54.9%
Fiat Punto
Fiat Punto MOT pass rate and common problems
The Fiat Punto passed 54.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 17.4 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Punto 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 Punto runs 12.8 points behind the Fiat average. It is 13th of the 15 Fiat models in the data. The average Punto arrived at its test 15.2 years old with 81,254 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.
Punto MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Fiat Punto cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 62.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 53.8%, a drop of 8.3 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 7,574 | 62.2% | 10.2 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 51,653 | 53.8% | 18.5 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 Punto failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Fiat Punto cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 49.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Punto MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Fiat Punto cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 35.3% of everything testers recorded against failed Fiat Punto cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Punto
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and stop lamp not working. 13.8% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken. 4% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases. 3.6% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits. 3.5% of failure items.
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Fiat Punto MOT FAQs
What is the Fiat Punto MOT pass rate?
54.9% of Fiat Punto cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 59,227 tests. That is 17.4 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 541st of 575 models.
What does a Fiat Punto most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Fiat Punto cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 5.5% of failure items. Next were headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.2%) and stop lamp not working (4.1%).
Which area causes the most Fiat Punto MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 32.3%, followed by suspension at 17.3%.
Do older Fiat Punto cars fail their MOT more often?
Fiat Punto cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 62.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 53.8% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Fiat Punto has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Fiat Punto 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 Punto'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.