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2014 Fiat 500L problems

The 2014 Fiat 500L has 269 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (46%) concerns drivetrain & axles. After that come engine (12%) and electrical system (9%).

At a glance

Complaints
269 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Drivetrain & axles 46% of complaints
Crashes and fires
8 and 6
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0
Typical mileage
51,000 miles 172 complaints with mileage

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Where the complaints are

Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

When problems show up

Complaints by mileage, 2014 Fiat 500L Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 51,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 36 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 29 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 36 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 24 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 17 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 24 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 51,000 miles
Based on 172 complaints that include mileage. 59% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles36
20k to 40k miles29
40k to 60k miles36
60k to 80k miles24
80k to 100k miles17
100k to 120k miles24
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Among the 172 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 51,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 60,000 miles (88 complaints with mileage).

Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.

It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.

What owners wrote

A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.

Driving to go home, vehicle won't shift and unexpected direction and loss of power causing vehicle and myself to collide with light pole. Vehicle was a total loss. Gas pedal stuck and transmission had very slow selections. Vehicle had flashing control lights before accident occurred. My vehicle acted like it froze up and loss of power and didn't shift correctly causing accident.

Reported at 6,000 miles, May 2012 CrashInjury

2014 fiat 500l the consumer was involved in an accident. Where the knee airbags deployed with such force, the consumer received burns, cuts and bruises to her knees.

August 2014 CrashInjury

After asking I was told that the issue is called cabin pressure. This occurs at all speeds over 20MPH the pressure interferes with your ability to hear. Gives you almost a headache it hurts your ears. It occurs when a window is rolled down more then 1 inch. Sometimes you can stop it by rolling down another window but sometimes you have to roll down a 3rd window to make it stop. It is worse when the window is rolled down 1/4 of the way or more.

Reported at 1,000 miles, January 2014 Injury

This is the second time it has happened since I bought it three weeks ago. The first time I was going through a drive through and the car just coughed and turned over and then stalled. It was five minutes before the car would start again. The second time it happened I was waiting at a light and pulled out to turn and the car just cough and stalled again. I had three men coming to move the car out of the intersection and after a few minutes the motor turned over and started again.

Reported at 960 miles, June 2014

Car continues to have problems 3/2/15 car stalled months following purchase of the car new told it was a issue with the cold temps and battery was not swapped upon arrival in us. Months later 11/17/15 the call began to stall again in heavy traffic and told a recall was issued and he car needed to be updated and it will correct the issue.

Reported at 26,422 miles, December 2018

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