MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Fiat 500X MOT pass rate
The Fiat 500X passed 77.07% of its 35,754 initial MOT tests in 2025 — in line with the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year.
How the Fiat 500X holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Fiat 500X grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 4,100 | 89.2% |
| 6–10 years | 31,619 | 75.48% |
Why the Fiat 500X fails its MOT
Across every Fiat 500X that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was steering, accounting for 23.69% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Steering | 23.69% | 4,141 |
| Tyres | 18.05% | 3,155 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 17.61% | 3,078 |
| Suspension | 15.47% | 2,704 |
| Brakes | 8.71% | 1,522 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6.73% | 1,177 |
How the Fiat 500X compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Fiat 500X sits 379th of 651 models in this data , and 14th of the 31 Fiat models covered . Fiat as a whole averaged 72.52%, so this model runs 4.6 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Fiat 500X
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Fiat 500X came to its 2025 test at 57,072 miles and 8.1 years old. Most examples tested were petrol, though 29.73% were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Fiat 500X
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Fiat models
- Fiat 500 70.89% pass rate · 298,752 tests
- Fiat Panda 69.2% pass rate · 83,157 tests
- Fiat Ducato 77.88% pass rate · 71,135 tests
- Fiat Punto 63.87% pass rate · 51,222 tests
- Fiat Doblo 69.04% pass rate · 42,802 tests
- Fiat 500C 69.83% pass rate · 16,976 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- BMW 3 Series 77.74% pass rate
- Audi A4 77.09% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 77.86% pass rate
- Kia Picanto 76.85% pass rate
- Volkswagen Passat 75.9% pass rate
- Ford Ranger 77.42% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.