Fiat Punto MOT reliability

Fiat Puntos passed their MOT first time 55% of the time across 51,227 tests in 2025. 45,898 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

55%

MOTs analysed

51,227

Still licensed (GB)

45,898

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.

In detail:

First registered

2015 petrol

2,428 MOTs

Passed first time 63%. Typical mileage 59,993 (most between 42,901 and 76,586).

2016: 50% → 2017: 83% → 2018: 85% → 2019: 77% → 2020: 74% → 2021: 73% → 2022: 71% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 65% → 2025: 63%

Most common failures

Track rod end: ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.0%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (6.5%)
Stop lamp: not working (4.2%)
Position lamp: not working (4.0%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (3.2%)

2015 diesel

16 MOTs

These figures come from only 16 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 69%. Typical mileage 70,669 (most between 50,877 and 105,009).

2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 80% → 2019: 61% → 2020: 68% → 2021: 64% → 2022: 65% → 2023: 60% → 2024: 74% → 2025: 69%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (12.5%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.3%)
Condition: fouling a part of the vehicle (6.3%)
Windscreen: damaged and affecting the driver's view of the road (6.3%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (6.3%)

Where 2015 Puntos fail

Lights & electrics

15.9%

Steering

10.4%

Suspension & axles

8.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

6.4%

Wheels & tyres

6.2%

Brakes

5.6%

Visibility & wipers

5.2%

Body, structure & corrosion

4.2%

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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.