Fiat Croma MOT reliability

Fiat Cromas passed their MOT first time 55% of the time across 73 tests in 2025. 58 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 73 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

55%

MOTs analysed

73

Still licensed (GB)

58

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

2007 diesel

10 MOTs

These figures come from only 10 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 30%. Typical mileage 110,280 (most between 97,757 and 127,779).

2009: 50% → 2010: 75% → 2011: 75% → 2012: 65% → 2013: 53% → 2014: 54% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 60% → 2017: 54% → 2018: 57% → 2019: 51% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 63% → 2022: 74% → 2023: 65% → 2024: 56% → 2025: 30%

Most common failures

Pre 01/07/2008 Turbo: emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit (10.0%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (10.0%)
Horn: not working (10.0%)
Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn (10.0%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (10.0%)

2007 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 100%. Typical mileage 80,699 (most between 80,699 and 80,699).

2009: 50% → 2010: 81% → 2011: 86% → 2012: 56% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 48% → 2015: 70% → 2016: 33% → 2017: 43% → 2018: 64% → 2019: 30% → 2020: 20% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 2007 Cromas fail

Lights & electrics

40.0%

Suspension & axles

30.0%

Brakes

20.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

10.0%

Wheels & tyres

10.0%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

10.0%

Visibility & wipers

10.0%

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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.