Fiat PANDA - 2017
139.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Fiat PANDA, model year 2017.
Sample size: 3,525 cars, 7,580 tests and 10,592 recorded faults.
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Total: 3,525 cars
The 2017 FIAT Panda has a slightly higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 140 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 134. Notably, it performs better in categories such as steering and equipment, with defect rates significantly lower than the average, by 25.6% and 42.1% respectively. However, it struggles with body and structure defects, surpassing the average rate by 107.4%. There is also a clear trend of increasing defects with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage segments.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 3,525 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 6.8% better
67.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Cable damaged or knotted
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 32.1% better
3.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- 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.
Visibility
▲ 7.6% better
13.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- 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: 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
▼ 4.9% worse
21.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 3.6% worse
148.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 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
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber bush excessively worn
- A shock absorber bush excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 88.6% worse
13.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- A transmission shaft bearing: excessively worn
Equipment
▲ 44.4% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 13.3% worse
10.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- 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
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- An induction or exhaust leak that could affect emissions levels
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: 1,732
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,301
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,180
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 599
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 586
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 344
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 252
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 250
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 230
Cable damaged or knotted
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 224
Serious faults (Top 10)
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 230
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 204
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 141
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 134
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 124
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 114
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 91
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 67
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 60
A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
FAIL
Occurrences: 51