73.3%
Fiat Ducato pass rate
Used Fiat Ducato buying guide
In 2025, Fiat Ducato cars passed 73.3% of 74,054 initial MOT tests, 1 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Fiat Ducato MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+1
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Ducato sits 290th of 575 models in the data. Fiat as a brand averaged 67.7%, so this model runs 5.6 points ahead of its own brand. Fiat Ducato cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.2% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 69.3%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Fiat Ducato MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Ducato compares with similar cars.
Ducato fuel types
Diesel made up 98.7% of Fiat Ducato MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Ducato fails its MOT
Where Fiat Ducato 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 component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.2%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.5%) and position lamp not working (3.5%). See every common Ducato MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Fiat Ducato that failed, not a claim that every Ducato has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Ducato?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
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. 33.8% of Ducato failure items.
2
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. 19.3% of Ducato failure items.
3
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 14.3% of Ducato failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels. 12.2% of Ducato 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. 8.8% of Ducato 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 Fiat Ducato failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes 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 Fiat models
The most-tested Fiat models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Ducato.
Used Fiat Ducato FAQs
Is the Fiat Ducato 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 73.3% first-time pass rate for the Fiat Ducato across 74,054 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Fiat Ducato cars fail their MOT more often?
Fiat Ducato cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.2% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 69.3%. 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 Fiat Ducato?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, brakes and suspension. 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 a Fiat Ducato'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.