Pass rate
79.0%
Around average — 1.2 pts behind the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 181 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£75
2014 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 67,042 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.6% 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
- 74.7%
- Typical mileage
- 67k mi
The 2014 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate is 79.0% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.6% 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 13.8% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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. 181 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
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How does the 2014 Abarth Punto compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.7%. The median 2014 Abarth Punto in this dataset had covered 67,042 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.9% of the time, April–September 82.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt", noted on 4.42% of tests.
- 181 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.0% overall pass rate, 74.7% 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
- 181
- Typical mileage (median)
- 67,042 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
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Punto MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Punto
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 43 | 86.0% |
| West Midlands | 33 | 75.8% |
| East of England | 28 | 82.1% |
| South West | 23 | 73.9% |
| North West | 17 | 64.7% |
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 2014 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 2014 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 suspension joints 4.4% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
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 3.3% 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 lights 3.3% 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.
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 2014 Punto through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£75 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£75
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 181 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 2014 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Zafira 78.9%
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta 78.9%
- Ford Focus 79.2%
- Peugeot 207 79.2%
- Vauxhall Astra 78.7%
- Volkswagen Polo 79.3%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 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 282 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 | 74 | 25.60% | 20.98% | +4.62 |
| Brakes | 64 | 22.10% | 20.89% | +1.21 |
| Tyres | 40 | 13.80% | 19.76% | −5.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 38 | 13.10% | 12.21% | +0.89 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Steering | 17 | 5.90% | 2.57% | +3.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 4.80% | 5.52% | −0.72 |
| Visibility | 7 | 2.40% | 4.97% | −2.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 2.10% | 4.18% | −2.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.4% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.3% | £5–20 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of… Steering | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.7% | £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 | 13.8% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.8% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–120 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 10 | 90.0% | 24,575 mi |
| 30-60k | 59 | 81.4% | 48,373 mi |
| 60-90k | 81 | 79.0% | 73,922 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 70.6% | 104,482 mi |
| 120k+ | 14 | 71.4% | 142,999 mi |
Source: 181 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.
2014 Punto MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Abarth Punto?
79.0% of the 181 2014 Abarth Punto tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 74.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Abarth Punto?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (4.42%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.31%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.31%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.0% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Abarth Punto in this dataset had covered 67,042 mi.
Does the season affect the 2014 Abarth Punto MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.