Pass rate
62.5%
Below average — 10.1 pts behind the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 200 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £53–£136
2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo MOT pass rate
- 2003
- Van
- typical 120,815 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
20.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 89.5% pass
- Avoid 2003 62.5% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 27 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 47.2%
- Typical mileage
- 121k mi
The 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo MOT pass rate is 62.5% of its MOT tests — 10.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 10.8% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% 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 72.6%; this one manages 62.5% — 10.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 10.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 47.2%. The median 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo in this dataset had covered 120,815 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 57.8% of the time, April–September 67.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 15.00% of tests.
- 200 recorded tests behind this page.
- 62.5% overall pass rate, 47.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Doblo Cargo, the average is 71.0% — best year 2013 (89.5%), worst 2003 (62.5%).
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
- 200
- Typical mileage (median)
- 120,815 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Doblo Cargo
- 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 Cargo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Fiat Doblo Cargo is most common
Across all Doblo Cargo model years on record (2003–2013): 3,597 Fiat Doblo Cargo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 9,451 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 106 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) | 106 | 79.5% |
| 2 | Swansea (SA) | 99 | 67.2% |
| 3 | Nottingham (NG) | 97 | 68.4% |
| 4 | Peterborough (PE) | 92 | 69.0% |
| 5 | Sheffield (S) | 86 | 81.0% |
| 6 | Cardiff (CF) | 84 | 66.7% |
| 7 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 83 | 71.6% |
| 8 | Truro (TR) | 68 | 66.8% |
| 9 | Ashford (TN) | 66 | 69.9% |
| 10 | Derby (DE) | 66 | 73.0% |
| 11 | Plymouth (PL) | 63 | 67.4% |
| 12 | Doncaster (DN) | 63 | 71.7% |
| 13 | Portsmouth (PO) | 61 | 69.1% |
| 14 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 61 | 75.4% |
| 15 | Newport (NP) | 59 | 68.3% |
| 16 | Coventry (CV) | 59 | 78.4% |
| 17 | Leicester (LE) | 55 | 78.2% |
| 18 | Exeter (EX) | 54 | 64.0% |
| 19 | Norwich (NR) | 53 | 68.6% |
| 20 | Manchester (M) | 52 | 74.0% |
The twenty areas with the most Fiat Doblo Cargo 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 Cargo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 38 | 65.8% |
| South East | 33 | 72.7% |
| South West | 30 | 60.0% |
| Wales | 19 | 73.7% |
| North West | 18 | 50.0% |
| East Midlands | 18 | 55.6% |
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 2003 Doblo Cargo
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 2003 Doblo Cargo
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 15.0% 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 9.5% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 corrosion 8.0% 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 2003 Doblo Cargo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £53–£136 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £53–£136
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly damaged
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 200 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 Cargo, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2003 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 62.5% to 89.5% — a spread of 27 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 62.5%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 67.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 65.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2006 70.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 68.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 71.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 71.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 69.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 72.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 89.5% 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 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo 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 2003 vans with a similar record
- Nissan Primastar 65.5%
- Vauxhall Vivaro 66.5%
- Ford Transit Connect 67.1%
- Renault Trafic 67.2%
- Renault Kangoo 67.7%
- Citroen Dispatch 67.9%
Closest pass rates among 2003 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 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo 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 855 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 175 | 20.30% | 20.89% | −0.59 |
| Suspension | 172 | 19.90% | 20.98% | −1.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 137 | 15.90% | 12.21% | +3.69 |
| Tyres | 93 | 10.80% | 19.76% | −8.96 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 83 | 9.60% | 5.57% | +4.03 |
| Visibility | 64 | 7.40% | 4.97% | +2.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 61 | 7.10% | 5.52% | +1.58 |
| Steering | 27 | 3.10% | 2.57% | +0.53 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 24 | 2.80% | 1.76% | +1.04 |
| Non-component advisories | 19 | 2.20% | 4.18% | −1.98 |
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 | 15.0% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 9.5% | £30–80 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 8.0% | £180–450 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 7.0% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.0% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.5% | £5–20 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.0% | £45–120 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £3–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 24.5% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 24.0% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 17.0% | £45–120 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 16.0% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.0% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 10.0% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 16 | 62.5% | 44,857 mi |
| 60-90k | 29 | 65.5% | 77,139 mi |
| 90-120k | 54 | 63.0% | 105,246 mi |
| 120k+ | 101 | 61.4% | 160,743 mi |
Source: 200 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.
2003 Doblo Cargo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo?
62.5% of the 200 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 47.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (15.00%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (9.50%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (8.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 62.5% of the time, falling to 61.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo in this dataset had covered 120,815 mi.
Does the season affect the 2003 Fiat Doblo Cargo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 57.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 67.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.