Pass rate
79.1%
Around average — 6.9 pts behind the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,682 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£52
2017 Alfa Romeo Mito MOT pass rate
- 2017
- 2 trims combined
- typical 43,986 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.1% 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 →
1.9 pts up across model years — 3.3% in 2009, 5.2% in 2018.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 82.0% pass
- Avoid 2008 67.2% pass
Across the 12 years on record, a spread of 14.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.2%
- Typical mileage
- 44k mi
The 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito MOT pass rate is 79.1% of its MOT tests — 6.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Alfa Romeo Mito does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 28.1% of everything recorded on the 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito, against 20.9% nationally — 7.2 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 86.0%; this one manages 79.1% — 6.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- 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.
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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Every Alfa Romeo Mito first registered in 2017 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 6.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.2%. The median 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito in this dataset had covered 43,986 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 86% of tests, with a 78.9% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.5% of the time, April–September 79.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 8.17% of tests.
- 2,682 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.1% overall pass rate, 74.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Alfa Romeo Mito, the average is 74.4% — best year 2019 (82.0%), worst 2008 (67.2%).
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
- 2,682
- Typical mileage (median)
- 43,986 mi
- Make and model
- Alfa Romeo Mito
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Mito MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (86% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Mito
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 541 | 82.8% |
| East of England | 337 | 79.8% |
| Yorkshire | 325 | 79.1% |
| North West | 313 | 75.1% |
| West Midlands | 290 | 80.7% |
| East Midlands | 207 | 78.7% |
| South West | 201 | 75.1% |
| Scotland | 173 | 75.7% |
| North East | 106 | 78.3% |
| Wales | 105 | 79.0% |
| London | 84 | 81.0% |
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 2017 Mito
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 2017 Mito
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 coil springs 8.2% 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 suspension joints 5.6% 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 wipers and washers 2.5% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the 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 2017 Mito through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£52 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£52
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,682 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 Mito, side by side
12 model years on record, from 2008 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.2% to 82.0% — a spread of 14.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 67.2% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 71.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 73.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 73.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 75.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 75.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 74.6% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2015 75.6% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2016 79.2% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2017 79.1%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 81.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 82.0% coil spring fractured or broken
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 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Navara 79.1%
- Peugeot 5008 79.1%
- Renault Grand Scenic 79.0%
- Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 78.9%
- SEAT Arona 79.3%
- Fiat 500L 79.4%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito 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 3,748 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 | 1,062 | 28.10% | 20.89% | +7.21 |
| Tyres | 982 | 26.00% | 19.76% | +6.24 |
| Suspension | 585 | 15.50% | 20.98% | −5.48 |
| Steering | 249 | 6.60% | 2.57% | +4.03 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 212 | 5.60% | 12.21% | −6.61 |
| Visibility | 201 | 5.30% | 4.97% | +0.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 146 | 3.90% | 5.52% | −1.62 |
| Non-component advisories | 146 | 3.90% | 4.18% | −0.28 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 115 | 3.00% | 5.57% | −2.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 50 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 8.2% | £25–65 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 5.6% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.5% | £8–22 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of… Steering | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.89% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.86% | £45–95 |
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 | 15.8% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.7% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 4.4% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 570 | 85.1% | 21,137 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,525 | 77.7% | 44,026 mi |
| 60-90k | 510 | 76.1% | 70,923 mi |
| 90-120k | 59 | 83.1% | 98,461 mi |
| 120k+ | 18 | 83.3% | 137,613 mi |
Source: 2,682 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.
2017 Mito MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito?
79.1% of the 2,682 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 74.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (8.17%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (5.63%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.54%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.1% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito in this dataset had covered 43,986 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito?
Petrol: 78.9% pass rate across 2,309 tests. Diesel: 80.4% pass rate across 373 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 Alfa Romeo Mito MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.