MODELYEARINDEX

Alfa Romeo Stelvio

109 complaints across 2 scored model years and 17 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Alfa Romeo Stelvio Full report
D
Grade 2018–2020
2018 vs model median 1.6×
Model median3× median
Brakes 10
Engine 10
Electrical 9
Avoid

2018

Best

2018 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2018
1.61× 58 D
2020
0.39× 11 B
2022 P
0.20× 10 A
2023 P
0.19× 11 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway22 / 28
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,150

Recalls

17 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
24V510000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2018–2023 337,128
25V667000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION 2020–2023 62,910
25V586000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2018 53,849
18V636000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2018 34,357
19V551000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2018 21,914
19V148000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL 2018 19,114
18V205000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL 2018 12,595
18V203000 STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE 2018 12,595

+ 9 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Trax
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2018 Stelvio
Complaints in window
58
Severity-weighted
94
Model median (weighted)
58
vs model median
1.61×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
11
Open investigations
0
Score 44.8 D