Pass rate
92.2%
Above average — 8.2 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 539 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£59
2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 28,053 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
39.4% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 94.3% pass
- Avoid 2017 90.8% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 3.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.7%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair MOT pass rate is 92.2% of its MOT tests — 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.9× the national share
Brakes make up 39.4% of everything recorded on the 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair, against 20.9% nationally — 18.5 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 84.0% and this one manages 92.2% — 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.7%. The median 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair in this dataset had covered 28,053 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.2% of the time, April–September 93.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 2.41% of tests.
- 539 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.2% overall pass rate, 91.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Abarth 124 Spider Multiair, the average is 92.0% — best year 2019 (94.3%), worst 2017 (90.8%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 539
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,053 mi
- Make and model
- Abarth 124 Spider Multiair
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 124 Spider Multiair MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Abarth 124 Spider Multiair is most common
Across all 124 Spider Multiair model years on record (2016–2019): 2,747 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 5,392 tests. Portsmouth (PO) has the most, with 91 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth (PO) | 91 | 86.7% |
| 2 | Enfield (EN) | 75 | 98.1% |
| 3 | Birmingham (B) | 65 | 94.6% |
| 4 | Coventry (CV) | 64 | 95.4% |
| 5 | Crawley (RH) | 63 | 93.7% |
| 6 | Guildford (GU) | 58 | 90.8% |
| 7 | Ashford (TN) | 55 | 93.9% |
| 8 | Southampton (SO) | 54 | 92.7% |
| 9 | Leicester (LE) | 50 | 96.9% |
| 10 | Sheffield (S) | 50 | 94.4% |
| 11 | Chelmsford (CM) | 49 | 95.2% |
| 12 | Northampton (NN) | 49 | 88.5% |
| 13 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 49 | 94.0% |
| 14 | Warrington (WA) | 48 | 95.9% |
| 15 | Reading (RG) | 46 | 90.5% |
| 16 | High Wycombe (HP) | 46 | 90.1% |
| 17 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 44 | 92.9% |
| 18 | Nottingham (NG) | 42 | 87.1% |
| 19 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 40 | 91.3% |
| 20 | Maidstone (ME) | 39 | 92.5% |
The twenty areas with the most Abarth 124 Spider Multiair cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the 124 Spider Multiair
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 156 | 94.2% |
| South West | 60 | 90.0% |
| East of England | 51 | 92.2% |
| West Midlands | 48 | 93.8% |
| North West | 40 | 90.0% |
| North East | 37 | 97.3% |
| Yorkshire | 32 | 93.8% |
| Scotland | 32 | 78.1% |
| Wales | 30 | 83.3% |
| London | 28 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 25 | 96.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2016 124 Spider Multiair
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2016 124 Spider Multiair
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 2.4% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.1% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the brakes 0.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2016 124 Spider Multiair through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£59 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£59
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 539 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the 124 Spider Multiair, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2016 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.8% to 94.3% — a spread of 3.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 92.2%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 90.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.9% wipers blade defective
- 2019 94.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2016 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2016 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 395 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 156 | 39.40% | 20.89% | +18.51 |
| Tyres | 105 | 26.50% | 19.76% | +6.74 |
| Suspension | 48 | 12.10% | 20.98% | −8.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 39 | 9.80% | 12.21% | −2.41 |
| Visibility | 21 | 5.30% | 4.97% | +0.33 |
| Road Wheels | 11 | 2.80% | 0.75% | +2.05 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 1.30% | 5.57% | −4.27 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 1.30% | 5.52% | −4.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 0.50% | 4.18% | −3.68 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £5–20 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.93% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.93% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.74% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.74% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.74% | £8–22 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.56% | £25–65 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Rectified | 0.56% | £20–55 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.56% | £45–95 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.8% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.4% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.6% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 293 | 94.2% | 18,951 mi |
| 30-60k | 206 | 92.2% | 40,664 mi |
| 60-90k | 38 | 76.3% | 68,828 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 100,940 mi |
Source: 539 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2016 124 Spider Multiair MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair?
92.2% of the 539 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 91.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.41%), wipers blade defective (1.11%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (0.93%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair in this dataset had covered 28,053 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Abarth 124 Spider Multiair MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.