2022 Fiat 500 Pop MOT pass rate

2022
typical 16,980 mi

Pass rate

92.3%

Above average — 0.3 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.

Across 379 recorded tests.

Typical repair bill £32–£73

Most common fault

Tyres

59.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally

mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.

Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →

Every failure, with what it costs →

Which year to buy

Best 2022 92.3% pass · this year
Avoid 2021 89.5% pass

Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.8 points. See every year →

First-attempt pass: 91.7%
Typical mileage: 17k mi

The 2022 Fiat 500 Pop MOT pass rate is 92.3% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 59.5% of what testers record.

Check your postcode

MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat 500 Pop does in your corner of the country.

How one model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Expert verdict

Tyres: 3.0× the national share

Tyres make up 59.5% of everything recorded on the 2022 Fiat 500 Pop, against 19.8% nationally — 39.7 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.

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.
Based on a small sample. 379 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

How does the 2022 Fiat 500 Pop compare?

Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.7%. The median 2022 Fiat 500 Pop in this dataset had covered 16,980 mi.

Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.4% of the time, April–September 94.5%.

The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 1.85% of tests.

379 recorded tests behind this page.
92.3% overall pass rate, 91.7% on a first attempt.
Across every year of the Fiat 500 Pop, the average is 90.0% — best year 2022 (92.3%), worst 2021 (89.5%).

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: 379
Typical mileage (median): 16,980 mi
Make and model: Fiat 500 Pop
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 500 Pop MOT pass rate?

0-30k 93.5%

30-60k 88.1%

60-90k 100.0%

Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 80% so small gaps stay visible.

Regional pass rates for the 500 Pop

Region	Tests	Pass rate
South East	56	89.3%
North West	52	96.2%
Yorkshire	47	91.5%
East of England	40	95.0%
Wales	39	87.2%
East Midlands	39	92.3%
West Midlands	34	97.1%
South West	33	87.9%
North East	19	94.7%

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 2022 500 Pop

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.

Tyres 59.5%

+39.7 pts vs national national 19.8% Compare tyre prices

Lamps & electrics 12.7%

in line with the national share national 12.2% Order bulbs & wipers

Brakes 11.4%

−9.5 pts vs national national 20.9% Price brakes parts

Visibility 6.3%

+1.3 pts vs national national 5.0% Order bulbs & wipers

Show the other 4 fault categories

Advisories 3.8%
Road wheels 3.2%
Suspension 1.9%
Emissions & leaks 1.3%

Shares are of every item recorded on 2022 Fiat 500 Pop tests — a composition, so they add to 100% across all sections, not per test.

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 2022 500 Pop

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.

Check the tyre tread 1.3% of tests

“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”

Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
Check the wipers and washers 1.1% of tests

“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”

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.

What testers look for →
Check the lights 0.8% of tests

“headlamp aim too low”

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.

What testers look for →

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 2022 500 Pop through its MOT

Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£73 — and 34% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.

Average repair across the 10 common items: £32–£73
Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid: £5–£15
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 379 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 500 Pop, side by side

3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.5% to 92.3% — a spread of 2.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.

2020 89.8% has ply or cords exposed
2021 89.5% has ply or cords exposed
2022 92.3%
has ply or cords exposed

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 2022 Fiat 500 Pop 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.

Compare 2022 with another year →

Compare two different cars instead →

Other 2022 cars with a similar record

Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Fiat 500 Pop 10 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 158 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
Tyres	94	59.50%	19.76%	+39.74
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	20	12.70%	12.21%	+0.49
Brakes	18	11.40%	20.89%	−9.49
Visibility	10	6.30%	4.97%	+1.33
Non-component advisories	6	3.80%	4.18%	−0.38
Road Wheels	5	3.20%	0.75%	+2.45
Suspension	3	1.90%	20.98%	−19.08
Noise, emissions and leaks	2	1.30%	5.52%	−4.22

The exact failure items, in the tester's words

Share of the 379 tests on this vehicle that recorded each item
Recorded item	Severity	Tests	Est. cost	Part
Has ply or cords exposed Tyres	Major	1.9%	£45–95	Tyres →
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres	Major	1.3%	£45–95	Tyres →
Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres	Major	1.1%	£45–95	Tyres →
Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility	Rectified	1.1%	£5–15	Windscreen Washer →
Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	Major	0.79%	£30–80	Headlight Alignment →
Headlamp insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	Major	0.79%	£5–25	Headlight Bulb →
Reversing lamps inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	Major	0.79%	£3–15	Bulb →
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes	Major	0.53%	£3–15	Bulb →
Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres	Major	0.53%	£45–95	Tyres →
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility	Minor	0.53%	£80–200	Windscreen →

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.

Items recorded as advisory on this vehicle
Recorded item	Severity	Tests	Est. cost
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres	Advisory	13.5%	£45–95
Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres	Advisory	2.1%	£45–95
Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres	Advisory	1.9%	£45–95
Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes	Advisory	1.3%	£45–110
Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres	Advisory	1.3%	£45–95
Badly distorted Road Wheels	Advisory	1.1%	£20–55

Pass rate by mileage

Mileage	Tests	Pass rate	Median odometer
0-30k	293	93.5%	14,606 mi
30-60k	84	88.1%	39,653 mi
60-90k	2	100.0%	74,881 mi

Source: 379 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.

2022 500 Pop MOT questions

What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Fiat 500 Pop?

92.3% of the 379 2022 Fiat 500 Pop tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 91.7%.

What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Fiat 500 Pop?

The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (1.85%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.32%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.06%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.

Does mileage affect the 2022 Fiat 500 Pop MOT pass rate?

Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Fiat 500 Pop in this dataset had covered 16,980 mi.

Does the season affect the 2022 Fiat 500 Pop MOT pass rate?

Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 94.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.