60.7%
Alfa Romeo Mito
Alfa Romeo Mito MOT pass rate and common problems
The Alfa Romeo Mito passed 60.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11.6 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Mito 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 Mito runs 7.1 points behind the Alfa Romeo average. It is 6th of the 7 Alfa Romeo models in the data. The average Mito arrived at its test 12.7 years old with 79,098 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.
Mito MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Alfa Romeo Mito cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 65.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 58.9%, a drop of 6.3 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 20 | 70% | 2.3 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,973 | 65.2% | 7.1 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 12,234 | 58.9% | 13.4 pts below |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Mito failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Alfa Romeo Mito cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 40% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Mito MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Alfa Romeo Mito cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 35.8% of everything testers recorded against failed Alfa Romeo Mito cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Mito
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken. 8.2% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 6.6% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 5.7% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam. 4% of failure items.
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Alfa Romeo Mito MOT FAQs
What is the Alfa Romeo Mito MOT pass rate?
60.7% of Alfa Romeo Mito cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 17,227 tests. That is 11.6 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 484th of 575 models.
What does an Alfa Romeo Mito most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Alfa Romeo Mito cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 8.2% of failure items. Next were headlamp not working on dipped beam (4%) and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.6%).
Which area causes the most Alfa Romeo Mito MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 21%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 19.1%.
Do older Alfa Romeo Mito cars fail their MOT more often?
Alfa Romeo Mito cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 65.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 58.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Alfa Romeo Mito has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Alfa Romeo Mito 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 Mito'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.