Fiat Scudo MOT reliability

Fiat Scudos passed their MOT first time 54% of the time across 7,668 tests in 2025. 9,969 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

54%

MOTs analysed

7,668

Still licensed (GB)

9,969

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

2016 diesel

120 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 91,365 (most between 65,201 and 126,155).

2017: 100% → 2018: 91% → 2019: 65% → 2020: 70% → 2021: 66% → 2022: 58% → 2023: 59% → 2024: 58% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (14.2%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (13.3%)
Exhaust system: system insecure (6.7%)
Ball joint excessively worn (5.0%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.0%)

Where 2016 Scudos fail

Lights & electrics

31.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

19.2%

Visibility & wipers

10.8%

Brakes

10.0%

Suspension & axles

8.3%

Wheels & tyres

6.7%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

5.8%

Steering

1.7%

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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.