Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint MOT reliability

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprints passed their MOT first time 83% of the time across 305 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

83%

MOTs analysed

305

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

2020 petrol

213 MOTs

Passed first time 85%. Typical mileage 32,975 (most between 23,579 and 45,462).

2023: 82% → 2024: 88% → 2025: 85%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.3%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.3%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (1.9%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.4%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.4%)

2020 diesel

22 MOTs

These figures come from 22 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 77%. Typical mileage 49,451 (most between 36,805 and 65,748).

2023: 77% → 2024: 87% → 2025: 77%

Most common failures

Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (4.5%)
Condition: badly distorted (4.5%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (4.5%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (4.5%)
Headlamp aim not tested: unable to be tested (4.5%)

Where 2020 Giulietta Sprints fail

Wheels & tyres

7.5%

Brakes

4.7%

Suspension & axles

2.8%

Visibility & wipers

1.9%

Lights & electrics

1.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

0.5%

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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 (CC BY 4.0, adapted).