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Alfa Romeo StelvioYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 222 owner complaints and 18 safety recalls on record for the Alfa Romeo Stelvio.

Alfa Romeo Stelvio
Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints222Top: Electrical systemSafety recalls182018–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Cutlass, CC0.

Best & worst years

Alfa Romeo Stelvio years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Stelvio median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1002 complaints · 2 recalls2024Not rated–/1002 complaints · 3 recalls2023Not rated–/1006 complaints · 4 recalls2022Not rated–/1008 complaints · 3 recalls2021Not rated–/1007 complaints · 6 recalls2020Not rated–/10021 complaints · 6 recalls2019Not rated–/10037 complaints · 8 recalls2018Not rated–/100139 complaints · 11 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Alfa Romeo Stelvio problems

All model years combined: 222 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Electrical system664
Engine662
Fuel system, gasoline480
Fuel/propulsion system470
Power train181
Service brakes163
Vehicle speed control121
Air bags122
Seat belts121
14 other systems453
18 recalls

Alfa Romeo Stelvio recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

58%Back over prevention: display function25V-667 · 2020–2025 · Oct 7, 2025 · 62,910 vehicles7%Delivery: fuel pump25V-586 · 2018–2019 · Sep 9, 2025 · 53,849 vehicles56%Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages24V-943 · 2019–2020 · Dec 19, 2024 · 2,021 vehicles97%Other: labels24V-857 · 2023 · Nov 14, 2024 · 204 vehicles60%Air bags: frontal24V-510 · 2018–2025 · Jul 3, 2024 · 337,128 vehicles98%Other: labels24V-512 · 2021–2024 · Jul 3, 2024 · 9,037 vehicles71%Service brakes, hydraulic23V-382 · 2018–2020 · May 30, 2023 · 719 vehicles84%Delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings21V-878 · 2020–2021 · Nov 12, 2021 · 11,419 vehicles89%Service brakes, hydraulic21V-309 · 2019–2021 · May 4, 2021 · 9 vehicles95%Air bags21V-221 · 2021 · Mar 30, 2021 · 1,222 vehicles95%Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel19V-551 · 2018–2019 · Jul 25, 2019 · 21,914 vehicles95%Forward collision avoidance: adaptive cruise control19V-148 · 2018–2019 · Mar 1, 2019 · 19,114 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 18 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.