Fiat TIPO - 2017
169.3 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 TIPO, model year 2017.
Sample size: 6,104 cars, 13,970 tests and 23,655 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 6,104 cars
The 2017 FIAT TIPO has an overall defect rate of 169 per 100 vehicles, which is 27% higher than the average for cars of the same year, recorded at 134 per 100. Notably, the TIPO shows a significant increase in defects as mileage increases, particularly for vehicles with over 93,000 miles. While it performs better than average in steering, body structure, and equipment defects, it stands out negatively in areas such as brakes, lights and electrics, and wheels, suspensions, and axles, with the last category showing a particularly high defect rate of 193 per 100. Overall, the data indicates that while the TIPO excels in certain aspects of vehicle condition, it faces challenges in critical areas as it ages.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 6,104 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 27.2% worse
92.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 50.0% better
2.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- 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
- 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
- Excessive roughness in operation of steering
Visibility
▼ 4.1% worse
15.1 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: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 14.2% worse
23.3 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
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- 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
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 34.6% worse
192.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- 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
▲ 47.1% better
3.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- 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
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 44.4% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 20.0% better
7.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 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: 4,764
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,426
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,343
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,555
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,476
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 962
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 803
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 713
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 571
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 497
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 713
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 571
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 497
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 399
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 372
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 322
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 223
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 156
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 149
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 139