Fiat 500X Red MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Fiat 500X Red MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Fiat 500X Red passed on its first attempt in 96.7%, and its overall record sits +15.8 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Fiat 500X Red in the 2023–2025 data: 252 tests across 2 model years (2021–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Fiat 500X Red MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Fiat 500X Red, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Fiat 500X Red's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Fiat 500X Red DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Fiat 500X Red, each with how many of the model's 252 tests it was noted on.

• "Side repeaters not working" (Major) — noted on about 4 Fiat 500X Red tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" (Major) — noted on about 4 Fiat 500X Red tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault" (Major) — noted on about 3 Fiat 500X Red tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim too high" (Rectified) — noted on about 1 Fiat 500X Red tests, 0.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim too high and too far to the right." (Rectified) — noted on about 1 Fiat 500X Red tests, 0.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Individual direction indicators not working" (Major) — noted on about 1 Fiat 500X Red tests, 0.4% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Fiat 500X Red Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Fiat 500X Red model year on record is 2021 (97.9% across 97 tests), and the weakest is 2022 (96.1%). The gap between them is 1.8 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Fiat 500X Red Owners

These checks follow this Fiat 500X Red's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Fiat 500X Red.

• the lights — “srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”

  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.

• the tyre tread — “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.

• tyre pressures and valves — “tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”

  Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Fiat 500X Red. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Fiat 500X Red MOT & Reliability