May 19, 2015Transmission & drivetrain
TECH FOUND TRANSMISSION LEAKING AND SEALED WITH EPOXY. SECOND LEAK WAS UNAWARE A REPAIR HAD BEEN MADE UNTIL I RETURNED CAR TO DEALER FOR A LEAK FOUND MY OIL CAN HENRY'S
NHTSA ODI 10717395
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What 161 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Fiat 500 Cabrio
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
All (161)Crash / fire / injury (12)Transmission & drivetrain (76)Engine (21)Electrical system (17)Fuel system (12)Airbags (10)Body & structure (10)Lights (9)Brakes (7)Steering (7)Speed control (5)
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Working with the data? Download all 161 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 24, 2026
How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2013 Fiat 500 Cabrio verdict →