Pass rate
87.7%
Above average — 1.8 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 277 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£76
2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 25,969 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
33.2% 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 2020 92.5% pass
- Avoid 2019 87.7% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 4.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.1%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse MOT pass rate is 87.7% of its MOT tests — 1.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 33.2% of everything recorded on the 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse, against 20.9% nationally — 12.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 277 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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
Watching a Abarth 595 Esseesse? Get an email when these numbers change .
How does the 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 1.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.1%. The median 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse in this dataset had covered 25,969 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.8% of the time, April–September 88.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction", noted on 2.17% of tests.
- 277 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.7% overall pass rate, 86.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Abarth 595 Esseesse, the average is 90.1% — best year 2020 (92.5%), worst 2019 (87.7%).
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
- 277
- Typical mileage (median)
- 25,969 mi
- Make and model
- Abarth 595 Esseesse
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Indicator Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 595 Esseesse MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 595 Esseesse
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 55 | 90.9% |
| East of England | 50 | 86.0% |
| South West | 37 | 83.8% |
| Scotland | 27 | 85.2% |
| Yorkshire | 26 | 84.6% |
| West Midlands | 24 | 79.2% |
| East Midlands | 24 | 95.8% |
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 2019 595 Esseesse
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 2019 595 Esseesse
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.
-
Check the lights 2.2% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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.
-
Check the wheel bearings 1.1% of tests
“wheel bearings rough when rotated”
Listen for a hum that rises and falls with speed and changes when you load one side in a bend. A noisy bearing is an easy pre-test diagnosis and an awkward surprise at the test station.
-
Check the windscreen 1.1% 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 2019 595 Esseesse through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£76 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£76
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 277 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 Esseesse, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2019 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.7% to 92.5% — a spread of 4.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 87.7%malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2020 92.5% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2021 90.8% has ply or cords exposed
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 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 87.8%
- Tesla Model 3 87.8%
- Volvo V90 87.8%
- BMW 116 87.8%
- Volvo V90 Momentum + 87.8%
- Land Rover Discovery 87.6%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse 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 218 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 | 73 | 33.20% | 20.89% | +12.31 |
| Tyres | 66 | 30.00% | 19.76% | +10.24 |
| Suspension | 39 | 17.70% | 20.98% | −3.28 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 4.10% | 12.21% | −8.11 |
| Visibility | 6 | 2.70% | 4.97% | −2.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.30% | 4.18% | −1.88 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
| Steering | 3 | 1.40% | 2.57% | −1.17 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.2% | £3–12 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings rough when rotated Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £20–55 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £80–200 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.72% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.72% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.72% | £20–80 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.72% | £30–75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.0% | £30–75 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.6% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 172 | 89.0% | 18,935 mi |
| 30-60k | 96 | 87.5% | 40,646 mi |
| 60-90k | 8 | 62.5% | 72,651 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 95,165 mi |
Source: 277 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.
2019 595 Esseesse MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse?
87.7% of the 277 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 86.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse?
The three most recorded items are malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.17%), has ply or cords exposed (1.08%), wheel bearings rough when rotated (1.08%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse in this dataset had covered 25,969 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Abarth 595 Esseesse MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.