73.3%
Fiat Ducato
Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate and common problems
The Fiat Ducato passed 73.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 1 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Ducato 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 Ducato runs 5.6 points ahead of the Fiat average. It is 3rd of the 15 Fiat models in the data. The average Ducato arrived at its test 16.2 years old with 58,458 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.
Ducato MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Fiat Ducato cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 69.3%, a drop of 17.9 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 5,657 | 87.2% | 14.9 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 11,679 | 82.8% | 10.5 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 54,930 | 69.3% | 3 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Ducato failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Fiat Ducato cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 53.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Ducato MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Fiat Ducato cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 33% of everything testers recorded against failed Fiat Ducato cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Ducato
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, outline marker lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, headlamp aim too low and stop lamp not working. 14% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake performance excessively binding and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 6.3% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 5.2% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.5% of failure items.
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Fiat Ducato MOT FAQs
What is the Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate?
73.3% of Fiat Ducato cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 74,054 tests. That is 1 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 290th of 575 models.
What does a Fiat Ducato most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Fiat Ducato cars failing their 2025 MOT was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, on 5.2% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.5%) and position lamp not working (3.5%).
Which area causes the most Fiat Ducato MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 33.8%, followed by brakes at 19.3%.
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, against 69.3% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Fiat Ducato has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Fiat Ducato 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 Ducato'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.