66.3%
Alfa Romeo Brera
Alfa Romeo Brera MOT pass rate and common problems
The Alfa Romeo Brera passed 66.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 6 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
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How the Brera compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
67.9%
Alfa Romeo average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Brera runs 1.6 points behind the Alfa Romeo average. It is 4th of the 7 Alfa Romeo models in the data. The average Brera arrived at its test 17.2 years old with 93,915 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Brera MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 1,631 | 66.3% | 6 pts below |
Every Alfa Romeo Brera tested in 2025 was aged 11 years and over, so there is no other age group to compare with. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Brera failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Alfa Romeo Brera cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 43.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Brera MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Alfa Romeo Brera cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 40.6% of everything testers recorded against failed Alfa Romeo Brera cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Brera
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, ball joint excessively worn and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 15.7% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements and service brake performance excessively binding. 8.5% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 7% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 4.8% of failure items.
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Alfa Romeo Brera MOT FAQs
What is the Alfa Romeo Brera MOT pass rate?
66.3% of Alfa Romeo Brera cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 1,631 tests. That is 6 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 413th of 575 models.
What does an Alfa Romeo Brera most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Alfa Romeo Brera cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 9.7% of failure items. Next were rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.6%) and malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (4.5%).
Which area causes the most Alfa Romeo Brera MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 24.9%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 18.7%.
Does this mean every Alfa Romeo Brera has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Alfa Romeo Brera that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Alfa Romeo Brera's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.