Abarth 500 MOT reliability

Abarth 500s passed their MOT first time 67% of the time across 5,241 tests in 2025. 5,333 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

67%

MOTs analysed

5,241

Still licensed (GB)

5,333

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2016 petrol

63 MOTs

These figures come from 63 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 71%. Typical mileage 44,527 (most between 30,231 and 55,447).

2018: 100% → 2019: 87% → 2020: 83% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 82% → 2023: 85% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 71%

Most common failures

Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (4.8%)
Ball joint excessively worn (4.8%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (3.2%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.2%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (3.2%)

Where 2016 500s fail

Lights & electrics

11.1%

Wheels & tyres

6.3%

Suspension & axles

6.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

4.8%

Visibility & wipers

4.8%

Body, structure & corrosion

3.2%

Brakes

1.6%

Seat belts & other equipment

1.6%

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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.