Stellantis warns parts shortage may halt Fiat Pandina and 500 output in Italy

What Stellantis reported

Stellantis said on Monday, 2 November 2026, that a shortage of one component is causing significant production slowdowns on some Fiat models. The part is linked to the engine control unit known as N3 GSE, and the company said reduced availability of it has hit both production and sales. A Portuguese report, citing Reuters, described the part as electronic chips used in that engine control unit. The company attributes the gap to a shortage at a supplier, and it said the impact on the Fiat Pandina was particularly significant. Stellantis and Fiat said they were working to find alternative solutions and to restore normal operations step by step.

“Stellantis and Fiat are working with the highest priority to identify alternative solutions and progressively restore normal operations.”

Sales and the Pandina

The shortage has already affected Fiat brand volumes and market share in October, as well as the year-to-date total. The Fiat Pandina is the model most exposed, and Stellantis described it as the leader in Italian sales over the first nine months of the year. Stellantis also said the Pandina continues to sell strongly, so the disruption lands on a model with strong demand. Official October market data for Italy is due today at 18:00, when the Ministry of Transport is expected to publish it. The sources do not yet give a figure for the size of the October decline, so the scale of the loss remains unquantified.

Plants at risk

Stellantis warned that the shortage could keep affecting output in November and December at Pomigliano d'Arco and Mirafiori, including production of the Fiat 500. Pomigliano d'Arco is the plant that builds the Pandina, according to the reporting. Mirafiori is already on a three-week pause that began in mid-October because of a shortage of a different component, a separate issue according to the Portuguese report. Several Italian plants that make engine components could also face temporary suspensions, and one report names the Termoli plant as one such site.

“The temporary reduction in production volumes could also affect some Group plants in Italy making engine components.”

What happens next

Stellantis has not given a date for restoring full operations in the sources. Its stated priority is to find alternative supply and bring production back to normal gradually. Mirafiori's pause is the only stoppage in the reporting with a stated start date. The shortage also fits a wider pattern of chip supply problems in the car industry, which one report links to earlier pressures, including the Nexperia situation last year. The next hard data point is the October market release at 18:00 today.