Fiat PUNTO - 2014
255.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Fiat PUNTO, model year 2014.
Sample size: 3,741 cars, 8,954 tests and 22,842 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 3,741 cars
The 2014 FIAT Punto has an overall defect rate of 255 per 100 vehicles, which is 31% higher than the average for cars of the same year at 194 per 100. Notably, the Punto shows significantly higher issues in the categories of steering, lights and electrics, and body/structure compared to its peers, with defects in steering being particularly pronounced at 52% versus an average of 11%. As mileage increases, the defect rate also rises sharply, especially in the higher mileage brackets, indicating potential long-term reliability concerns. While tyre wear is not highlighted as a prominent issue, the model's performance in other defect areas suggests it may require more attention and maintenance than the average vehicle of its age.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 3,741 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 11.9% better
81.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 337.8% worse
52.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▲ 2.3% better
16.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 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: defective
- 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
Lights & Electrics
▼ 62.8% worse
64.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 12.1% worse
222.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 97.4% worse
30.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 8.9% better
4.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▼ 138.2% worse
37.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- 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
- 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: 2,634
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,781
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,721
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,305
Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,114
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 946
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 892
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 829
Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 719
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 552
Serious faults (Top 10)
Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 719
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 427
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 272
Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
FAIL
Occurrences: 264
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 258
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 222
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 218
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 207
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 197
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 172