22.9%fail rate
Fiat 500 MOT pass rate by year
How the Fiat 500's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2007 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Fiat 500 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Fiat 500 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 Fiat 500 averages 22.9% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 4,109 |
| 2008 | 71.6% | 28.4% | 274,568 |
| 2009 | 72.2% | 27.8% | 420,019 |
| 2010 | 73.1% | 26.9% | 402,033 |
| 2011 | 74.1% | 25.9% | 359,127 |
| 2012 | 75.3% | 24.7% | 436,513 |
| 2013 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 487,752 |
| 2014 | 77.7% | 22.3% | 507,064 |
| 2015 | 78.4% | 21.6% | 408,085 |
| 2016 | 80.8% | 19.2% | 296,672 |
| 2017 | 83.6% | 16.4% | 188,317 |
| 2018 | 84.9% | 15.1% | 158,259 |
| 2019 | 86.3% | 13.7% | 116,737 |
| 2020 | 87.3% | 12.7% | 58,723 |
| 2021 | 88.6% | 11.4% | 39,277 |
| 2022 | 90.2% | 9.8% | 22,902 |
| 2023 | 91.2% | 8.8% | 6,888 |
Does age change how often a Fiat 500 fails?
Older Fiat 500s fail more often, as expected. The 2007 cars fail 28.6% of tests against 8.8% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 22.9%. The 2007 is the weakest year at 28.6%, and the 2023 the strongest at 8.8%.
More on the Fiat 500
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Fiat 500: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Fiat 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