Fiat Stilo MOT reliability

Fiat Stilos passed their MOT first time 52% of the time across 566 tests in 2025. 370 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

52%

MOTs analysed

566

Still licensed (GB)

370

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

2004 petrol

119 MOTs

Passed first time 51%. Typical mileage 81,842 (most between 59,144 and 106,306).

2005: 77% → 2006: 83% → 2007: 77% → 2008: 70% → 2009: 61% → 2010: 56% → 2011: 51% → 2012: 45% → 2013: 43% → 2014: 42% → 2015: 43% → 2016: 43% → 2017: 42% → 2018: 42% → 2019: 45% → 2020: 46% → 2021: 47% → 2022: 51% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 56% → 2025: 51%

Most common failures

Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (8.4%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.7%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (5.9%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (5.0%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.0%)

2004 diesel

48 MOTs

These figures come from 48 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 50%. Typical mileage 110,010 (most between 79,078 and 145,716).

2005: 75% → 2006: 79% → 2007: 70% → 2008: 64% → 2009: 53% → 2010: 51% → 2011: 45% → 2012: 42% → 2013: 39% → 2014: 40% → 2015: 41% → 2016: 41% → 2017: 40% → 2018: 43% → 2019: 42% → 2020: 42% → 2021: 39% → 2022: 46% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 48% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (12.5%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (10.4%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (10.4%)
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (8.3%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (8.3%)

Where 2004 Stilos fail

Suspension & axles

20.2%

Lights & electrics

19.3%

Brakes

17.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

16.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

16.0%

Wheels & tyres

9.2%

Visibility & wipers

8.4%

Steering

5.0%

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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.