Service bulletin 21-002-13

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10188647
Published by NHTSA	2021-03-15
Manufacturer's number	21-002-13
Manufacturer's date	2013-04-03
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin involves insepcting and if necessary replacing the shift knob. Chrome top cap on the shift knob is loose.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
FIAT 500	2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2019577	2019-11-15. Powertrain
19V817000	2019-11-15. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
16V302000	2016-05-16. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
2016217	2016-05-12. Powertrain

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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