Fiat 500 Recorded MOT Outcomes

28.9%
historical failure rate from 1,327,557 tests
2.0 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 9.2% 56,677 Tyres
3-5 years 15.9% 278,927 Visibility
6-10 years 30.2% 666,975 Suspension
11-15 years 40.7% 317,864 Suspension
15+ years 42.4% 7,114 Suspension

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension6.1%
Lamps & Electrics4.7%
Brakes3.1%
Tyres3.0%
Visibility2.4%
Body & Chassis1.5%
Steering0.3%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Fiat Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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