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Fiat 500L

Every Fiat 500L model year on file, 2014 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20911 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72014 to 2020
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins234Summed across model years
By model year

The 2014 model year drew the most complaints, 183, 88% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0501001502002014183201520162017201820192020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Fiat 500L complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
130
Engine and cooling
33
Electrical system
29
Speed control
22
Brakes
11
Airbags
11
Steering
11
Stability and traction control
9
Fuel system
6
Structure
4
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Fiat 500L model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Fiat 500L by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2020Not decoded0NoneNone001
2019Not decoded0NoneNone001
2018Not decoded0NoneNone001
2017SUV10.02000
2016SUV20.050079
2015SUV230.0512076
2014SUV1836.04163076
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Fiat 500L

  • 17V-192 Mar 21, 2017
    Powertrain Control Module (PCM) software calibration maybe incorrect, limiting the engine to idle speed and torque even when accelerator pedal is…
    Powertrain · 26k vehicles
  • 15V-590 Sep 23, 2015
    Affected vehicles may be equipped with a passenger frontal air bag that was not folded properly during the assembly process
    Airbags · 15 vehicles
  • 14V-481 Aug 6, 2014
    Irregularities in the folding process during assembly of the driver's knee airbag may result in its improper deployment
    Airbags · 25k vehicles
  • 14V-103 Mar 4, 2014
    In certain temperatures, moving the transmission shift lever may have a delayed effect or no effect on selecting a transmission gear
    Powertrain · 18k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.