Fiat Barchetta MOT reliability

Fiat Barchettas passed their MOT first time 72% of the time across 412 tests in 2025. 280 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

72%

MOTs analysed

412

Still licensed (GB)

280

Body type

Roadster

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 petrol

25 MOTs

These figures come from 25 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 68%. Typical mileage 52,094 (most between 30,017 and 65,617).

2007: 80% → 2008: 68% → 2009: 63% → 2010: 76% → 2011: 72% → 2012: 75% → 2013: 60% → 2014: 63% → 2015: 75% → 2016: 79% → 2017: 67% → 2018: 70% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 78% → 2021: 63% → 2022: 83% → 2023: 79% → 2024: 79% → 2025: 68%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (8.0%)
Rigid brake pipes: at imminent risk of failure or fracture (4.0%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (4.0%)
Position lamp: not working (4.0%)
Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm (4.0%)

Where 2004 Barchettas fail

Lights & electrics

16.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

8.0%

Wheels & tyres

4.0%

Brakes

4.0%

Suspension & axles

4.0%

Visibility & wipers

4.0%

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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.