Fiat Tires: Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems

Fiat is recalling about 297 vehicles over a problem with the tires. Driving a vehicle with an underinflated tire may result in tire failure and increase the risk of a crash.

Campaign
17V146000
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US LLC)
Reported
7 March 2017
Vehicles
297
Built between
Dec 2016 – Feb 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
13 April 2017
Repaired
99%
Unrepaired
2

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between December 2016 and February 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Fiat 500XBuilt December 2016 to February 2017

Repair progress

2 of 297 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2018.

99% repaired — 295 of 297 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2017 Fiat 500X vehicles. When the vehicle has a tire with low tire pressure, the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) warning light may not illuminate. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."

What could happen

Driving a vehicle with an underinflated tire may result in tire failure and increase the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Fiat will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument panel software, free of charge. The recall began April 13, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtDecember 2016 to February 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA7 March 2017
  3. Owners notified13 April 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2018 — 99% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 7 March 2017.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is T16.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
T16
Recalling manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US LLC)
Safety standard
FMVSS 138
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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