2015 Fiat 500 Electrical system Problems
- Complaints
- 26about this part
- Share
- 28%of 92 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 20,000miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 26 complaints about the electrical system of the 2015 Fiat 500, 28% of the 92 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 20,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“The car dash goes crazy turning all lights. Over heating and ESC right afters it turns off while the car is on the go less then 50 milers per hour. I have almost crash twice due to the car stops completely on the freeway. Dealership has check the car 4 times and they can not get it to be fix yet in the last past 2 month. 11/30/17 Fiat says is checking what they can do still I have not receive an answer and chrysler has my car for almost 3 weeks and still not diagnose again.”
NHTSA complaint #11051593, filed 2017-11, 49 miles“Many different things have gone wrong with this car starting at the first 900 miles. The cluster that shows you speed and RPM went out at 900 miles while driving home from work making it hard to drive. It took the dealership two weeks to fix this problem. A couple months after this the check engine light came on for no reason, the dealership told me that there was nothing wrong and gave it back to me. Two weeks later the check engine light came on again and then they said that there was a problem with something related to the cluster. …”
NHTSA complaint #11000177, filed 2017-06, 74,500 miles“Bluetooth display safety issue. A month after purchasing a new 2015 Fiat 500 abarth, the display for bluetooth / blue&me stopped working on the central cluster display. (I.e. No info display when a call comes in, no access to phonebook). Took the car to the dealer who reset it. Worked for about a month and failed again, so took it back to the same dealer who replaced the ctm (convergence telematics module). The new ctm then caused interference to the satellite radio, so notified the dealer. Waited a week and no response, so decided to call siriusxm myself for signal reset. …”
NHTSA complaint #10725059, filed 2015-06, 300 miles“Was in motion on a surface street after just leaving a 4-way stop intersection. The car automatically left drive and went to park. The message on the the dash said braking system needs maintenance. Every time the car was put into neutral it shifted itself to park. Electric car, I think it is the engine (power inverter).”
NHTSA complaint #11096929, filed 2018-05, 16,700 miles“Began losing clutch, clutch/brake assembly had the 2 connecting bolts broken in half. Have pictures. Clutch interlock arrived bad, bypassed it; now the power steering, engine light and eos lights stay on. Car engine died then cranked up on its own while driving 60mph stating high temp (pull over, turn engine off) - had been in the car less than 1 minute, just long enough to get to 60 on the highway. Now clutch interlock, and brake interlock must be replaced.”
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Electrical system: other model years
Other parts of the 2015 Fiat 500
32 complaintsOther or unknown
15 complaintsEngine
12 complaintsFuel system
6 complaintsExterior lighting
5 complaintsSteering
5 complaintsVehicle speed control
5 complaintsBrakes
4 complaintsSeats
4 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaintsBody and structure
3 complaintsSuspension
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2015 Fiat 500
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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