Stellantis has launched an unusually large effort to address quality problems across its brands, with nearly 50 dedicated “quality war rooms” and more than 2,000 engineers working on specific issues. CEO Antonio Filosa said the problems are being fixed “very, very, very quickly” and set a target for the company to reach first-quartile quality performance by 2028.

Filosa made the comments while speaking at the Automotive News Congress in Detroit. His remarks acknowledge that Stellantis has been dealing with quality concerns while outlining a more direct approach to identifying and correcting them before they reach customers.

How Stellantis is tackling quality problems

The quality war rooms are intended to concentrate engineering resources on individual problems affecting particular vehicles, brands or markets. Instead of allowing issues to move through the automaker’s standard corporate processes, dedicated teams are expected to investigate them and implement fixes more quickly.

Stellantis has not provided a detailed breakdown of all 50 teams or listed the specific issues assigned to each one. However, the scale of the program suggests that quality has become a company-wide priority rather than an issue addressed only after vehicles reach dealerships and owners.

The effort covers a particularly broad product portfolio. Stellantis sells vehicles through numerous brands and competes in a wide range of segments and markets, with shared components and powertrains adding both potential efficiencies and complexity to the quality-control process.

Stellantis sets a 2028 quality goal

Filosa said Stellantis aims to be in the first quartile for quality in 2028 across all the segments and markets where it competes. In practical terms, that means the automaker is targeting performance within the top 25 percent of its competitive groups.

The 2028 target gives the company roughly two years to turn the expanded engineering effort into measurable results. It also creates a clear benchmark for Stellantis’ brands as they continue to launch new vehicles, powertrains and software features.

What the quality push means for buyers

For customers, the most visible results should come through fewer defects, more reliable vehicle operation and faster resolution of problems that do appear. Stellantis has not announced specific model-by-model changes, so it is not yet clear which vehicles will benefit first or how the improvements will affect future launches.

The announcement also shifts attention away from technology and electrification headlines and toward the fundamentals of vehicle ownership. With more than 2,000 engineers assigned to the program, Stellantis is treating reliability and build quality as priorities across its portfolio.

The company’s 2028 goal remains a target rather than a completed result. The next measure will be whether the war rooms can produce sustained quality gains across Stellantis’ many brands and markets.