Dodge Dodge Truck vs Fiat 500

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Dodge Dodge Truck	Fiat 500
Complaints on file	454	1,118
Model years covered	1973–2003	2011–2018
Worst model year	2003	2012
Best model year	1995	2017
Crashes reported	28	78
Fires reported	14	20
Injuries reported	21	50
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Suspension	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	13.9%	13.2%

Dodge Dodge Truck by year

1 2 3 1 1 3 5 4 2 14 20 18 7 32 26 49 29 42 70 26 48 25 26

73 76 80 81 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Suspension 62 13.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 53 11.7%

Brakes 47 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 42 9.3%

Steering 37 8.1%

Body & Structure 30 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 30 6.6%

Electrical System 24 5.3%

Fiat 500 by year

2 537 215 172 141 27 19 5

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 393 35.2%

Electrical System 137 12.3%

Engine & Cooling 111 9.9%

Other & Unspecified 89 8.0%

Airbags 52 4.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 44 3.9%

Steering 38 3.4%

Brakes 35 3.1%