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Fiat 500 2012–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin S20 · NHTSA communication 10219787 · issued Apr 1, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2015
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customer Satisfaction Notification S20 Reprogram Powertrain Control Module The Powertrain Control Module (PCM) software on about 81,000 of the above vehicles may have backup lamp illumination timing that does not meet customer expectations. The PCM must be reprogrammed with new software.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.