Fiat 500 2012 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin CSN-N15 · NHTSA communication 10052589 · issued Apr 1, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Chrysler: see document search button for owner letter. Due to starter motor not grounded to transaxle case properly, by starter motor mounting bolts, it causes an electrical energy to take an alternate path, during cranking, to ground across engine crankshaft bearings. Models 2012 fiat 500. *pe
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.