Abarth 595 MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Abarth 595 MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Abarth 595 passed on its first attempt in 83.0%, and its overall record sits +4.2 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Abarth 595 in the 2023–2025 data: 58,770 tests across 11 model years (2012–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Abarth 595 MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Abarth 595, the Suspension section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Abarth 595's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Abarth 595 DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Abarth 595, each with how many of the model's 58,770 tests it was noted on.

• "Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush" (Major) — noted on about 738 Abarth 595 tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 728 Abarth 595 tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" (Major) — noted on about 725 Abarth 595 tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Coil spring fractured or broken" (Major) — noted on about 593 Abarth 595 tests, 1.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 496 Abarth 595 tests, 0.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Ball joint excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 374 Abarth 595 tests, 0.6% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Abarth 595 Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Abarth 595 model year on record is 2022 (94.0% across 968 tests), and the weakest is 2013 (77.0%). The gap between them is 17.0 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Abarth 595 reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.9 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Abarth 595 Owners

These checks follow this Abarth 595's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Abarth 595.

• the shock absorbers — “shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush”

  Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.

• the windscreen — “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.

• the tyre tread — “tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”

  Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Abarth 595. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Abarth 595 is most common

Across every 595 model year 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.

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 →

Frequently Asked Questions: Abarth 595 MOT & Reliability