AutoUtility currently tracks 32 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. Air Bags & Restraints issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 16 complaints (50% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 1 cites a fire.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 32 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Air Bags & Restraints (16 reports • 50% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (6), Engine & Cooling (2)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
32
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2017 Fiat 124 Spider

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 50% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

16 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 18.8% of complaints

Electrical System

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🔥 1 fire report
#3 Problem Area 6.3% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 6.3% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 6.3% of complaints

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Fiat 124 Spider

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11747162
Filed: 06/29/2026

"When the automobile isn’t driven or started for 3 weeks or more the engine will not start. The multiair system will lose its oil pressure. The manufacturer needs to do a recall to fix this problem. This car isn’t designed to be an everyday driver and this is a well known and documented problem."

Incident Date: 06/26/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11679879
Filed: 08/11/2025

"The contact owns a 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V694000 (AIR BAGS); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The..."

Incident Date: 05/15/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11666626
Filed: 06/12/2025

"Vehicle has been consuming excessive amount of oil & has affected my engine and turbo. When the oil is low, car will just turn off and stop running."

Incident Date: 06/09/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11666363
Filed: 06/11/2025

"I am writing to formally express my concern and disappointment regarding the lack of transparency and communication surrounding the airbag recall for the Fiat 124, first issued in 2024. As of today, Fiat has not provided any meaningful updates, solutions, or timelines regarding this serious safety..."

Incident Date: 06/02/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11664672
Filed: 06/03/2025

"The contact owns a 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V694000 (AIR BAGS); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The..."

Incident Date: 10/15/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Fiat 124 Spider

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2017–2020)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2017 Fiat 124 Spider Current Page 32 1 1 Current
2018 Fiat 124 Spider 16 0 1 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Fiat 124 Spider 9 0 2 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Fiat 124 Spider 8 0 1 View 2020 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2017 Fiat 124 Spider

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 11 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 13 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 5 1 1 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (32). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Related Official Reports for 2017 Fiat 124 Spider

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.