52.8%
Fiat Scudo
Fiat Scudo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Fiat Scudo passed 52.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 19.5 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.
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How the Scudo 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 Scudo runs 14.9 points behind the Fiat average. It is 14th of the 15 Fiat models in the data. The average Scudo arrived at its test 15.4 years old with 128,750 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.
Scudo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Fiat Scudo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 72.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 50.8%, a drop of 21.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 186 | 72.6% | In line |
| 6 to 10 years | 568 | 52.8% | 19.5 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 6,053 | 50.8% | 21.5 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 Scudo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Fiat Scudo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 46.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Scudo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Fiat Scudo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Fiat Scudo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Scudo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 11.7% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced. 10.4% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength and ball joint excessively worn. 9.4% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3.5% of failure items.
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Fiat Scudo MOT FAQs
What is the Fiat Scudo MOT pass rate?
52.8% of Fiat Scudo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 7,276 tests. That is 19.5 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 558th of 575 models.
What does a Fiat Scudo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Fiat Scudo cars failing their 2025 MOT was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 8.1% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (6.2%) and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.1%).
Which area causes the most Fiat Scudo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 25.9%, followed by suspension at 20.3%.
Do older Fiat Scudo cars fail their MOT more often?
Fiat Scudo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 72.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 50.8% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Fiat Scudo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Fiat Scudo 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 Scudo'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.