Fiat 500 MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 316,913 Fiat 500 cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Fiat 500 pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 67.3% of the 316,913 Fiat 500 cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 71.9% of the time, so the Fiat 500 was 4.6 points below them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Fiat 500 did best for 2022 registrations (1.2 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2015 registrations (8.6 points below all cars of that year).
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| Registered | Fiat 500 | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 90.3% | 89.1% | 9,373 |
| 2021 | 87.4% | 88.2% | 11,474 |
| 2020 | 84.6% | 86.8% | 12,402 |
| 2019 | 80.0% | 84.2% | 20,201 |
| 2018 | 76.8% | 81.7% | 22,658 |
| 2017 | 73.4% | 78.9% | 21,710 |
| 2016 | 68.5% | 75.5% | 29,936 |
| 2015 | 63.8% | 72.4% | 35,179 |
| 2014 | 63.3% | 68.9% | 36,521 |
| 2013 | 63.1% | 65.9% | 30,611 |
| 2012 | 60.6% | 63.5% | 24,874 |
| 2011 | 57.7% | 61.3% | 17,226 |
| 2010 | 55.9% | 59.1% | 18,063 |
| 2009 | 53.9% | 57.9% | 17,048 |
| 2008 | 54.0% | 56.7% | 9,414 |
What the Fiat 500 failed on most
Of the 103,552 Fiat 500 cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Worn suspension joint or bush24.1%
- 2.Headlight aim out of line11.3%
- 3.Leaking or failed shock absorber8.7%
- 4.Worn shock absorber bush8.5%
- 5.Windscreen washers not working8.4%
By area of the car: suspension 45.8%, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 33.1%, brakes 21.5%, tyres 21.0%, visibility 14.0%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Fiat 500 | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 16,500 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 21,900 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 24,600 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 29,900 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 35,300 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 41,800 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 46,800 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 53,400 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 59,500 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 64,400 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 69,400 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 74,200 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 78,800 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 82,900 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 87,200 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 90,600 | 104,800 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).