50.6%
Fiat Bravo
Fiat Bravo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Fiat Bravo passed 50.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 21.7 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 Bravo compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
67.7%
Fiat average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Bravo runs 17.2 points behind the Fiat average. It is 15th of the 15 Fiat models in the data. The average Bravo arrived at its test 16 years old with 96,669 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.
Bravo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 22 | 36.4% | 35.9 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 3,756 | 50.6% | 21.7 pts below |
Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Bravo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Fiat Bravo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 43.8% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Bravo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Fiat Bravo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 36.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Fiat Bravo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Bravo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and ball joint excessively worn. 13.3% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and position lamp not working. 10.1% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases. 6.6% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 3.8% of failure items.
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Fiat Bravo MOT FAQs
What is the Fiat Bravo MOT pass rate?
50.6% of Fiat Bravo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,778 tests. That is 21.7 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 567th of 575 models.
What does a Fiat Bravo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Fiat Bravo cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 6.4% of failure items. Next were pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.8%) and track rod end ball joint has excessive play (3.8%).
Which area causes the most Fiat Bravo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 22.3%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 21.5%.
Does this mean every Fiat Bravo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Fiat Bravo 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 Fiat Bravo'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.