Yay... We Finished Last.

[500eee]

Fiat just came in last in the J.D. Powers quality survey... I didn't have anything wrong with my car's quality when I took delivery, but I guess I'm in the minority.

http://247wallst.com/autos/2014/06/19/fiat-finishes-last-in-car-quality-survey/

[FTY]

oh boy....that's generally not good.

[Bomiz]

quality is good, but my hood, rear bumper, etc are all unevenly attached to the car and have smaller and bigger gaps everywhere.

[DisturbedAle]

Well, I guess I'm glad leasing the vehicle rather than buying.

[CjDaniel]

the one thing I noticed and pointed out at the dealer, was that all the cars paint color does not match between the bumpers and the bodies. So I am guessing that what they are doing is painting all the bumpers seperately from the bodies, and it's a random assembly. It is more noticeable with polarized sunglasses and especially with the tri color paints. Not enough to stop me from buying but I am a bit of a color snob (because of photography) and I will notice it forever. Knowing this paint from other vehicles too, is that the bumpers are being painted in a different direction than the bodies.

[smark]

the one thing I noticed and pointed out at the dealer, was that all the cars paint color does not match between the bumpers and the bodies. So I am guessing that what they are doing is painting all the bumpers seperately from the bodies, and it's a random assembly. It is more noticeable with polarized sunglasses and especially with the tri color paints. Not enough to stop me from buying but I am a bit of a color snob (because of photography) and I will notice it forever. Knowing this paint from other vehicles too, is that the bumpers are being painted in a different direction than the bodies.

My brother's $40K Acura is the same way. Actually both the ones he owns.

[Abarthone]

My wife was looking for a 500 L i own an Abarth..
The dealer was so crappy not knowing the product and bull****ting about saying stupid stuff she turn arond and bought a mini countryman s all 4 and she is very happy
Very bad service here in Laval Quebec

[Ray1938]

I leased my 500e towards the end of April, and yet to notice any defects. Only thing missing was door edge guards, which I installed.

I wonder what kind of quality issues put the Fiat at the bottom of the list?

[phiquach]

i had a bunch of minor issues after the first month

the plastic piece at the inside door handle of passenger side falls off
lower dash trim of passenger side was misaligned and i couldnt pop it back in
side skirts were falling off(looks like stuck on with 3M tape)
grinding noise sometimes when you start the car on

[500eee]

I always go to the grand tool with my issues...

[GHAZAN]

i'll just have to drive this thing till it dies ... I have some quality issues too but i kind of assumed that when I was buying a Fiat. Price was still right ...

Paint quality is pathetic, front hood spider web cracks, panel alignment are my main issues.

[gundam2000]

I had a 2012 sport with a slow clock which I never bothered to fix.

I now have a 2013 Abarth and have had no problems yet.

I do know the early cars were riddled with assembly errors.