A manufacturing error will have a small number of 2015 Fiat 500L owners returning to their dealership for repairs. According to reports filed with the NHTSA, the passenger airbags may have experienced irregularities during the folding process and may not meet the design specifications in accordance with FMVSS 208. During an accident which requires front passenger airbag deployment, the airbag may not inflate as intended, increasing the risk of injury to a front passenger in certain types of crashes.

Fiat will notify owners and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module. For more information about the problem, owners are asked to contact Fiat customer service at 1-888-242-6342. Chrysler’s number for this recall is R54 and the NHTSA campaign number is 15V-590.