEM MYSELF WITH SLOTTED AND DRILLED ROTORS TO DISSIPATE HEAT. WISH THEY WOULD RECALL AND FIX ALL THE ROTORS","quote_2_odi":"10787792","quote_2_text":"THE FIAT 500L WAS PARKED WITH THE HAND BRAKE UP (6 SPEED). THE BRAKE FAILED AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS","quote_3_odi":"","quote_3_text":"","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2015/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2012,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2012-clutch-gear-shift-failure","label":"Clutch diaphragm spring and gear-shift cable failure","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":75,"date_range":"2016-11 → 2026-05","source_complaint_count":394,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-04","quote_1_odi":"11318406","quote_1_text":"STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGH PUT CAR IN NETURAL WHEN TRIED SWITCH INTO GEAR COULD NOT HAD TO PUSH CAR OFF ROAD IN HIGH TRAFIC ARE. ON LINE RECALL STATES DUE TO FRACTURE IN DIAPHRAGM CAUSING INABILITY TO SWITCH GEARS","quote_2_odi":"11423619","quote_2_text":"While driving it fails to switch gears.It gets stuck on first gear","quote_3_odi":"11350422","quote_3_text":"FIRST OF ALL WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN MY CLUTCH STARTED FEELING LOOSE, 2 DAYS LATER CHANGING GEARS GETTING HARDER. I WAS TOLD BY A SHOP THAT I NEED TO REPLACE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, CLUTCH, & CLUTCH PLATE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL TAKEN CARE OF WITB THE RECALL?","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2012/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2012,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2012-fuel-tank-rollover-valve","label":"Fuel tank rollover valve blocking refueling","component_code":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","complaint_count":13,"date_range":"2018-02 → 2022-01","source_complaint_count":394,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-04","quote_1_odi":"11190205","quote_1_text":"WHEN FILLING UP WITH GAS - PUMP CLICKS OFF EVERY FEW SECONDS. TAKES A LONG TIME TO FILL TANK AT A VERY LOW RATE OF FLOW. MAKES IT EASY TO OVERFLOW! MY MECHANIC SAYS SOMETHING IS FAULTY WITH THE GAS TANK","quote_2_odi":"11190879","quote_2_text":"WHEN PUTTING FUEL IN TANK, I COULD ONLY PUT ABOUT ONE GALLON AND IT STARTED BUBBLING OUT OF TANK. FUEL ROLLOVER VALVE IS PROBLEM AND HAS TO BE REPLACED BY REPLACING ENTIRE FUEL TANK. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND COVERED ON THE 2012 FIAT 500 POP","quote_3_odi":"11182209","quote_3_text":"GAS PUMP CONSTANTLY KICKS OFF WHILE PUMPING GAS. BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL CAR UP WITH GAS. HAVE TO CONSTANTLY SQUEEZE LITTLE BURSTS OF GAS IN A TIME BETWEEN GAS PUMPING KICKING OFF","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2012/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2012,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2012-hatch-wiring-harness-failure","label":"Hatch/trunk wiring harness failure","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","complaint_count":15,"date_range":"2017-07 → 2024-10","source_complaint_count":394,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-04","quote_1_odi":"11120030","quote_1_text":"TRUNK / HATCH PINCHED WIRE HARNESS CAUSING SHORT. COULD NOT OPEN TRUNK, LICENSE PLATE LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE","quote_2_odi":"11113549","quote_2_text":"THE HATCH SWITCH HAS HAD TO BE REPAIRED 3 TIMES. ITS A DESIGN FLAW THAT SHORTS OUT THE SWITCH. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL!","quote_3_odi":"11091517","quote_3_text":"THIRD HIGH CENTER BRAKE LIKE WIRES KEEP BREAKING. THEY RUN ALONG ROOF TO TRUNK LID AND THE OPENING OF THE TRUNK LID CAUSES THIS","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2012/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2012,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2012-starter-oil-pressure-failure","label":"Starter motor grounding bolt and oil pressure failure","component_code":"ENGINE","complaint_count":9,"date_range":"2017-08 → 2020-12","source_complaint_count":394,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-04","quote_1_odi":"11384496","quote_1_text":"JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THAT OWNS A 2012 IT WON'T HOLD OIL PRESSURE","quote_2_odi":"11120531","quote_2_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES","quote_3_odi":"11016007","quote_3_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2012/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2012,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2012-steering-suspension-component","label":"Steering shaft and suspension control-arm failure","component_code":"STEERING","complaint_count":10,"date_range":"2018-04 → 2025-02","source_complaint_count":394,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-04","quote_1_odi":"11083239","quote_1_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FIAT 500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE TURNING IT IN EITHER DIRECTION","quote_2_odi":"11490546","quote_2_text":"While I was driving on a busy dyreet the warning light flashed and my car shut off, I was nearly hit by another vehicle","quote_3_odi":"11154353","quote_3_text":"VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. THIS PART WAS ALREADY REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY WITH FIAT ADMITTING THAT THE PART IS DEFECTIVE/SUBSTANDARD FOR PURPOSE IT FILLS IN THE CARS STEERING FUNCTIONALITY","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2012/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2012,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2012-airbag-warning-nondeployment","label":"Airbag warning light and non-deployment","component_code":"AIR BAGS","complaint_count":10,"date_range":"2017-06 → 2022-09","source_complaint_count":394,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-04","quote_1_odi":"11002480","quote_1_text":"PASSSENGER AIR BAGS CONSTANTLY WARNING ERROR AND DISABLING","quote_2_odi":"11350426","quote_2_text":"AIRBAG COVER IS LOOSE AND I CAN SEE THE AIRBAG","quote_3_odi":"11385650","quote_3_text":"WAS IN A CRASH AND THE CAR WAS TOTALED. NOT 1 AIR BAG DEPLOYED.HAPPENRD ON DEC. 9, 2020","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2012/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-transmission-shift-failure","label":"Transmission failure to shift or engage gear","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":19,"date_range":"2015-03 → 2025-03","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"11464040","quote_1_text":"The contact owns a 2014 Fiat 500. The vehicle had previously been serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V302000 (Power Train) however, the failure recurred","quote_2_odi":"11030235","quote_2_text":"I AM SEEKING ANSWERS FROM FIAT USA. THE TRANSMISSION DESIGN FOR THE FIAT 500L TREKKING IS UNSAFE. I HAVE HAD THREE TRANSMISSION SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2015","quote_3_odi":"10836349","quote_3_text":"THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND PARKING IT FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN IT WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-sudden-acceleration-loss","label":"Sudden loss of acceleration while driving","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":13,"date_range":"2015-03 → 2024-04","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"10925631","quote_1_text":"IT SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. NOT THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BUT AS IN IT WILL SUDDENLY AND WITH NO WARNING, STOP DRIVING. I CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ACCELERATION WILL CEASE TO WORK","quote_2_odi":"10837882","quote_2_text":"DRIVING CAR ON FREEWAY IN FAST LANE GOING TO WORK GOING ABOUT 65 MPH CAR SUDDENLY LOOSES POWER, GAS PEDAL NOT WORKING","quote_3_odi":"11138953","quote_3_text":"WHEN MAKING A TURN, FROM A COMPLETE STOP ONTO A ROAD THAT HAS A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE ESC LIGHT FLASHES ON THE EVIC, AND VEHICLE LOSSES ALL ACCELERATION","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-recall-parts-delay","label":"Clutch recall repair parts delay","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":6,"date_range":"2016-07 → 2017-09","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"10969719","quote_1_text":"THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V302000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE","quote_2_odi":"10927710","quote_2_text":"RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR A REQUIRED REPAIR ON MY MANUAL TRANSAXAL CLUTCH PEDAL","quote_3_odi":"10885298","quote_3_text":"2014 FIAT 500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE MANUAL TRANSMISSION DAMAGED CLUTCH DIAPHRAGM SPRING RECALL NOTICE","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-window-regulator-failure","label":"Power window regulator failure","component_code":"VISIBILITY/WIPER","complaint_count":2,"date_range":"2016-08 → 2019-06","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"11221883","quote_1_text":"BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED ON MY 2014 FIAT 500GQ AT 21250 MILES WITHIN 1 WEEK OF EACH OTHER","quote_2_odi":"10894017","quote_2_text":"TRAVELING DOWN THE A CITY ROAD AND I HERE ALOUD BOOM, AND THEN I HERE GLASS POORING IN MY CAR","quote_3_odi":"","quote_3_text":"","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-clutch-overheat-stall","label":"Dry dual-clutch overheating and stalling in traffic","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":18,"date_range":"2015-02 → 2017-01","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"10693082","quote_1_text":"I AM WRITING OUT OF SERIOUS CONCERN OVER THE OVERHEATING CLUTCH ON THE FIAT 2014 500L TREKKING MODEL. I HAD ABSOLUTELY LOVED MY FIAT, UNTIL IT OVERHEATED AFTER SITTING IN A CAR WASH LINE FOR ALL OF MAYBE TEN MINUTES AT THE MOST","quote_2_odi":"10723909","quote_2_text":"I AM REPORTING A SECOND INCIDENT, THE FIRST WAS MARCH 2015 ODI #10693082, OF THE CLUTCH OVERHEATING AND MY VEHICLE STALLING OUT, THIS TIME IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF F STREET DOWNTOWN DC ON A FRIDAY NIGHT","quote_3_odi":"10903458","quote_3_text":"WHILE IN A DRIVE THROUGH, SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM THE HOOD. HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED , WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL FOR FIAT, AND CLUTCH WAS IN PROCESS OF BURNING OUT","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-steering-malfunction","label":"Steering wheel malfunction or lock-up","component_code":"STEERING","complaint_count":5,"date_range":"2015-11 → 2025-12","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"11703545","quote_1_text":"No loss of control yet, but it came on three starts in a row for the first time","quote_2_odi":"10854234","quote_2_text":"LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. BIG SAFETY PROBLEMS! UNABLE TO CONTROL WHEN TURNS!! THE WHEEL TURNS BACK BY ITSELF!!","quote_3_odi":"10806463","quote_3_text":"WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT INTERSTATE SPEED THE STEERING MECHANISM TENDS TO \"HANG UP\" BUT WITH EXTRA EFFORT YOU CAN STEER THROUGH IT","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-airbag-non-deployment","label":"Airbag non-deployment in a crash","component_code":"AIR BAGS","complaint_count":3,"date_range":"2018-11 → 2020-11","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"11376242","quote_1_text":"AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 FRONT END WRECKS","quote_2_odi":"11150910","quote_2_text":"WILL DRIVING ON A CITY STREET I WAS SIDE SWIPED ON DRIVER'S DOOR , FROM SIDE VIEW MIRROR TO END OF LEFT SIDE FENDER AND HOOD. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAME TO REST AT REAR OF ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF OF ME PARKED, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED","quote_3_odi":"11163827","quote_3_text":"I ATTEMPTED TO FILE A LAW SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER/FIAT BECAUSE NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BECAUSE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD ME IN PLACE","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2014-battery-drain-no-start","label":"12-volt battery drain and no-start condition","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","complaint_count":4,"date_range":"2014-03 → 2015-09","source_complaint_count":124,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"10775406","quote_1_text":"AT LEAST 3 TIMES SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED THE BATTERY DIED. THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES HAPPENED IN THE WINTER AND THE CAR WAS LEFT PARKED FOR 2-3 DAYS","quote_2_odi":"10572806","quote_2_text":"HAD CAR FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND AFTER COMING HOME FROM VACATION, 1 WEEK, BATTERY TOTALLY DEAD","quote_3_odi":"10650286","quote_3_text":"I HAD NOT DROVE MY CAR IN 3 DAYS IT WAS PARKED INSIDE OUR GARAGE, I PUT IN THE IGNITION KEY, AND CAR WOULD NOT MAKE A SOUND, NOT EVEN A CLICK, WHILE THE KEY IN THE START POSITION, ALL KINDS IF THINGS STARED TO COME ON THE DISPLAY,","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2014-transmission-no-shift","label":"Transmission fails to shift into or engage gear","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":85,"date_range":"2014-03 → 2026-02","source_complaint_count":183,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"10577940","quote_1_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500L. THE CONTACT WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V103000 (TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER). THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED UP A HILL, DOWN A HILL OR FLAT LAND THE GEARS SLIPPED FORWARD IN DRIVE AND BACKWARD WHILE IN","quote_2_odi":"11548092","quote_2_text":"I am having severe transmission issues. Gears are 'unavailable' and will switch me into D1, D2, and so on, all the way up to D8. I can feel the gears shifting (not in a good way), and if the brake is applied too suddenly it will fall out of gear and the service engine light is","quote_3_odi":"11627998","quote_3_text":"Car will not shift into gear automatic transmissions will not shift readily out of park and won’t go into park sometimes. The transmissions does not receive, or is slow to receive, an intended gear selection. Vehicle came to a complete stop while driving","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2014-clutch-shudder-hesitation","label":"Dual-dry-clutch shudder and hesitation on acceleration","component_code":"POWER TRAIN, ENGINE","complaint_count":22,"date_range":"2014-03 → 2025-09","source_complaint_count":183,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"10596670","quote_1_text":"AUTO DUAL DRY CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. MANUFACTURED 7/2013, PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER 1/14. CAR SHUDDERED AND HESITATED ON THE TEST DRIVE. TOLD IT WOULD SMOOTH OUT BECAUSE IT WAS AN ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION. CONTINUED TO SHUDDER, HESITATE AND LURCH","quote_2_odi":"11312088","quote_2_text":"2014 FIAT 500 L: THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO THE PROPER GEAR. TURNING ON THE CAR AND PLACING IN D OR R THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER RETRYING MULTIPLE TIMES THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY GO INTO DRIVE","quote_3_odi":"11586458","quote_3_text":"1.) Vehicle will not shift into forward or reverse. Shift lever moves but vehicle does not respond. Intermittent problem. 2.) Excessive acceleration is required before vehicle will move, then lurches forward or backwards","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2014,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500L","model_slug":"500l","cluster_id":"fiat-500l-2014-stall-loss-of-power","label":"Engine stalls or loses power while driving","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":20,"date_range":"2014-06 → 2026-02","source_complaint_count":183,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-07","quote_1_odi":"10595898","quote_1_text":"THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT IT THREE WEEKS AGO. THE FIRST TIME I WAS GOING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH AND THE CAR JUST COUGHED AND TURNED OVER AND THEN STALLED. IT WAS FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR WOULD START AGAIN","quote_2_odi":"11307576","quote_2_text":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FIAT 500 L. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED","quote_3_odi":"11190913","quote_3_text":"UNSAFE VEHICLE: 1: CAR WAS STATIONARY FOR A SHORT PERIOD AT A RED LIGHT; TRIED TO ACCELERATE & CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. LEFT ME STRANDED FOR HALF HOUR. 2: CAR WAS STATIONARY AGAIN AT RED LIGHT & STALLED, LEAVING MY DAUGHTER STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2014/fiat/500l","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2013,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2013-clutch-pressure-plate-failure","label":"Clutch pressure plate and diaphragm spring failure","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":22,"date_range":"2015-07 → 2026-04","source_complaint_count":164,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-09","quote_1_odi":"11634558","quote_1_text":"The clutch cover diaphragm spring on the vehicle has fatigue and/or fracture. A failed clutch cover diaphragm spring has resulted in the inability to disengage the clutch, or shift gears","quote_2_odi":"11353357","quote_2_text":"WHEN YOU HIT THE PEDAL THE CLITCH DOES NOT DISENGAGE, MEANING THE CLUTCH IS ALWAYS ENGAGED AND YOU CANNOT SHIFT GEARS. I PERSONALLY INSPECTED THE CLUTCH SYSTEM FROM THE PEDAL TO THE CLUTCH ARM AND CAN SEE THE CLUTCH DISENGAGEMENT ARM MOVING WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE","quote_3_odi":"11024137","quote_3_text":"MY 2013 FIAT POP WAS CALLED IN FOR A RECALL ON THE CLUTCH PLATE AND SPRING. DESERT FIAT OF VICTORVILLE MADE THE REPAIR AND I DROVE IT UNTIL JUNE 6,WHEN THE CLUTCH FAILED AND I HAD IT TOWED TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2013/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2013,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2013-shift-cable-bushing-failure","label":"Shift cable and cable bushing failure","component_code":"POWER TRAIN","complaint_count":9,"date_range":"2017-06 → 2025-11","source_complaint_count":164,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-09","quote_1_odi":"11337879","quote_1_text":"WHILE DRIVING TO MY HOUSE, I PUT MY VEHICLE IN REVERS (A 5-SPEED STICK SHIFT), AND MY STICK SHIFT CABLE BROKE. MY VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE","quote_2_odi":"11140088","quote_2_text":"TRANSMISSION LOST GEARS WHILE MERGING WITH TRAFFIC. DUE TO SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING FAILURE. LOST 3RD, 4TH & 5TH YEAR","quote_3_odi":"10994378","quote_3_text":"WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT OF A PARKING STRUCTURE, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHIFTER CABLE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2013/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2013,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2013-trunk-wiring-harness-failure","label":"Trunk lid wiring harness breakage","component_code":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","complaint_count":3,"date_range":"2017-07 → 2020-09","source_complaint_count":164,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-09","quote_1_odi":"11361454","quote_1_text":"THE WIRE HARNESS GOING TO THE TRUNK LID IS DEFECTIVE. THE WIRES BREAK AND THE DEALER REPAIRS THE BREAKS WITH A SPLICE WHICH DOESN'T LAST","quote_2_odi":"11043104","quote_2_text":"WIRING BETWEEN BODY AND TRUNK LID BREAKS DUE TO POOR DESIGN AND SHIELDING NOT PROTECTING THE WIRES.. 4 WIRES BROKEN CAUSING THE LICENSE PLATE LIGHT TO NOT BE LIT","quote_3_odi":"11011605","quote_3_text":"WIRING HARNESS BETWEEN THE CHASSIS AND THE TRUNK LID BREAKS. THERE ARE SEVERAL BROKEN WIRES. THIS IS CAUSING THE \"CHECK LICENSE PLATE LIGHT\" WARNING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2013/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2013,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2013-fuel-tank-fill-malfunction","label":"Fuel tank overfilling and roll-over valve malfunction","component_code":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","complaint_count":3,"date_range":"2019-02 → 2022-04","source_complaint_count":164,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-09","quote_1_odi":"11287463","quote_1_text":"WHEN ATTEMPTING TO FILL UP GAS AT A FUEL FILLING STATION THE CAR WILL NOT TAKE IN ANY FUEL FROM THE GAS STATION PUMP. IT REACTS LIKE THE TANK IS FULL BUT IT IS NOT","quote_2_odi":"11459309","quote_2_text":"When putting gasoline at the gas pump, pump clicks off constantly. Makes you think the tank is full when it is not, Have to pump very slow","quote_3_odi":"11173454","quote_3_text":"FUEL TANK ROLL-OVER VALVE MALFUNCTION. IMPROPER FUELING OF VEHICLE RESULTING","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2013/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2013,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2013-engine-stall-oil-consumption","label":"Engine stalling and excessive oil consumption","component_code":"ENGINE","complaint_count":10,"date_range":"2014-03 → 2025-08","source_complaint_count":164,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-09","quote_1_odi":"11680788","quote_1_text":"In June 2025, while driving my 2013 Fiat Abarth at highway speed, the vehicle suddenly stalled without warning. This happened on one of the hottest days of the year with another person in the car, creating a serious risk of a high-speed collision","quote_2_odi":"11065424","quote_2_text":"A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, I GOT A CALL FROM THE STUDIO EXPLAINING THAT THE CAR WAS VERY LOW ON OIL AND THAT IT APPEARS THE CAR'S BEEN CONSUMING OIL AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. HE SAID THEY PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE AND THAT, PER FIAT'S PROTOCOL, THEY'D PERFORM AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST","quote_3_odi":"11189916","quote_3_text":"LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT. OIL LEVEL WAS FINE. THEN LOSS OF POWER. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND NEED NEW ENGINE","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2013/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"},{"year":2013,"make":"FIAT","make_slug":"fiat","model":"500","model_slug":"500","cluster_id":"fiat-500-2013-airbag-non-deployment","label":"Air bags failing to deploy in a crash","component_code":"AIR BAGS","complaint_count":4,"date_range":"2014-07 → 2018-11","source_complaint_count":164,"reviewed_at":"2026-09-09","quote_1_odi":"10614805","quote_1_text":"MY 2013 FIAT 500 WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I BROKE MY ARM AND HAD A HEAD INJURY","quote_2_odi":"10933725","quote_2_text":"WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO AVOID A DEER. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ETS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE CRASH","quote_3_odi":"11150242","quote_3_text":"TAKATA RECALL - WE HIT A DEER WITH OUR 2013 FIAT 500 LOUNGE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. OVER $5,000 IN DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED","vehicle_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/vehicles/2013/fiat/500","data_page":"https://www.wrench.pro/data/known-issues/fiat"}]}