MODELYEARINDEX

Fiat 500X

198 complaints across 3 scored model years and 3 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Fiat 500X Full report
F
Grade 2016–2018
2016 vs model median 11.9×
Model median3× median
Engine 33
Drivetrain 30
Electrical 28
Avoid

2016

Best

2017 · 2018

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
2016
11.95× 161 F
2017
1.00× 15 B
2018
0.51× 10 B

Recalls

3 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V529000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2016 329,540
18V524000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD 2018 12,779
17V146000 TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS 2017 297

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
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
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

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 2016 500X
Complaints in window
161
Severity-weighted
233
Model median (weighted)
19
vs model median
11.95×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
1
Open investigations
0
Score 22.5 F