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Fiat 500 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 7 recall campaigns for the Fiat 500, across 8 model years from 2011 to 2018. The 2016 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2011 (1).

Fiat 500 years to avoid by our method: 2012 (2.2× the median year).

Model years
8

2011–2018, with a recall

Recall campaigns
7
Most recalls
2016

4 recalls

Owner complaints
811

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 811 complaints with NHTSA about the Fiat 500 across 8 model years; the most, 396, concern the 2012.

Owners marked a crash on 48 of the Fiat 500 complaints (6%) and a fire on 16.

Across all Fiat 500 model years, owners name the power train most often (at least 390 complaints), then the electrical system (136).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Fiat 500 in 2016: 185, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Fiat 500 is power train: manual transmission: floor shift assembly, in 8 model-year listings.

The newest Fiat 500 recall, 24V474000, was reported on June 25, 2024 and concerns the tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems.

Fiat 500 years to avoid

The 2012 Fiat 500 stands out most: 107 complaints between 2011 and 2015, 51% of them naming the power train.

The best-measured Fiat 500 years are 2016 (0.2×), 2015 (0.9×) and 2013 (1.0×).

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Fiat 500, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2018252not ranked
20172147not ranked
201641410
0.2×
201549249
0.9×
2014412499
1.8×
2013416557
1.0×
2012avoid4396107
2.2×
2011110not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Fiat 500 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Fiat 500

  • POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY8
  • POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION5
  • TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS5
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION3
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID1

Fiat 500 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Fiat 500 recall campaign (7)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Fiat 500, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
24V474000June 25, 2024tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems2014–2018crash12,675
19V817000November 15, 2019power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift2012–2013crash51,788
16V667000September 15, 2016equipment: other: labels2016crash32
16V302000May 16, 2016power train: manual transmission2012–2016crash39,185
15V291000May 18, 2015power train: automatic transmission2013–2015crash3,851
11V550000November 10, 2011service brakes, hydraulic: fluid2012crash340
19E044000power train: manual transmission: floor shift assembly2011–2018crash—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Fiat 500. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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