Pass rate
72.9%
Below average — 0.2 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,305 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£89
2008 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate
- 2008
- Van
- typical 94,112 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
19.3% 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
Across the 22 years on record, a spread of 17.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 64.7%
- Typical mileage
- 94k mi
The 2008 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate is 72.9% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 1.9× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 10.7% of everything recorded on the 2008 Fiat Doblo, against 5.6% nationally — 5.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 19.3%, 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.
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 2008 Fiat Doblo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 0.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.7%. The median 2008 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 94,112 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 67% of tests, with a 71.7% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 72.9% of the time, April–September 72.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 7.27% of tests.
- 7,305 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.9% overall pass rate, 64.7% 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
- 7,305
- Typical mileage (median)
- 94,112 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 61% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (67% 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 | 1,097 | 75.8% |
| South West | 1,041 | 65.1% |
| North West | 877 | 72.6% |
| West Midlands | 753 | 76.9% |
| East of England | 728 | 75.5% |
| Yorkshire | 642 | 75.1% |
| Scotland | 595 | 70.3% |
| Wales | 590 | 68.0% |
| East Midlands | 474 | 74.7% |
| North East | 282 | 74.1% |
| London | 226 | 81.0% |
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 2008 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 2008 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 7.3% 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 6.7% 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 the exhaust and emissions 3.6% 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 2008 Doblo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£89 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£89
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,305 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 2008 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 2008 vans with a similar record
- Iveco Daily 72.9%
- Volkswagen Crafter 73.3%
- Volkswagen Transporter 73.4%
- Renault Master 73.4%
- Citroen Relay 71.5%
- Renault Kangoo 71.4%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 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 19,950 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 | 3,901 | 19.30% | 20.98% | −1.68 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3,303 | 16.40% | 12.21% | +4.19 |
| Brakes | 3,033 | 15.00% | 20.89% | −5.89 |
| Tyres | 2,999 | 14.90% | 19.76% | −4.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2,157 | 10.70% | 5.57% | +5.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,805 | 8.90% | 5.52% | +3.38 |
| Visibility | 1,260 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 654 | 3.20% | 4.18% | −0.98 |
| Steering | 556 | 2.80% | 2.57% | +0.23 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 282 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
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 | 7.3% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.7% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.6% | £5–25 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.6% | £45–120 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.1% | £80–250 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.8% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.2% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.2% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
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 | 20.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.2% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.5% | £200–700 |
| 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 | 9.5% | £45–120 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.0% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 179 | 86.6% | 23,133 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,234 | 77.7% | 47,792 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,962 | 73.9% | 75,659 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,807 | 71.5% | 104,355 mi |
| 120k+ | 2,086 | 69.1% | 152,183 mi |
Source: 7,305 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.
2008 Doblo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Fiat Doblo?
72.9% of the 7,305 2008 Fiat Doblo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 64.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Fiat Doblo?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.27%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.67%), headlamp lens slightly defective (4.64%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.6% of the time, falling to 69.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 94,112 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Fiat Doblo?
Diesel: 71.7% pass rate across 4,884 tests. Petrol: 75.2% pass rate across 2,421 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 72.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.