Pass rate
92.8%
Above average — 1.6 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 538 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£82
2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 28,598 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
47.0% 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 2021 92.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 92.3% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 0.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.3%
- Typical mileage
- 29k mi
The 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb MOT pass rate is 92.8% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 47.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 2.2× the national share
Brakes make up 47.0% of everything recorded on the 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb, against 20.9% nationally — 26.1 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 19% 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 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.3%. The median 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb in this dataset had covered 28,598 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.8% of the time, April–September 90.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 2.04% of tests.
- 538 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.8% overall pass rate, 92.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb, the average is 92.6% — best year 2021 (92.8%), worst 2020 (92.3%).
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
- 538
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,598 mi
- Make and model
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Stelvio Veloce Tb MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 82% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Stelvio Veloce Tb
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 122 | 93.4% |
| East of England | 74 | 93.2% |
| North West | 69 | 94.2% |
| West Midlands | 54 | 94.4% |
| Yorkshire | 50 | 90.0% |
| South West | 47 | 91.5% |
| East Midlands | 44 | 90.9% |
| Scotland | 26 | 80.8% |
| North East | 24 | 100.0% |
| London | 16 | 93.8% |
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 2021 Stelvio Veloce 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 2021 Stelvio Veloce 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 1.9% 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 1.3% 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.
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Check the windscreen 1.1% 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.
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 2021 Stelvio Veloce Tb through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£82 — and 19% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£82
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 19%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 538 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 Veloce Tb, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.3% to 92.8% — a spread of 0.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 92.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 92.8%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 92.6% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- MG Hs 92.8%
- Audi E-Tron Technik 92.8%
- Volvo XC40 Rdesign Pro 92.8%
- Nissan Qashqai 92.7%
- BMW 118 92.7%
- MINI Countryman 92.7%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 381 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 | 179 | 47.00% | 20.89% | +26.11 |
| Tyres | 134 | 35.20% | 19.76% | +15.44 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 6.00% | 12.21% | −6.21 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 4.70% | 4.18% | +0.52 |
| Visibility | 9 | 2.40% | 4.97% | −2.57 |
| Suspension | 8 | 2.10% | 20.98% | −18.88 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8 | 2.10% | 5.52% | −3.42 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.30% | 2.57% | −2.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.30% | 1.76% | −1.46 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | 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 | 1.3% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.93% | £30–80 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.74% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.56% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.56% | £5–20 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.37% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.37% | £30–80 |
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 | 14.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.9% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.2% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 292 | 94.5% | 20,893 mi |
| 30-60k | 238 | 90.3% | 39,918 mi |
| 60-90k | 8 | 100.0% | 67,428 mi |
Source: 538 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.
2021 Stelvio Veloce Tb MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb?
92.8% of the 538 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 92.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.04%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.86%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb in this dataset had covered 28,598 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Tb MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.