2016 Fiat 500X

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 2016 Fiat 500X, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Engine52
• Power train50
• Electrical system48
• Unknown or other33
• Exterior lighting14
• Vehicle speed control10
• Electronic stability control (esc)10
• Steering8
• Structure7
• Air bags5

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 4 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 9 2016 500X vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 5 people died inside them, and 1 of the vehicles rolled over. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 2016 Fiat 500X failed the safety check 2.17% of the time — 10% more often than the average 2016 passenger car (1.97%). Median odometer at inspection: 67,783 miles.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Registered new in Europe in 2016

104,532 new Fiat 500X cars were registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland in 2016; the largest markets were Italy (45,793), France (16,134), the United Kingdom (14,204).

Average mass

1,430 kg

Average power

93 kW

Fuel type recorded

Diesel 68% · Petrol 31%

European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · averages weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value; fuel type as recorded at registration, where many non-plug-in hybrids appear as petrol · re-use permitted with acknowledgement

Engines

The most common engines in 2016 Fiat 500X cars on Dutch roads are the 1.4 petrol (103 kW, 138 hp), 1.6 petrol (81 kW, 109 hp) and 1.4 petrol (100 kW, 134 hp), out of 4 versions with at least 20 cars.

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

1,231 first registered in 2016 are on Dutch roads; 40% arrived later as imports. Median list price when new: €28,975.

Most common APK defects

• Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde714
• Stofhoes stuurinrichting beschadigd, dicht niet af473
• Band onvoldoende profiel333
• Dimlicht onjuist afgesteld270
• Band(en) aanwezig met een profieldiepte van 1,6 t/m 2,5 mm181
• Band beschadigd170
• Kentekenplaatverlichting werkt niet (goed) / ontbreekt107
• Ruitenwisserinstallatie geeft onvoldoende zicht92

Colours

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

1 cars built in 2016 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025.

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

In 2023, 13,773 of these cars first registered in 2016 took their annual MOT test. 75% passed first time; among all cars first registered in 2016 the figure was 79%.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

In Finland

62 of these cars first registered in 2016 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 111,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

3 2016 cars are on the New Zealand register; 100% arrived as used imports, 0% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Crash-test ratings

NHTSA 5-star results for 2 variants; not yet fully rated. Rollover risk is the estimated chance of rolling over in a single-vehicle crash.

Electronic stability control

Standard

Forward collision warning

Optional

Lane departure warning

No

Best overall rating

—

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (5-Star Safety Ratings), api.nhtsa.gov · US federal work, public domain

Fuel consumption

Official Canadian test results for 3 variants: combined 8.3–9.6 L/100 km (about 25–28 mpg US), CO₂ 194–224 g/km.

Litres per 100 km. Natural Resources Canada, Fuel consumption ratings (open.canada.ca) · Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls in Canada

2 Transport Canada recalls for the 2016 Fiat 500X.

Transport Canada Vehicle Recalls Database · Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Fiat told its dealers about the 2016 Fiat 500X: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)