Pass rate
60.3%
Below average — 13.0 pts behind the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 58 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £64–£177
2001 Fiat Bravo MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 71,389 mi
Only 58 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.
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Most common fault
Suspension
25.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 73.2% pass
- Avoid 2001 60.3% pass · this year
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 12.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 45.2%
- Typical mileage
- 71k mi
The 2001 Fiat Bravo MOT pass rate is 60.3% of its MOT tests — 13.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.6× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 14.7% of everything recorded on the 2001 Fiat Bravo, against 5.6% nationally — 9.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.2%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.3%; this one manages 60.3% — 13.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- 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 2001 Fiat Bravo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 13.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 45.2%. The median 2001 Fiat Bravo in this dataset had covered 71,389 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded", noted on 8.62% of tests.
- 58 recorded tests behind this page.
- 60.3% overall pass rate, 45.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Bravo, the average is 68.6% — best year 2013 (73.2%), worst 2001 (60.3%).
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
- 58
- Typical mileage (median)
- 71,389 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Bravo
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pipe
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Bravo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 0% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Fiat Bravo is most common
Across all Bravo model years on record (2001–2014): 8,114 Fiat Bravo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 20,488 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 318 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 318 | 77.5% |
| 2 | Coventry (CV) | 223 | 72.1% |
| 3 | Leicester (LE) | 189 | 75.1% |
| 4 | Northampton (NN) | 181 | 68.7% |
| 5 | Nottingham (NG) | 181 | 64.3% |
| 6 | Sheffield (S) | 181 | 68.0% |
| 7 | Peterborough (PE) | 173 | 68.2% |
| 8 | Manchester (M) | 170 | 70.4% |
| 9 | Norwich (NR) | 144 | 66.3% |
| 10 | Doncaster (DN) | 134 | 67.7% |
| 11 | Bristol (BS) | 123 | 59.5% |
| 12 | Cardiff (CF) | 122 | 64.6% |
| 13 | Swansea (SA) | 119 | 63.5% |
| 14 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 110 | 63.9% |
| 15 | Ipswich (IP) | 108 | 70.1% |
| 16 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 104 | 63.5% |
| 17 | Liverpool (L) | 104 | 71.7% |
| 18 | Derby (DE) | 103 | 69.4% |
| 19 | Reading (RG) | 102 | 71.9% |
| 20 | Leeds (LS) | 98 | 67.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Fiat Bravo cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Bravo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 15 | 60.0% |
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 2001 Bravo
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 2001 Bravo
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 brake pipes 8.6% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 6.9% of tests
“emissions not tested unable to be completed”
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.
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Check corrosion 6.9% of tests
“sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2001 Bravo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £64–£177 — and 19% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £64–£177
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: sub-frame corroded
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 19%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 58 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 Bravo, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2001 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 60.3% to 73.2% — a spread of 12.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 60.3%rigid brake pipes excessively…
- 2007 68.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 67.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2009 68.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 70.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 69.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 72.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 73.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 70.9% coil spring fractured or broken
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 2001 Fiat Bravo 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.8%
- Citroen Xsara 68.1%
- MINI Mini 68.2%
- Ford Fiesta 69.0%
- Vauxhall Corsa 69.1%
- Honda Accord 69.5%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Fiat Bravo 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 143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 36 | 25.20% | 20.98% | +4.22 |
| Brakes | 31 | 21.70% | 20.89% | +0.81 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 21 | 14.70% | 5.57% | +9.13 |
| Tyres | 17 | 11.90% | 19.76% | −7.86 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 13 | 9.10% | 12.21% | −3.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 7.70% | 5.52% | +2.18 |
| Visibility | 8 | 5.60% | 4.97% | +0.63 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 2.10% | 0.82% | +1.28 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.40% | 2.57% | −1.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 8.6% | £80–180 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 6.9% | £60–250 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 6.9% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.2% | £45–120 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.2% | £80–250 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 5.2% | £40–120 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 5.2% | £5–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 5.2% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £60–140 |
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 | 17.2% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.8% | £25–65 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.1% | £80–180 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–120 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–120 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 13 | 69.2% | 47,244 mi |
| 60-90k | 32 | 59.4% | 73,742 mi |
| 90-120k | 12 | 58.3% | 101,143 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 0.0% | 169,084 mi |
Source: 58 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.
2001 Bravo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Fiat Bravo?
60.3% of the 58 2001 Fiat Bravo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 45.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Fiat Bravo?
The three most recorded items are rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (8.62%), emissions not tested unable to be completed (6.90%), sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (6.90%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Fiat Bravo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 69.2% of the time, falling to 0.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Fiat Bravo in this dataset had covered 71,389 mi.