FIAT 500xYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 189 owner complaints and 6 safety recalls on record for the FIAT 500x.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints189Top: Engine Safety recalls62016–2023 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Corvettec6r, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

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

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Best
Not rated

2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1002 complaints · 1 recall 2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2020Not rated–/1002 complaints · 2 recalls 2019Not rated–/1003 complaints · 2 recalls 2018Not rated–/10011 complaints · 1 recall 2017Not rated–/10017 complaints · 1 recall 2016Not rated–/100154 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common FIAT 500x problems

All model years combined: 189 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

65Engine1 crash/fire/injury

61Electrical system2 crash/fire/injury

56Power train1 crash/fire/injury

15Exterior lighting

13Vehicle speed control

12Electronic stability control (ESC)

11Structure

9Service brakes

9Steering

3411 other systems3 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Engine	65	1
Electrical system	61	2
Power train	56	1
Exterior lighting	15	1
Vehicle speed control	13	1
Electronic stability control (ESC)	12	0
Structure	11	0
Service brakes	9	0
Steering	9	0
11 other systems	34	3

6 recalls

FIAT 500x recalls

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

Air bags: frontal24V-510 · 2019–2023 · Jul 3, 2024 · 337,128 vehicles Disc: caliper19V-909 · 2020 · Dec 19, 2019 · 1,353 vehicles Air bags: air bag/restraint control module19V-287 · 2019 · Apr 10, 2019 · 25,004 vehicles Wiring: front underhood18V-524 · 2018 · Aug 9, 2018 · 12,779 vehicles Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems17V-146 · 2017 · Mar 7, 2017 · 297 vehicles Power train: automatic transmission16V-529 · 2016 · Jul 12, 2016 · 329,540 vehicles