The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Fiat 124 Spider: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Fiat reported 6 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Fiat 124 Spider, model years 2017–2018, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reportsThe model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 2 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Engine and Cooling System | 1 | 0 |
| Power Train | 1 | 0 |
| Visibility | 1 | 0 |
| Structure | 1 | 0 |
| Tires | 1 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 |
| Seats | 1 | 0 |
| Wheels | 1 | 0 |
| Fire | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Fiat 124 Spider puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Fiat 124 Spider, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-24 | 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q2 |
| 2022-12-22 | 2018 | AR | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Other | 2022 Q4 |
| 2018-06-17 | 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System · Power Train | 2018 Q3 |
| 2017-10-24 | 2017 | FL | 0 | 1 | Visibility · Structure · Tires | 2017 Q4 |
| 2017-03-26 | 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Wheels · Fire | 2017 Q1 |
| 2017-03-24 | 2017 | WI | 0 | 1 | Electrical System · Seats | 2017 Q1 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Fiat received alleging a death or injury in a Fiat 124 Spider and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a 124 Spider that sold more will have more rows. All Fiat models · What these reports are, and are not.