Auto Trail Fiat MOT reliability

Auto Trail Fiats passed their MOT first time 62% of the time across 206 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

62%

MOTs analysed

206

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. 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

2004 diesel

68 MOTs

These figures come from 68 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 63%. Typical mileage 51,784 (most between 43,279 and 62,256).

2006: 67% → 2007: 80% → 2008: 92% → 2009: 88% → 2010: 76% → 2011: 72% → 2012: 70% → 2013: 74% → 2014: 80% → 2015: 69% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 67% → 2018: 74% → 2019: 73% → 2020: 70% → 2021: 68% → 2022: 61% → 2023: 72% → 2024: 76% → 2025: 63%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (7.4%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (7.4%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.9%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.4%)
Emissions not tested: unable to be completed (2.9%)

Where 2004 Fiats fail

Brakes

20.6%

Lights & electrics

14.7%

Visibility & wipers

8.8%

Body, structure & corrosion

5.9%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

5.9%

Suspension & axles

5.9%

Seat belts & other equipment

4.4%

Wheels & tyres

1.5%

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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.