Fiat TIPO - 2019
128.7 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 TIPO, model year 2019.
Sample size: 1,659 cars, 3,455 tests and 4,448 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,659 cars
The 2019 FIAT Tipo exhibits a higher overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 129 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 21% more than the average of 106. Key areas where the Tipo struggles include steering and wheels, with defect rates significantly above average, particularly in the steering category at nearly 7%. Conversely, the model shows a notable advantage in body and structure defects, where it has a rate of just 1.5%, considerably lower than the average of 3.3%. Notably, the defect rate increases with mileage, especially in higher mileage brackets, indicating a trend that may concern long-term owners.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,659 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 6.4% better
58.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 62.4 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▼ 146.4% worse
6.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.8 / 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
- Track rod or drag link ends seriously misaligned
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 18.8% worse
16.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- 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
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 13.4% better
12.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.9 / 100 tests
- Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 37.3% worse
155.0 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
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▲ 60.0% better
1.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.5 / 100 tests
- 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
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- 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
Equipment
▲ 16.7% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.8 / 100 tests
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 2.0% better
5.0 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: 1,128
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 421
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 362
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 318
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 310
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 216
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 157
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 101
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 94
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 91
Serious faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 101
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 91
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 89
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 87
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 79
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 78
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 39
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 35
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 28
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 20