Fiat Fullback, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls
2,731 Fiat Fullbacks are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 80.3% of initial MOT tests, 8 points above the 72.3% UK average.
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Fiat Fullback at the MOT
80.3% of 2,788 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Fullback 194th of 575 models. Fiat Fullbacks aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.3% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 80%.
First-time pass rate, 2025
Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.
Pass rate by age at test
Fiat Fullback tests in 2025.
Where Fullbacks fail
Share of all failure items recorded on Fiat Fullback tests in 2025.
The items testers recorded most often were rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (8.7%), position lamp not working (7.6%) and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (7.4%).
The MOT page lists every common Fullback MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.
What to look at on a viewing
The Fullback's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.
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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.32.5% of Fullback failure items
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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.24.4% of Fullback failure items
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Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.11.9% of Fullback failure items
Fiat Fullbacks in the UK
2,731 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 60% since the end of 2017, although it peaked at 2,936 at the end of 2020.
- Change since 2017
- +60%from 1,710 licensed
- Typical year of first use
- 2017half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2017 or earlier
- Declared off the road
- 1414.9% of those registered, under SORN
Licensed Fiat Fullbacks since 2016
Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.
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| Date | Licensed |
|---|---|
| End of 2016 | 330 |
| End of 2017 | 1,710 |
| End of 2018 | 2,670 |
| End of 2019 | 2,688 |
| End of 2020 | 2,936 |
| End of 2021 | 2,927 |
| End of 2022 | 2,878 |
| End of 2023 | 2,919 |
| End of 2024 | 2,825 |
| End of 2025 | 2,794 |
| End of June 2026 | 2,731 |
How old they are
Licensed Fiat Fullbacks by year of first use.
- Licensed at the end of 2025
- First registered that year
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| First used | Licensed, end 2025 | First registered that year |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 264 | 290 |
| 2018 | 956 | 1,092 |
| 2017 | 1,274 | 1,473 |
| 2016 | 300 | 345 |
Fullback engine sizes
2.4 litre engines made up 99% of Fiat Fullback MOT tests in 2025. Diesel accounts for 100% of licensed Fullbacks.
Fiat Fullback recalls
2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Fiat Fullback. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Fullback is affected.
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Jul 2019 R/2019/197
Potential risk of access step detaching from vehicle body
Defect and remedy
- Defect
- Potential risk of access step detachment from the vehicle body.
- Remedy
- Replacement of the access step fasteners.
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Apr 2018 R/2018/095
Door locks may malfunction and allow doors to open unintentionally
Defect and remedy
- Defect
- On a number of Fiat Fullback vehicles in some weather conditions (high temperatures) the mechanism inside the door lock may not function as intended. This can allow the door(s) to open unintentionally.
- Remedy
- The door locks must be replaced with compliant components.
Other Fiat models
The most-tested Fiat models in 2025, against the Fullback's 80.3% MOT pass rate.
Fiat Fullback FAQs
How many Fiat Fullbacks are there in the UK?
2,731 Fiat Fullbacks were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 141 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.
Is the Fiat Fullback 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 an 80.3% first-time pass rate for the Fiat Fullback across 2,788 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Has the Fiat Fullback had any recalls?
2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Fiat Fullback. The most recent was published in July 2019. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.
What should I check before buying a used Fiat Fullback?
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 own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.
How do I check a Fiat Fullback'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.
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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Fiat history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Fiat VIN check.
- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.