Pass rate
93.4%
Above average — 2.7 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 91 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £42–£117
2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 26,453 mi
Only 91 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
50.0% 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 2020 93.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 90.8% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.9%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb MOT pass rate is 93.4% of its MOT tests — 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 2.4× the national share
Brakes make up 50.0% of everything recorded on the 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb, against 20.9% nationally — 29.1 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 25% 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. 91 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 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.9%. The median 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb in this dataset had covered 26,453 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake discs significantly and obviously worn", noted on 1.10% of tests.
- 91 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.4% overall pass rate, 92.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb, the average is 92.4% — best year 2020 (93.4%), worst 2022 (90.8%).
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
- 91
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,453 mi
- Make and model
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Stelvio Sprint Tb MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Stelvio Sprint Tb
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 22 | 95.5% |
| East of England | 20 | 90.0% |
| Scotland | 17 | 100.0% |
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 2020 Stelvio Sprint Tb
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 Sprint Tb
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 brakes 1.1% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
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 exhaust and emissions 1.1% of tests
“emissions not tested unable to be completed”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 1.1% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps”
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 Sprint Tb through its MOT
Across the 8 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £42–£117 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 8 common items
- £42–£117
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 63%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 91 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 Sprint Tb, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.8% to 93.4% — a spread of 2.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 93.4%brake discs significantly and…
- 2021 92.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 90.8% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 Sprint Tb 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
- Toyota Corolla 93.4%
- Audi Q2 93.4%
- Honda E Advance 93.4%
- Hyundai I20 93.5%
- Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag 93.5%
- Kia Stonic 93.3%
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 Sprint Tb 8 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 56 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 | 28 | 50.00% | 20.89% | +29.11 |
| Tyres | 18 | 32.10% | 19.76% | +12.34 |
| Visibility | 3 | 5.40% | 4.97% | +0.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 3.60% | 5.52% | −1.92 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 3.60% | 4.18% | −0.58 |
| Suspension | 1 | 1.80% | 20.98% | −19.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 1.80% | 12.21% | −10.41 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–20 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the driver's view of the road Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £80–200 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £80–200 |
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 | 16.5% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.7% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 54 | 92.6% | 20,237 mi |
| 30-60k | 34 | 97.1% | 39,768 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 66.7% | 71,916 mi |
Source: 91 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 Sprint Tb MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb?
93.4% of the 91 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 92.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb?
The three most recorded items are brake discs significantly and obviously worn (1.10%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.10%), emissions not tested unable to be completed (1.10%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.6% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sprint Tb in this dataset had covered 26,453 mi.