CarComplaints.com Notes: Considering sales numbers and data that monitors complaints-per-make, there appears to be an unusually high number of issues with the 2012 Fiat 500. Perhaps that isn't surprising -- it is the first model year of the car, and those tend to have a higher incidence rate.
Of particular concern is the number of engine and powertrain complaints submitted to NHTSA.
The paint is blistering..bubbles up. Back hatch and now over wheel well on back drivers side. I had it looked at at Fiat in Roanoke Va. I wrote letters to the company. I was told it was not rust and not covered! My brother is a certified Tech. He opened the wheel well area to fix it and it was rusting through! He has repaired and painted it twice and it is bubbling AGAIN..
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The paint is blistering..bubbles up. Back hatch and now over wheel well on back drivers side. I had it looked at at Fiat in Roanoke Va. I wrote letters to the company. I was told it was not rust and not covered! My brother is a certified Tech. He opened the wheel well area to fix it and it was rusting through! He has repaired and painted it twice and it is bubbling AGAIN..
- Linda L., Roanoke, US