Fiat Sedici MOT reliability

Fiat Sedicis passed their MOT first time 54% of the time across 907 tests in 2025. 673 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

54%

MOTs analysed

907

Still licensed (GB)

673

Body type

Suv

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

2008 petrol

158 MOTs

Passed first time 55%. Typical mileage 95,594 (most between 74,639 and 117,234).

2010: 80% → 2011: 89% → 2012: 83% → 2013: 74% → 2014: 70% → 2015: 63% → 2016: 59% → 2017: 59% → 2018: 54% → 2019: 64% → 2020: 58% → 2021: 54% → 2022: 49% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 54% → 2025: 55%

Most common failures

Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (10.1%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (8.9%)
Ball joint excessively worn (7.6%)
Position lamp: not working (5.7%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.1%)

2008 diesel

67 MOTs

These figures come from 67 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 49%. Typical mileage 104,255 (most between 85,278 and 128,512).

2010: 58% → 2011: 86% → 2012: 85% → 2013: 79% → 2014: 75% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 65% → 2017: 63% → 2018: 59% → 2019: 54% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 52% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 55% → 2025: 49%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (16.4%)
Position lamp: not working (13.4%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (9.0%)
Ball joint excessively worn (9.0%)
Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn (7.5%)

Where 2008 Sedicis fail

Suspension & axles

22.2%

Lights & electrics

15.2%

Brakes

13.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

12.7%

Visibility & wipers

8.2%

Wheels & tyres

5.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

4.4%

Steering

1.3%

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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.