Pass rate
75.2%
Around average — 5.0 pts behind the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 22,434 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£80
2014 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate
- 2014
- Van
- 2 trims combined
- typical 85,652 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
25.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
4.8 pts down across model years — 6.2% in 2003, 1.4% in 2021.
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
- 68.2%
- Typical mileage
- 86k mi
The 2014 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate is 75.2% of its MOT tests — 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with brakes
Brakes are 12.2% of this car’s recorded faults, against 20.9% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a van of this age.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 80.2%; this one manages 75.2% — 5.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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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Every Fiat Doblo first registered in 2014 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2014 Fiat Doblo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.2%. The median 2014 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 85,652 mi.
97% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 75.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.9% of the time, April–September 75.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 6.74% of tests.
- 22,434 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.2% overall pass rate, 68.2% 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
- 22,434
- Typical mileage (median)
- 85,652 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Doblo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (97% 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 | 3,485 | 75.8% |
| East of England | 3,028 | 77.5% |
| Yorkshire | 2,648 | 75.5% |
| South West | 2,639 | 72.3% |
| Scotland | 2,156 | 71.5% |
| North West | 2,127 | 76.0% |
| East Midlands | 2,043 | 76.6% |
| West Midlands | 1,925 | 76.3% |
| Wales | 1,480 | 74.1% |
| North East | 708 | 75.4% |
| London | 193 | 83.9% |
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 2014 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 2014 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 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 coil springs 6.5% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the lights 3.1% 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.
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 2014 Doblo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£80 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£80
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 22,434 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 2014 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 2014 vans with a similar record
- Citroen Berlingo 74.4%
- Ford Transit 76.2%
- Peugeot Partner 76.2%
- Citroen Relay 76.2%
- Peugeot Expert 76.7%
- Ford Transit Courier 77.0%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 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 43,267 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 | 11,398 | 25.90% | 20.98% | +4.92 |
| Tyres | 7,792 | 17.70% | 19.76% | −2.06 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6,789 | 15.40% | 12.21% | +3.19 |
| Brakes | 5,380 | 12.20% | 20.89% | −8.69 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4,111 | 9.30% | 5.52% | +3.78 |
| Visibility | 3,001 | 6.80% | 4.97% | +1.83 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2,646 | 6.00% | 5.57% | +0.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 896 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 710 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Steering | 544 | 1.20% | 2.57% | −1.37 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.7% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.5% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–20 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.3% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £40–150 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.3% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.9% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.7% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.5% | £25–65 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 712 | 83.1% | 22,052 mi |
| 30-60k | 4,135 | 81.9% | 47,194 mi |
| 60-90k | 7,467 | 75.4% | 75,566 mi |
| 90-120k | 6,349 | 72.4% | 103,478 mi |
| 120k+ | 3,634 | 70.9% | 146,198 mi |
Source: 22,434 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.
2014 Doblo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Fiat Doblo?
75.2% of the 22,434 2014 Fiat Doblo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 68.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Fiat Doblo?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.74%), coil spring fractured or broken (6.47%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.13%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.1% of the time, falling to 70.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 85,652 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2014 Fiat Doblo?
Diesel: 75.1% pass rate across 21,862 tests. Petrol: 80.4% pass rate across 572 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2014 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.