85.7%
Alfa Romeo Giulia
Alfa Romeo Giulia MOT pass rate and common problems
The Alfa Romeo Giulia passed 85.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 13.4 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm.
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How the Giulia 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 Giulia runs 17.8 points ahead of the Alfa Romeo average. It is 2nd of the 7 Alfa Romeo models in the data. The average Giulia arrived at its test 6.3 years old with 49,111 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.
Giulia MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Alfa Romeo Giulia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 84.7%, a drop of 2.6 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 2,663 | 87.2% | 14.9 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,164 | 84.7% | 12.4 pts above |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 44 | 86.4% | 14.1 pts above |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Giulia failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Alfa Romeo Giulia cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 63.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Giulia MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Alfa Romeo Giulia cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 64% of everything testers recorded against failed Alfa Romeo Giulia cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Giulia
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has ply or cords exposed, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and condition has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. 33.4% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high and headlamp aim too low. 16.7% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and brake discs significantly and obviously worn. 8.4% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 3.5% of failure items.
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Alfa Romeo Giulia MOT FAQs
What is the Alfa Romeo Giulia MOT pass rate?
85.7% of Alfa Romeo Giulia cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 7,506 tests. That is 13.4 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 113th of 575 models.
What does an Alfa Romeo Giulia most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Alfa Romeo Giulia cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 13% of failure items. Next were headlamp aim too high (12.9%) and condition has ply or cords exposed (12.6%).
Which area causes the most Alfa Romeo Giulia MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 37.7%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 25.9%.
Do older Alfa Romeo Giulia cars fail their MOT more often?
Alfa Romeo Giulia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 84.7% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Alfa Romeo Giulia has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Alfa Romeo Giulia 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 Giulia'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.