Alfa Romeo 146 MOT reliability

Alfa Romeo 146s passed their MOT first time 61% of the time across 44 tests in 2025. 36 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 44 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

61%

MOTs analysed

44

Still licensed (GB)

36

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

1999 petrol

9 MOTs

These figures come from only 9 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 67%. Typical mileage 61,085 (most between 59,768 and 122,500).

2005: 57% → 2006: 51% → 2007: 43% → 2008: 40% → 2009: 36% → 2010: 34% → 2011: 33% → 2012: 43% → 2013: 34% → 2014: 45% → 2015: 46% → 2016: 41% → 2017: 58% → 2018: 68% → 2019: 60% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 46% → 2022: 85% → 2023: 58% → 2024: 71% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour (11.1%)
Washers: not working (11.1%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (11.1%)

Where 1999 146s fail

Body, structure & corrosion

11.1%

Lights & electrics

11.1%

Visibility & wipers

11.1%

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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.