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Fiat 500 · 2013

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V302000·2016-05-16

    Fiat 500 Recall: Manual Transmission Clutch Spring May Fracture

    Chrysler is recalling 2012-2016 Fiat 500 vehicles with manual transmissions because the clutch diaphragm spring may fracture, potentially preventing gear shifting.

    Product
    FIAT — FIAT 500
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19E044000·2019-07-03

    DLT Recalls CravenSpeed Fiat Short Shifter Shafts for Breakage Risk

    DLT, LLC is recalling CravenSpeed Fiat Short Shifter shafts for 2011-2019 Fiat 500 vehicles because improper manufacturing may cause the shaft to break, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    FIAT — FIAT 500
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V291000·2015-05-18

    Fiat 500 Electric Recall for Transmission Shifting to Neutral

    Chrysler is recalling 2013-2015 Fiat 500 electric vehicles because a software issue may cause the transmission to unexpectedly shift to neutral, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    FIAT — FIAT 500
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2012 · powertrain 196 complaints, median 49,800 mi
  • 2013 · powertrain 77 complaints, median 67,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2014 · powertrain 65 complaints, median 19,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2012 · electrical 47 complaints, median 49,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2015 · powertrain 31 complaints, median 50,650 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

476 manufacturer service bulletins across 8 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2019: 4.8/5
  • 2018: 4.4/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2017: 4.2/5 · 13 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2016: 4.0/5 · 14 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2015: 3.5/5 · 92 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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