Fiat Primero MOT reliability

Fiat Primeros passed their MOT first time 89% of the time across 99 tests in 2025. 157 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 99 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

89%

MOTs analysed

99

Still licensed (GB)

157

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

2019 diesel

43 MOTs

Passed first time 93%. Typical mileage 13,439 (most between 8,859 and 19,056).

2021: 100% → 2022: 77% → 2023: 92% → 2024: 84% → 2025: 93%

Most common failures

Pedal: anti-slip provision missing (2.3%)
Bumpers: damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (2.3%)
Stop lamp: not working (2.3%)
Position lamp: not working (2.3%)

Where 2019 Primeros fail

Lights & electrics

4.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.3%

Brakes

2.3%

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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.