Pass rate
92.0%
Above average — 1.3 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 986 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£77
2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 30,640 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
45.4% 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 2022 97.6% pass
- Avoid 2017 88.8% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 8.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.4%
- Typical mileage
- 31k mi
The 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio MOT pass rate is 92.0% of its MOT tests — 1.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Alfa Romeo Stelvio does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 2.2× the national share
Brakes make up 45.4% of everything recorded on the 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio, against 20.9% nationally — 24.5 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 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 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.4%. The median 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio in this dataset had covered 30,640 mi.
73% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 92.4% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.8% of the time, April–September 91.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 1.62% of tests.
- 986 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.0% overall pass rate, 91.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, the average is 90.3% — best year 2022 (97.6%), worst 2017 (88.8%).
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
- 986
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,640 mi
- Make and model
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio
- 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 Stelvio MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (73% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Stelvio
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 241 | 90.9% |
| East of England | 122 | 95.9% |
| West Midlands | 106 | 91.5% |
| North West | 87 | 89.7% |
| Scotland | 86 | 93.0% |
| East Midlands | 85 | 92.9% |
| Yorkshire | 81 | 90.1% |
| South West | 60 | 93.3% |
| London | 46 | 89.1% |
| North East | 45 | 93.3% |
| Wales | 27 | 92.6% |
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 2020 Stelvio
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 2020 Stelvio
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 1.6% 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 brakes 1.3% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 1.1% 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.
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 2020 Stelvio through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£77 — and 34% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£77
- 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
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 34%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 986 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 Stelvio, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2017 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.8% to 97.6% — a spread of 8.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 88.8% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2018 89.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 92.0%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 96.0% tyre pressure monitoring system…
- 2022 97.6% headlamp aim too high
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 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Juke 92.0%
- Hyundai Ioniq 92.0%
- Kia Rio 92.0%
- Porsche Taycan 92.0%
- Audi Q7 92.0%
- SEAT Ateca Fr 92.0%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 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 693 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 | 315 | 45.40% | 20.89% | +24.51 |
| Tyres | 221 | 31.80% | 19.76% | +12.04 |
| Non-component advisories | 46 | 6.60% | 4.18% | +2.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 35 | 5.00% | 12.21% | −7.21 |
| Visibility | 26 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Suspension | 21 | 3.00% | 20.98% | −17.98 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 13 | 1.90% | 5.52% | −3.62 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
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 | 1.6% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.91% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.61% | £5–20 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 0.51% | £18–45 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 0.51% | £5–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.41% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.41% | £30–80 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.41% | £3–15 |
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 pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 14.0% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 475 | 92.4% | 21,051 mi |
| 30-60k | 466 | 91.2% | 41,637 mi |
| 60-90k | 41 | 95.1% | 69,905 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 100.0% | 101,897 mi |
Source: 986 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.
2020 Stelvio MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio?
92.0% of the 986 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 91.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.62%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.32%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.12%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio in this dataset had covered 30,640 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio?
Petrol: 92.4% pass rate across 724 tests. Diesel: 90.8% pass rate across 262 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.