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FIAT 500lYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 209 owner complaints and 4 safety recalls on record for the FIAT 500l.

FIAT 500l
Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints209Top: Power trainSafety recalls42014–2017 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: order_242 from Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Best & worst years

FIAT 500l 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 500l median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2017Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls2016Not rated–/1002 complaints · 0 recalls2015Not rated–/10023 complaints · 2 recalls2014Not rated–/100183 complaints · 3 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common FIAT 500l problems

All model years combined: 209 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
Power train1308
Engine320
Electrical system291
Vehicle speed control221
Air bags112
Service brakes111
Steering110
Electronic stability control (ESC)90
Fuel/propulsion system60
9 other systems182
4 recalls

FIAT 500l recalls

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

76%Automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)17V-192 · 2014 · Mar 21, 2017 · 25,583 vehicles87%Passenger side: inflator module15V-590 · 2015 · Sep 23, 2015 · 15 vehicles92%Air bags: knee bolster14V-481 · 2014–2015 · Aug 6, 2014 · 25,479 vehicles95%Power train: automatic transmission14V-103 · 2014 · Mar 4, 2014 · 18,100 vehicles