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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.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
200771.4%28.6%4,109
200871.6%28.4%274,568
200972.2%27.8%420,019
201073.1%26.9%402,033
201174.1%25.9%359,127
201275.3%24.7%436,513
201377.3%22.7%487,752
201477.7%22.3%507,064
201578.4%21.6%408,085
201680.8%19.2%296,672
201783.6%16.4%188,317
201884.9%15.1%158,259
201986.3%13.7%116,737
202087.3%12.7%58,723
202188.6%11.4%39,277
202290.2%9.8%22,902
202391.2%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
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