Fiat DOBLO - 2019
138.3 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 DOBLO, model year 2019.
Sample size: 1,729 cars, 4,070 tests and 5,628 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,729 cars
The 2019 FIAT Doblo has a higher overall defect rate than the average car for the same year, with approximately 138 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 106. Notably, the Doblo performs significantly better in the brakes category, having 46% of vehicles failing compared to the average of 60%. However, it struggles in several areas, particularly visibility and lights & electrics, where defect rates are much higher than average. Mileage-related trends indicate that defect rates increase with distance driven, with the highest figures observed in the over 124,000 miles category. Overall, while the Doblo shows strengths in braking, it faces considerable challenges in other areas, making it less reliable compared to its peers.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,729 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 25.3% better
46.6 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
- Anti-slip provision missing, loose or worn smooth
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 3.6% better
2.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.8 / 100 tests
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Excessive roughness in operation of steering
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 99.3% worse
27.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- 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
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 123.5% worse
33.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.9 / 100 tests
- A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 21.3% worse
136.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 112.9 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▼ 114.3% worse
7.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.5 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 155.6% worse
4.6 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
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
- Audible warning:
Other
▼ 243.1% worse
17.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- 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: 1,075
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 341
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 327
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 258
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 252
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 221
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 172
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 162
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 157
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 131
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 221
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 115
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 83
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 79
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 62
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 61
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 56
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 48
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 37
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 37