71.8%
Fiat Tipo
Fiat Tipo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Fiat Tipo passed 71.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 0.5 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Tipo 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 Tipo runs 4.1 points ahead of the Fiat average. It is 5th of the 15 Fiat models in the data. The average Tipo arrived at its test 7 years old with 57,489 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.
Tipo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Fiat Tipo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 69.4%, a drop of 8.7 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 3,288 | 78% | 5.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 9,584 | 69.4% | 2.9 pts below |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 47 | 70.2% | 2.1 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 Tipo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Fiat Tipo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 46.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Tipo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Fiat Tipo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 55.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Fiat Tipo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Tipo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak and linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn. 20.9% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has ply or cords exposed and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords. 14.9% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 6.6% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 5.4% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Tipo has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Fiat Tipo buying guide.
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Fiat Tipo MOT FAQs
What is the Fiat Tipo MOT pass rate?
71.8% of Fiat Tipo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 13,251 tests. That is 0.5 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 319th of 575 models.
What does a Fiat Tipo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Fiat Tipo cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 10.2% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (8.3%) and shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (7%).
Which area causes the most Fiat Tipo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 26.8%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 19.3%.
Do older Fiat Tipo cars fail their MOT more often?
Fiat Tipo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78% of MOT tests in 2025, against 69.4% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Fiat Tipo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Fiat Tipo 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 Tipo'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.