2012 Fiat 500 fuel/propulsion system problems
19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2012 Fiat 500 — 5% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Every time I pump fuel in the vehicle, the pump stops prematurely. It’ll pump for a few seconds and then seize. I would have to continuously press the handle every time the pump stops and clicks every few seconds. After I’m done fueling, it smells like gasoline inside my vehicle. I took my Fiat 500…”
filed Jan 4, 2022
“Suddenly one day I was no longer able to pump gas into my vehicle. Whenever I try to fill up my gas tank gas were just back up, no matter how empty my tank was. I took my vehicle to my dealership, and a stated that there was a valve at the top of my gas at the top of my fuel tank that is preventing…”
filed Feb 9, 2020
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Fuel/propulsion System problems in other 500 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 500 | 6 | 7% |
| 2014 500 | 2 | 2% |
| 2013 500 | 12 | 7% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2012 Fiat 500
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.