65.5%
Alfa Romeo Giulietta pass rate
Used Alfa Romeo Giulietta buying guide
In 2025, Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars passed 65.5% of 24,505 initial MOT tests, 6.8 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−6.8
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Giulietta sits 423rd of 575 models in the data. Alfa Romeo as a brand averaged 67.9%, so this model runs 2.3 points behind its own brand. Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.4%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Alfa Romeo Giulietta MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Giulietta compares with similar cars.
Giulietta fuel types
Petrol was the most common fuel among Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars tested in 2025. Diesel still made up 48% of tests.
Where the Giulietta fails its MOT
Where Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (7.6%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (6.9%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.9%). See every common Giulietta MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Alfa Romeo Giulietta that failed, not a claim that every Giulietta has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Giulietta?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 26.7% of Giulietta failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 23% of Giulietta failure items.
3
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 16.7% of Giulietta failure items.
4
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 12.6% of Giulietta failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 6.8% of Giulietta failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Alfa Romeo Giulietta failures cluster around suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Alfa Romeo models
The most-tested Alfa Romeo models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Giulietta.
- Used Alfa Romeo Mito 60.7% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Giulia 85.7% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Stelvio 87.8% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Spider 71.4% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo 159 57.5% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Brera 66.3% MOT pass rate
See all 7 Alfa Romeo models ranked by MOT pass rate.
Used Alfa Romeo Giulietta FAQs
Is the Alfa Romeo Giulietta reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 65.5% first-time pass rate for the Alfa Romeo Giulietta across 24,505 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars fail their MOT more often?
Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.4%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Alfa Romeo Giulietta?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check an Alfa Romeo Giulietta's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.