2019 Fiat 500X

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 2019 Fiat 500X, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Power train1
• Fuel system, gasoline1
• Vehicle speed control1
• Fuel/propulsion system1
• Forward collision avoidance1

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

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 2019 Fiat 500X failed the safety check 1.13% of the time — 21% less often than the average 2019 passenger car (1.44%). Median odometer at inspection: 30,780 miles.

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

Registered new in Europe in 2019

89,946 new Fiat 500X cars were registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland in 2019; the largest markets were Italy (42,280), France (16,194), Spain (9,979).

Average mass

1,417 kg

Average CO₂

152 g/km (WLTP)

Average power

86 kW

Fuel type recorded

Petrol 60% · Diesel 40%

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 2019 Fiat 500X cars on Dutch roads are the 1.3 petrol (111 kW, 149 hp), 1.0 petrol (88 kW, 118 hp) and 1.0 petrol (84 kW, 113 hp), out of 6 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

779 first registered in 2019 are on Dutch roads; 56% arrived later as imports. Median list price when new: €29,991.

Most common APK defects

• Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde197
• Band onvoldoende profiel90
• Dimlicht onjuist afgesteld86
• Mistlicht voor onjuist afgesteld60
• Band(en) aanwezig met een profieldiepte van 1,6 t/m 2,5 mm54
• Band beschadigd37
• Ruitenwisserinstallatie geeft onvoldoende zicht17
• Remschijf ernstig gecorrodeerd10

Colours

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

In the United Kingdom

3,363 cars built in 2019 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 26 more were declared off the road (SORN).

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, 3,323 of these cars first registered in 2019 took their annual MOT test. 91% passed first time; among all cars first registered in 2019 the figure was 86%.

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

12 of these cars first registered in 2019 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 73,000 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

1 2019 cars are on the New Zealand register.

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

No

Lane departure warning

No

Best overall rating

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

Fuel consumption

Official Canadian test results for 1 variant: combined 9.1 L/100 km (about 26 mpg US), CO₂ 213 g/km.

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

Recalls in Canada

3 Transport Canada recalls for the 2019 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 2019 Fiat 500X: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)