Pass rate
97.9%
Above average — 6.7 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 97 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£59
2021 Fiat 500X Red MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 20,812 mi
Only 97 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
Tyres
51.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 97.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 96.1% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.9%
- Typical mileage
- 21k mi
The 2021 Fiat 500X Red MOT pass rate is 97.9% of its MOT tests — 6.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 51.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat 500X Red does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.6× the national share
Tyres make up 51.8% of everything recorded on the 2021 Fiat 500x Red, against 19.8% nationally — 32.0 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.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 91.2% and this one manages 97.9% — 6.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 62% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 Fiat 500X Red compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 6.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.9%. The median 2021 Fiat 500X Red in this dataset had covered 20,812 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Side repeaters not working", noted on 2.06% of tests.
- 97 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.9% overall pass rate, 97.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat 500X Red, the average is 96.8% — best year 2021 (97.9%), worst 2022 (96.1%).
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
- 97
- Typical mileage (median)
- 20,812 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat 500X Red
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 500X Red MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 89% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 500X Red
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 23 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 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 500X Red
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 500X Red
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 lights 1.0% of tests
“headlamp aim too low and too far to the left.”
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 wipers and washers 1.0% of tests
“washers jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen”
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.
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Check the windscreen 1.0% 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 500X Red through its MOT
Across the 7 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£59 — and 62% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 7 common items
- £22–£59
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters lens defective
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 71%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 62%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 97 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 500X Red, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 96.1% to 97.9% — a spread of 1.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 97.9%side repeaters not working
- 2022 96.1% 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 Fiat 500X Red 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
- Lexus Rx 96.9%
- Lexus Ux 96.7%
- Suzuki Ignis 96.4%
- Toyota YARIS Cross 96.4%
- Lexus Nx 96.3%
- Levc Tx 96.3%
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 Fiat 500X Red 7 failure items · 6 advisories · 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 29 | 51.80% | 19.76% | +32.04 |
| Brakes | 10 | 17.90% | 20.89% | −2.99 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 14.30% | 4.18% | +10.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 7.10% | 12.21% | −5.11 |
| Visibility | 3 | 5.40% | 4.97% | +0.43 |
| Suspension | 2 | 3.60% | 20.98% | −17.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.1% | £5–25 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low and too far to the left. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.0% | £30–80 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.0% | £3–15 |
| Washers jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen Visibility | Major | 1.0% | £5–15 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.0% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.0% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.1% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 78 | 97.4% | 17,553 mi |
| 30-60k | 17 | 100.0% | 34,848 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 78,286 mi |
Source: 97 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 500X Red MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Fiat 500X Red?
97.9% of the 97 2021 Fiat 500X Red tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 97.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Fiat 500X Red?
The three most recorded items are side repeaters not working (2.06%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.03%), headlamp aim too low and too far to the left. (1.03%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Fiat 500X Red MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Fiat 500X Red in this dataset had covered 20,812 mi.