NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Fiat 500 Recalls
The 2016 Fiat 500 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 25, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Fiat 500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 14
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Fiat 500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2016 Fiat 500
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 24V474000
- Reported
- June 25, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,675
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 500
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 16V667000
- Reported
- September 15, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Fiat 500
Power train: manual transmission
- Campaign
- 16V302000
- Reported
- May 16, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 39,185
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2015 500
Power train: manual transmission: floor shift assembly
- Campaign
- 19E044000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015, 2017–2018 500
2016 Fiat 500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 14 owner complaints about the 2016 Fiat 500, the newest on May 22, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (21%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Fiat 500, the component group named most often is the power train (57%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the engine (21%).
2 of the 2016 Fiat 500's 4 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2016 Fiat 500 owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train8
- Electrical System3
- Engine3
- Service Brakes3
- Air Bags2
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)2
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Fiat 500 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 3. 71% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Fiat 500 drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Fiat 500 year in the same window: 5th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Fiat 500 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 14 complaints about the 2016 Fiat 500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Fiat 500 by model year
Other 2016 Fiat models
Newest record on this page: May 22, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted