Pass rate
77.7%
Around average — 0.5 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 642 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£142
2012 Abarth 595 MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 60,719 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
33.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
7.3 pts down across model years — 7.9% in 2013, 0.6% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 94.0% pass
- Avoid 2013 77.0% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 17 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 72.8%
- Typical mileage
- 61k mi
The 2012 Abarth 595 MOT pass rate is 77.7% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.6× the national share
Suspension accounts for 33.2% of everything recorded on the 2012 Abarth 595, against 21.0% nationally — 12.2 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2012 Abarth 595 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 0.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 72.8%. The median 2012 Abarth 595 in this dataset had covered 60,719 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.1% of the time, April–September 77.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 3.74% of tests.
- 642 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.7% overall pass rate, 72.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Abarth 595, the average is 85.2% — best year 2022 (94.0%), worst 2013 (77.0%).
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
- 642
- Typical mileage (median)
- 60,719 mi
- Make and model
- Abarth 595
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the 595 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Abarth 595 is most common
Across all 595 model years on record (2012–2022): 29,512 Abarth 595 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 58,765 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 661 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 | Birmingham (B) | 661 | 86.1% |
| 2 | Northampton (NN) | 658 | 84.5% |
| 3 | Ashford (TN) | 611 | 87.5% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 608 | 88.2% |
| 5 | Chelmsford (CM) | 555 | 86.6% |
| 6 | Bristol (BS) | 526 | 82.8% |
| 7 | Leicester (LE) | 521 | 87.5% |
| 8 | Coventry (CV) | 513 | 86.1% |
| 9 | Nottingham (NG) | 492 | 84.9% |
| 10 | Cardiff (CF) | 464 | 83.3% |
| 11 | Peterborough (PE) | 461 | 85.6% |
| 12 | Portsmouth (PO) | 460 | 83.4% |
| 13 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 453 | 84.1% |
| 14 | Southampton (SO) | 448 | 88.2% |
| 15 | Maidstone (ME) | 445 | 84.9% |
| 16 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 438 | 83.4% |
| 17 | Guildford (GU) | 434 | 84.5% |
| 18 | Derby (DE) | 434 | 85.7% |
| 19 | Warrington (WA) | 433 | 90.1% |
| 20 | Reading (RG) | 427 | 87.3% |
The twenty areas with the most Abarth 595 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 595
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 187 | 79.1% |
| East of England | 77 | 80.5% |
| South West | 61 | 73.8% |
| Yorkshire | 57 | 71.9% |
| West Midlands | 55 | 80.0% |
| East Midlands | 52 | 76.9% |
| North West | 44 | 77.3% |
| Wales | 42 | 73.8% |
| London | 35 | 85.7% |
| Scotland | 22 | 72.7% |
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 2012 595
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 2012 595
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 suspension joints 3.7% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the coil springs 2.8% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the windscreen 2.8% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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 2012 595 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£142 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£142
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 642 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 595, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2012 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.0% to 94.0% — a spread of 17 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 77.7%pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2013 77.0% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2014 81.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 81.1% ball joint excessively worn
- 2016 83.0% shock absorbers has an…
- 2017 84.0% shock absorbers has an…
- 2018 86.0% shock absorbers has an…
- 2019 88.7% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2020 90.7% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2021 90.6% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2022 94.0% tread depth below requirements of…
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 2012 Abarth 595 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Astra 77.7%
- Skoda Octavia 77.7%
- Vauxhall Agila 77.7%
- Skoda Superb 77.7%
- Volkswagen Scirocco 77.6%
- Ford B-Max 77.6%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Abarth 595 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 1,193 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 400 | 33.20% | 20.98% | +12.22 |
| Brakes | 285 | 23.70% | 20.89% | +2.81 |
| Tyres | 179 | 14.90% | 19.76% | −4.86 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 99 | 8.20% | 12.21% | −4.01 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 85 | 7.10% | 5.57% | +1.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 54 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Visibility | 44 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Steering | 19 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 1.50% | 4.18% | −2.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.7% | £40–150 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.4% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.1% | £80–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.8% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.2% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £60–250 |
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 | 16.5% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.8% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 8.3% | £30–75 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £80–180 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.0% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 53 | 79.2% | 20,622 mi |
| 30-60k | 259 | 81.5% | 47,060 mi |
| 60-90k | 261 | 75.1% | 72,317 mi |
| 90-120k | 66 | 74.2% | 100,662 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 120,876 mi |
Source: 642 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.
2012 595 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Abarth 595?
77.7% of the 642 2012 Abarth 595 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 72.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Abarth 595?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.74%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.43%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (3.12%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Abarth 595 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 79.2% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Abarth 595 in this dataset had covered 60,719 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Abarth 595 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.