Pass rate
66.3%
Below average — 7.0 pts behind the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 178 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £61–£162
2001 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate
- 2001
- Van
- typical 103,059 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
18.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 84.2% pass
- Avoid 2001 66.3% pass · this year
Across the 22 years on record, a spread of 17.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 54.6%
- Typical mileage
- 103k mi
The 2001 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate is 66.3% of its MOT tests — 7.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.5× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.9% of everything recorded on the 2001 Fiat Doblo, against 5.6% nationally — 8.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 18.2%, 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, vans this age and mileage expect about 73.3%; this one manages 66.3% — 7.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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 Doblo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 7.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 54.6%. The median 2001 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 103,059 mi.
88% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 65.4% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 62.6% of the time, April–September 70.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 11.24% of tests.
- 178 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.3% overall pass rate, 54.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Doblo, the average is 76.2% — best year 2022 (84.2%), worst 2001 (66.3%).
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
- 178
- Typical mileage (median)
- 103,059 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Doblo
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Doblo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 55% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (88% of tests).
Where the Fiat Doblo is most common
Across all Doblo model years on record (2001–2022): 67,336 Fiat Doblo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 164,516 tests. Sheffield (S) has the most, with 1,807 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 | Sheffield (S) | 1,807 | 80.2% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 1,676 | 81.8% |
| 3 | Cardiff (CF) | 1,455 | 76.3% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 1,432 | 76.2% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 1,385 | 78.2% |
| 6 | Swansea (SA) | 1,358 | 73.9% |
| 7 | Leicester (LE) | 1,246 | 80.8% |
| 8 | Glasgow (G) | 1,138 | 76.6% |
| 9 | Doncaster (DN) | 1,113 | 77.1% |
| 10 | Manchester (M) | 1,098 | 78.7% |
| 11 | Derby (DE) | 1,068 | 78.1% |
| 12 | Bristol (BS) | 1,043 | 72.5% |
| 13 | Norwich (NR) | 1,036 | 74.0% |
| 14 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 1,027 | 74.9% |
| 15 | Chelmsford (CM) | 999 | 81.7% |
| 16 | Portsmouth (PO) | 970 | 73.5% |
| 17 | Reading (RG) | 945 | 80.4% |
| 18 | Coventry (CV) | 933 | 80.3% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 929 | 75.8% |
| 20 | Edinburgh (EH) | 910 | 73.3% |
The twenty areas with the most Fiat Doblo 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 Doblo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 53 | 64.2% |
| East of England | 22 | 72.7% |
| North West | 21 | 57.1% |
| East Midlands | 20 | 65.0% |
| South West | 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 Doblo
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 Doblo
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 11.2% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 windscreen 11.2% 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.
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Check corrosion 7.3% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
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 Doblo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £61–£162 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £61–£162
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 178 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 Doblo, side by side
22 model years on record, from 2001 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.3% to 84.2% — a spread of 17.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 66.3%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 67.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 66.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 67.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 68.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 71.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 72.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 74.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 73.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 72.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 72.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 80.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 75.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 76.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 77.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 77.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 80.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 81.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 82.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 81.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 84.2% windscreen damaged but not…
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 Doblo 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 vans with a similar record
- Renault Master 65.7%
- Renault Kangoo 66.9%
- Peugeot Partner 69.3%
- Volkswagen Transporter 69.5%
- Citroen Berlingo 70.9%
- Ford Transit 72.0%
Closest pass rates among 2001 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2001 Fiat Doblo 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 575 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 | 106 | 18.20% | 20.98% | −2.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 81 | 13.90% | 12.21% | +1.69 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 81 | 13.90% | 5.57% | +8.33 |
| Brakes | 80 | 13.70% | 20.89% | −7.19 |
| Tyres | 72 | 12.40% | 19.76% | −7.36 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 49 | 8.40% | 5.52% | +2.88 |
| Visibility | 42 | 7.20% | 4.97% | +2.23 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 29 | 5.00% | 1.76% | +3.24 |
| Steering | 25 | 4.30% | 2.57% | +1.73 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 10 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 11.2% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 11.2% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.4% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 7.3% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.9% | £45–120 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £30–80 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 3.4% | £5–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
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 | 18.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.3% | £200–700 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 16.3% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 10.7% | £45–120 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 4 | 75.0% | 46,592 mi |
| 60-90k | 69 | 63.8% | 78,043 mi |
| 90-120k | 44 | 72.7% | 104,011 mi |
| 120k+ | 60 | 65.0% | 152,852 mi |
Source: 178 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 Doblo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Fiat Doblo?
66.3% of the 178 2001 Fiat Doblo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 54.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Fiat Doblo?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (11.24%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (11.24%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.43%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 65.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 103,059 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2001 Fiat Doblo?
Diesel: 65.4% pass rate across 156 tests. Petrol: 72.7% pass rate across 22 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2001 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 62.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.