Pass rate
81.7%
Around average — 7.0 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 229 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£95
2010 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 91,125 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 82.0% pass
- Avoid 2008 73.9% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 8.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.2%
- Typical mileage
- 91k mi
The 2010 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate is 81.7% of its MOT tests — 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Abarth Punto does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 11.8% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- 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 74.7% and this one manages 81.7% — 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 34% 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 2010 Abarth Punto compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.2%. The median 2010 Abarth Punto in this dataset had covered 91,125 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.0% of the time, April–September 80.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.80% of tests.
- 229 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.7% overall pass rate, 78.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Abarth Punto, the average is 79.8% — best year 2013 (82.0%), worst 2008 (73.9%).
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
- 229
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,125 mi
- Make and model
- Abarth Punto
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Punto MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Punto
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 57 | 84.2% |
| West Midlands | 32 | 78.1% |
| South West | 31 | 74.2% |
| Yorkshire | 28 | 85.7% |
| East Midlands | 23 | 82.6% |
| Scotland | 17 | 76.5% |
| North West | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2010 Punto
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 2010 Punto
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 windscreen 4.8% 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.
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Check the lights 4.4% 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 coil springs 2.6% 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.
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 2010 Punto through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£95 — and 34% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£95
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 34%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 229 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 Punto, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2008 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.9% to 82.0% — a spread of 8.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 73.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 78.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2010 81.7%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 80.7% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2012 79.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 82.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2014 79.0% track rod end ball joint dust…
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 2010 Abarth Punto 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 2010 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Abarth Punto 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 480 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 | 125 | 25.90% | 20.98% | +4.92 |
| Brakes | 106 | 21.90% | 20.89% | +1.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 83 | 17.20% | 12.21% | +4.99 |
| Tyres | 57 | 11.80% | 19.76% | −7.96 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 33 | 6.80% | 5.52% | +1.28 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 30 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Visibility | 26 | 5.40% | 4.97% | +0.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
| Road Wheels | 8 | 1.70% | 0.75% | +0.95 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £25–65 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £45–110 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £60–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £5–25 |
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 | 16.6% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.5% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.2% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.1% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.7% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8 | 75.0% | 25,156 mi |
| 30-60k | 23 | 82.6% | 48,019 mi |
| 60-90k | 79 | 81.0% | 76,907 mi |
| 90-120k | 86 | 81.4% | 102,198 mi |
| 120k+ | 32 | 84.4% | 133,642 mi |
Source: 229 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.
2010 Punto MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Abarth Punto?
81.7% of the 229 2010 Abarth Punto tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 78.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Abarth Punto?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.80%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.37%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (3.93%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 84.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Abarth Punto in this dataset had covered 91,125 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.