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Alfa Romeo 159 MOT pass rate by year

How the Alfa Romeo 159's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2006 to 2012, across the DVSA record.

What is the Alfa Romeo 159 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Alfa Romeo 159 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Alfa Romeo 159 averages 28.8% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
200670.4%29.6%23,565
200770.8%29.2%43,151
200870.9%29.1%30,454
200971.2%28.8%23,913
201072.6%27.4%15,623
201173.1%26.9%9,007
201275.0%25.0%1,553

Does age change how often a Alfa Romeo 159 fails?

Older Alfa Romeo 159s fail more often, as expected. The 2006 cars fail 29.6% of tests against 25.0% for the 2012. Across every year the model averages 28.8%. The 2006 is the weakest year at 29.6%, and the 2012 the strongest at 25.0%.

More on the Alfa Romeo 159

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Alfa Romeo 159: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Alfa Romeo models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain