Key facts
- The November 9-13 extension is the fourth consecutive week without production at the Mirafiori plant in Turin.
- Stellantis said the stoppage for the week of November 2 and the week of November 9 is linked to a shortage of chips used in engine control units.
- Gianni Mannori of the FIOM metalworkers' union said blaming the component shortage was an alibi.
- Stellantis said on November 2 that the engine control unit shortage was causing significant disruption to Italian production of the Fiat 500 and Fiat Pandina.
Stellantis will extend to the whole of the week of November 9 the production stoppage at its Fiat 500 factory in Turin, the Franco-Italian automaker and the FIOM trade union said on November 5. The November 9-13 extension marks a fourth consecutive week without production at the Mirafiori plant.
The first two weeks, which began in mid-October, were caused by weak demand, a Stellantis spokesperson said. The stoppage for the week of November 2 and the week of November 9 is linked to a shortage of electronic components, specifically chips used in engine control units, the spokesperson added.
Union officials have pointed at weak demand for the Fiat 500 city car as the continuing reason for the stoppage. Gianni Mannori of the FIOM metalworkers' union said blaming the shortage of components was "an alibi".
On November 2, Stellantis said the shortage in engine control units was causing "significant" disruption to the Italian production of the Fiat 500 and Fiat Pandina models.