2016 Fiat 500 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2016 Fiat 500 spans twelve trims, from Pop, Easy and Lounge to Sporting, Turbo, Abarth and the E, on two-door hatchback and two-door convertible bodies. Power comes from a battery-electric drive or from a 1.4L (83 cu in) gasoline inline-four with a single overhead camshaft, either naturally aspirated or turbocharged. The manual applies procedures and specifications to both gasoline engines and the electric drive, and to the transmission, brakes, suspension, steering, electrical system and body.

Engines covered

• 1.4L inline-four (83 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 1.4L inline-four (83 cu in) — SOHC, turbocharged, gasoline
• Battery-electric drive (EV)

Body styles covered

• 2-door hatchback
• 2-door convertible

Trims covered

• Abarth
• Abarth Cabrio
• c Easy
• c Lounge
• c Pop
• E
• Easy
• Lounge
• Pop
• Sport
• Sporting
• Turbo

Known issues on the 2016 500. The 2016 500 carries 3 recalls on the federal record. Certain cars built within a set window, 32 vehicles, had a tire label listing a spare-tire pressure above the maximum on the spare's sidewall, so an overinflated spare could fail suddenly; dealers apply a corrected overlay. Certain cars may have a tire pressure warning lamp that does not light, and certain manual-transmission cars built within a set window can crack a clutch diaphragm spring and lose the ability to shift. Among 14 owner complaints, the power train draws 8 and the electrical system, engine and service brakes 3 apiece; 3 complaints reported a crash and 2 an injury. Procedures, specifications, wiring diagrams and diagnostics apply to those systems.