YearsTell

all vehicles · every 500 year · method

Fiat 500 2013

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.55 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 23 complaints filed in the first three years, of 164 ever. 95% lower bound 0.33.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20121.3061
20130.5523
20142.4887
20151.4342

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 78 complaints

parts distribution1317%
distribution disconnect1317%
distribution1317%
aware experienced1216%
unavailable exceeded1115%
fca1013%

When it breaks

43% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 44,000 miles, from 112 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Electrical overstress

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10513814 · 10523336 · 10550172 · 10560114 · 10567694 · 10572980

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.