Abarth 124 Spider MOT reliability

Abarth 124 Spiders passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 1,786 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

86%

MOTs analysed

1,786

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age.

In detail:

First registered

2016 petrol

170 MOTs

Passed first time 84%. Typical mileage 32,394 (most between 21,850 and 43,360).

2019: 94% → 2020: 93% → 2021: 92% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 89% → 2024: 89% → 2025: 84%

Most common failures

Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.4%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.8%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.2%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.2%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (1.2%)

Where 2016 124 Spiders fail

Wheels & tyres

4.7%

Brakes

4.7%

Lights & electrics

3.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.8%

Suspension & axles

1.8%

Visibility & wipers

1.8%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.