Pass rate
81.7%
Around average — 9.3 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 109 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£72
2005 Fiat Barchetta MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 51,937 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
20.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2004 83.5% pass
- Avoid 2001 76.1% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 7.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.7%
- Typical mileage
- 52k mi
The 2005 Fiat Barchetta MOT pass rate is 81.7% of its MOT tests — 9.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat Barchetta does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.0% of everything recorded on the 2005 Fiat Barchetta, against 12.2% nationally — 7.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 20.6%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 72.4% and this one manages 81.7% — 9.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 58% 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 2005 Fiat Barchetta compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 9.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.7%. The median 2005 Fiat Barchetta in this dataset had covered 51,937 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 5.50% of tests.
- 109 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.7% overall pass rate, 78.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Barchetta, the average is 79.7% — best year 2004 (83.5%), worst 2001 (76.1%).
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
- 109
- Typical mileage (median)
- 51,937 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Barchetta
- 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 Barchetta MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Barchetta
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 50 | 74.0% |
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 2005 Barchetta
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 2005 Barchetta
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 5.5% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 exhaust and emissions 1.8% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
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.
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 2005 Barchetta through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£72 — and 58% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£72
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 58%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 109 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 Barchetta, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2000 to 2005. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.1% to 83.5% — a spread of 7.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 77.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 76.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 82.1% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2004 83.5% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2005 81.7%headlamp lens slightly defective
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 2005 Fiat Barchetta 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- BMW 535 81.8%
- Porsche Cayenne 81.9%
- Jaguar XK8 82.0%
- Subaru Impreza 80.8%
- Toyota Alphard 80.4%
- Lexus IS250 80.2%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Fiat Barchetta 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 173 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 | 36 | 20.60% | 20.89% | −0.29 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 35 | 20.00% | 12.21% | +7.79 |
| Tyres | 24 | 13.70% | 19.76% | −6.06 |
| Suspension | 22 | 12.60% | 20.98% | −8.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 16 | 9.10% | 5.57% | +3.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 8.00% | 5.52% | +2.48 |
| Visibility | 8 | 4.60% | 4.97% | −0.37 |
| Steering | 8 | 4.60% | 2.57% | +2.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 5 | 2.90% | 0.82% | +2.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.5% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.7% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.7% | £3–12 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.7% | £3–12 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £30–80 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £3–15 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.1% | £45–110 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 9.2% | £3–12 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 9.2% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.4% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 10 | 90.0% | 23,263 mi |
| 30-60k | 60 | 85.0% | 43,896 mi |
| 60-90k | 33 | 72.7% | 73,715 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 80.0% | 102,151 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 120,373 mi |
Source: 109 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.
2005 Barchetta MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Fiat Barchetta?
81.7% of the 109 2005 Fiat Barchetta tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 78.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Fiat Barchetta?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (5.50%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.67%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.67%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Fiat Barchetta MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Fiat Barchetta in this dataset had covered 51,937 mi.