Fiat AUTO TRAIL - 2019
45.2 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 AUTO TRAIL, model year 2019.
Sample size: 1,592 cars, 3,440 tests and 1,555 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 1,592 cars
The 2019 FIAT Auto Trail demonstrates a significantly lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with only 45 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 106. Notably, this model excels in categories such as brakes, steering, and suspension, where it shows much fewer issues than the average, particularly with brakes being 83% less problematic. However, it does have a slightly higher incidence of equipment-related defects. Mileage trends indicate that defects are generally more frequent in the higher mileage brackets, but the Auto Trail still performs better overall than most cars in its class.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,592 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 83.7% better
10.2 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
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
Steering
▲ 82.1% better
0.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.8 / 100 tests
- 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.
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▲ 0.0% better
13.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 2.0% better
14.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.9 / 100 tests
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Stop lamp(s): with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 59.1% better
46.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 112.9 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▲ 65.7% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.5 / 100 tests
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Fuel system: leaking excessively or a risk of fire
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▼ 27.8% worse
2.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.8 / 100 tests
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- An airbag obviously inoperative
Other
▲ 64.7% better
1.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions test unable to be completed
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 560
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 109
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
PRS
Occurrences: 72
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 60
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 55
Wiper blade: defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 50
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 46
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 42
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 36
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 31
Serious faults (Top 10)
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 60
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 36
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 31
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 18
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 14
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 14
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 11
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 10
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 7
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 6