2012 Fiat 500 fuel system problems

Filed Jan 4, 2022 · Fuel system · TX

Every time I pump fuel in the vehicle, the pump stops prematurely. It’ll pump for a few seconds and then seize. I would have to continuously press the handle every time the pump stops and clicks every few seconds. After I’m done fueling, it smells like gasoline inside my vehicle. I took my Fiat 500 to the dealership in January of 2019 to have Sunland Park technicians check the issue. Technicians diagnosed the vehicle and claimed it was a faulty fuel tank. Fuel tank was replaced and issue had gone away for approximately a year then proceeded to do the same issue again. Went back to the dealership when I began having the same issue and technicians say there is nothing wrong with my vehicle and they said that the repairs of my whole fuel tank were no longer under warranty. My fiat 500 is still having the same fuel issue of clicking nonstop and odor of the fuel is still strong. There are many fiat 500 owners going through this same issue continually paying fiat dealerships just to have the same issue of inhaling fuel and not being able to pump fuel in properly. This is a major hazard and needs to be resolved.

Filed Dec 14, 2021 · Fuel system · 67,000 miles · AZ

The contact owns a 2012 Fiat 500. The contact stated that she was having difficulties refueling the vehicle as the gas pump would constantly stop pumping gas though the tank was not full. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel tank sensor had failed, and the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The dealer was notified of the failure and advised the contact that it was a known failure however, she would be responsible for the cost of the repair since there was no recall related to the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000.

Filed Feb 9, 2020 · Fuel system · 54,000 miles · TX

Suddenly one day I was no longer able to pump gas into my vehicle. Whenever I try to fill up my gas tank gas were just back up, no matter how empty my tank was. I took my vehicle to my dealership, and a stated that there was a valve at the top of my gas at the top of my fuel tank that is preventing the gas from draining into the tank. Nothing that I did or could have done caused this issue to break. And when I inquired about replacing the valve they stated that I would have to replace the entire fuel tank system, but the part was on back order for 1 to 2 months because they were sold out.

Filed Aug 6, 2019 · Fuel system · 48,000 miles · FL

When stopped at a fuel filling station the car would not take in any fuel from the gas station pump as usual. It reacts like the tank is full but it is not. A very small steady flow of fuel will flow and fill when the nozzle is engaged as such. The dangerous problem is that the gas pump 'automatic stop' does not engage and fuel runs out of the filler area and does not stop until you manually pull out the nozzle. The fiat dealer says it could be the rollover valve and they have seen it happen before. They want to charge for service/inspection, then repairs. Some dealers charge for a new fuel tank @ $1200-1600 and it still happens. Online chats regarding fiat 500 also describe this rollover valve problem. My car has 48,000 miles and is a 2012.

Filed Mar 30, 2019 · Fuel system · ME

While filling gas tank, "click" as tank filled did not occur, tank overflowed. Tank then became difficult to refill, very slow caution light occurred service garage suspects malfunction in tank system dealer will warranty if "check engine light" appears

Filed Mar 22, 2019 · Fuel system · 64,000 miles · SC

When putting fuel in tank, I could only put about one gallon and it started bubbling out of tank. Fuel rollover valve is problem and has to be replaced by replacing entire fuel tank. This is a safety issue and should be recalled and covered on the 2012 fiat 500 pop

Filed Mar 20, 2019 · Fuel system · 86,000 miles · VA

When filling up with gas - pump clicks off every few seconds. Takes a long time to fill tank at a very low rate of flow. Makes it easy to overflow! My mechanic says something is faulty with the gas tank.

Filed Mar 4, 2019 · Fuel system · 58,000 miles · SC

When trying to pump gas in car, it would take about 10 mins to pump one gallon and it would shut off constantly. In other words when squeezing the pump, it would put a few drops and cut off and it would continuously do this. The problems was the roller over shut off valve was stuck and the solution was to get a whole new tank. In order to keep expenses down and because this was not recalled, we had our mechanic move the "ball" and this resolved the issue until it gets stuck again. The cost was approximately $150

Filed Feb 24, 2019 · Fuel system · 93,000 miles · WV

Gas pump constantly kicks off while pumping gas. Basically impossible to fill car up with gas. Have to constantly squeeze little bursts of gas in a time between gas pumping kicking off. Checking online for options to resolve issues results in seeing the issue occur in many different fiats from this year.

Filed Feb 6, 2019 · Fuel system · 72,359 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 fiat 500. The contact stated that it would take 20 minutes to fill the fuel tank and fuel spilled out. There were no warning indicators illuminated. Fiat of melbourne (300 e nasa blvd, melbourne, fl 32901, (321) 727-7711) informed the contact that the fuel tank, fuel tank pump, and canister needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 72,359.