Pass rate
80.8%
Around average — 7.1 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,224 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£90
2018 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate
- 2018
- Van
- typical 57,605 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
25.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.9 pts down across model years — 7.8% in 2003, 5.9% 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
- 76.7%
- Typical mileage
- 58k mi
The 2018 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate is 80.8% of its MOT tests — 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.3× the national share
Tyres make up 25.3% of everything recorded on the 2018 Fiat Doblo, against 19.8% nationally — 5.5 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 80.8% — 7.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% 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 2018 Fiat Doblo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.7%. The median 2018 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 57,605 mi.
83% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 79.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.9% of the time, April–September 80.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 6.05% of tests.
- 7,224 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.8% overall pass rate, 76.7% 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
- 7,224
- Typical mileage (median)
- 57,605 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
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Doblo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (83% 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 | 1,369 | 82.1% |
| North West | 995 | 81.5% |
| Scotland | 939 | 77.5% |
| West Midlands | 620 | 85.5% |
| Yorkshire | 594 | 77.6% |
| South West | 593 | 78.8% |
| East of England | 550 | 82.2% |
| Wales | 475 | 80.6% |
| East Midlands | 473 | 80.8% |
| North East | 312 | 75.6% |
| London | 304 | 85.9% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 coil springs 6.0% 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 windscreen 5.2% 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 the lights 3.3% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 2018 Doblo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£90 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£90
- 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
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,224 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 2018 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 2018 vans with a similar record
- Nissan NV300 80.8%
- Peugeot Partner 80.4%
- Nissan E-NV200 81.6%
- Citroen Berlingo 79.7%
- Nissan NV200 78.9%
- Renault Trafic 78.8%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 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 8,322 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 2,149 | 25.30% | 19.76% | +5.54 |
| Suspension | 1,624 | 19.10% | 20.98% | −1.88 |
| Brakes | 1,314 | 15.50% | 20.89% | −5.39 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 971 | 11.40% | 12.21% | −0.81 |
| Visibility | 780 | 9.20% | 4.97% | +4.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 599 | 7.10% | 5.52% | +1.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 375 | 4.40% | 5.57% | −1.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 289 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 111 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
| Steering | 110 | 1.30% | 2.57% | −1.27 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.0% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.2% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.3% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £40–150 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £5–20 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £3–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.0% | £5–15 |
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 | 14.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 2.7% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,487 | 85.9% | 17,516 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,305 | 82.1% | 45,306 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,921 | 78.2% | 73,680 mi |
| 90-120k | 978 | 76.4% | 102,423 mi |
| 120k+ | 526 | 77.9% | 144,634 mi |
Source: 7,224 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.
2018 Doblo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Fiat Doblo?
80.8% of the 7,224 2018 Fiat Doblo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 76.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Fiat Doblo?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (6.05%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.18%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.9% of the time, falling to 77.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Fiat Doblo in this dataset had covered 57,605 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Fiat Doblo?
Diesel: 79.3% pass rate across 5,981 tests. Petrol: 87.9% pass rate across 1,240 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Fiat Doblo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.