Fiat 500 - 2019
120.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2019 is 108.6 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Fiat 500, model year 2019.
Sample size: 26,021 cars, 55,147 tests and 66,380 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 26,021 cars
The 2019 FIAT 500 has an overall defect rate of 120 per 100 vehicles, which is 13% higher than the average for cars of the same year at 106 per 100. Notably, the FIAT 500 shows significant mileage-related trends, with defect rates increasing steeply in higher mileage brackets, particularly after 124,000 miles where it reaches 530 per 100. It performs better than average in steering and lights and electrics, showing fewer issues in these categories. However, it stands out negatively in wheels, suspensions, and axles, as well as in body and structure, where it has notably higher defect rates compared to the average.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 26,021 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 12.2% better
54.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 62.4 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 67.9% better
0.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.8 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▲ 18.8% better
11.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 35.6% better
9.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.9 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 33.7% worse
151.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 112.9 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 88.6% worse
6.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.5 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 16.7% worse
2.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.8 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
Other
▲ 9.8% better
4.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 13,146
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 12,451
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,011
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,099
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,003
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,980
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,905
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,468
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,440
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,295
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,905
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,295
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 800
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 658
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 497
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 413
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 386
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 367
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 346
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 305