Fiat Qubo MOT reliability

Fiat Qubos passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 4,034 tests in 2025. 3,526 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

4,034

Still licensed (GB)

3,526

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

2018 diesel

69 MOTs

These figures come from 69 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 70%. Typical mileage 28,153 (most between 17,037 and 45,464).

2020: 100% → 2021: 80% → 2022: 84% → 2023: 81% → 2024: 71% → 2025: 70%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (8.7%)
Shock absorbers: has an excessively worn bush (2.9%)
Headlamp aim: too low (2.9%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.9%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.9%)

2018 petrol

47 MOTs

These figures come from 47 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 66%. Typical mileage 25,179 (most between 15,708 and 36,950).

2020: 100% → 2021: 88% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 76% → 2024: 74% → 2025: 66%

Most common failures

Condition: has ply or cords exposed (6.4%)
Stop lamp: not working (4.3%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (4.3%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (2.1%)
Shock absorbers: has an excessively worn bush (2.1%)

Where 2018 Qubos fail

Suspension & axles

14.5%

Lights & electrics

10.1%

Wheels & tyres

5.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.9%

Brakes

1.4%

Steering

1.4%

Visibility & wipers

1.4%

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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.