Pass rate
77.1%
Around average — 4.7 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 16,728 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £69–£180
2005 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate
- 2005
- Van
- 22 trims combined
- typical 49,282 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
23.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 98.9% pass
- Avoid 2001 72.7% pass
Across the 25 years on record, a spread of 26.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 72.1%
- Typical mileage
- 49k mi
The 2005 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate is 77.1% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.7× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 14.8% of everything recorded on the 2005 Fiat Ducato, against 5.6% nationally — 9.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 23.1%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these vans have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.4% and this one manages 77.1% — 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 Ducato first registered in 2005 is combined here — 22 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 Fiat Ducato compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 72.1%. The median 2005 Fiat Ducato in this dataset had covered 49,282 mi.
100% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 77.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.6% of the time, April–September 77.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 5.04% of tests.
- 16,728 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.1% overall pass rate, 72.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Ducato, the average is 82.8% — best year 2024 (98.9%), worst 2001 (72.7%).
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
- 16,728
- Typical mileage (median)
- 49,282 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Ducato
- 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 Ducato MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (100% of tests).
Where the Fiat Ducato is most common
Across all Ducato model years on record (2000–2024): 96,627 Fiat Ducato cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 225,102 tests. Bristol (BS) has the most, with 2,436 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 | Bristol (BS) | 2,436 | 76.4% |
| 2 | Nottingham (NG) | 2,291 | 85.2% |
| 3 | Portsmouth (PO) | 2,228 | 81.9% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 2,197 | 87.1% |
| 5 | Swansea (SA) | 1,953 | 82.0% |
| 6 | Poole (BH) | 1,867 | 81.5% |
| 7 | Peterborough (PE) | 1,818 | 85.1% |
| 8 | Exeter (EX) | 1,817 | 78.0% |
| 9 | Birmingham (B) | 1,812 | 88.1% |
| 10 | Derby (DE) | 1,732 | 86.9% |
| 11 | Gloucester (GL) | 1,675 | 80.2% |
| 12 | Southampton (SO) | 1,659 | 84.9% |
| 13 | Cardiff (CF) | 1,632 | 80.1% |
| 14 | Plymouth (PL) | 1,546 | 77.4% |
| 15 | Doncaster (DN) | 1,527 | 82.9% |
| 16 | Taunton (TA) | 1,487 | 82.0% |
| 17 | Brighton (BN) | 1,449 | 79.5% |
| 18 | Preston (PR) | 1,436 | 82.1% |
| 19 | Ipswich (IP) | 1,380 | 84.5% |
| 20 | Norwich (NR) | 1,357 | 82.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Fiat Ducato 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 Ducato
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 2,958 | 73.8% |
| South East | 2,420 | 78.1% |
| North West | 1,995 | 77.8% |
| West Midlands | 1,618 | 80.3% |
| Scotland | 1,590 | 71.6% |
| Yorkshire | 1,545 | 76.8% |
| East of England | 1,526 | 81.3% |
| Wales | 1,220 | 76.6% |
| East Midlands | 1,131 | 78.4% |
| North East | 644 | 78.4% |
| London | 81 | 96.3% |
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 2005 Ducato
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 2005 Ducato
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 5.0% 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 corrosion 4.0% 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.3% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2005 Ducato through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £69–£180 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £69–£180
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 16,728 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 Ducato, side by side
25 model years on record, from 2000 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.7% to 98.9% — a spread of 26.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 72.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 74.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 75.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 75.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 77.1%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 78.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 81.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 83.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 84.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 85.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 85.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 86.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 87.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 87.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 88.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 88.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 88.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 90.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 93.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 94.2% headlamp aim too high
- 2022 94.8% headlamp aim too high
- 2023 97.0% headlamp aim too high
- 2024 98.9% headlamp aim too high
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 2005 Fiat Ducato 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 2005 vans with a similar record
- Peugeot Boxer 76.1%
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 74.4%
- Renault Master 72.8%
- Volkswagen Caddy 72.2%
- Volkswagen Transporter 71.3%
- Ford Transit 70.2%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Fiat Ducato 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 31,265 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 | 7,291 | 23.10% | 20.89% | +2.21 |
| Suspension | 5,995 | 19.00% | 20.98% | −1.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5,987 | 19.00% | 12.21% | +6.79 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4,651 | 14.80% | 5.57% | +9.23 |
| Tyres | 2,377 | 7.50% | 19.76% | −12.26 |
| Visibility | 1,640 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Steering | 1,448 | 4.60% | 2.57% | +2.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,201 | 3.80% | 5.52% | −1.72 |
| Non-component advisories | 392 | 1.20% | 4.18% | −2.98 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 283 | 0.90% | 0.82% | +0.08 |
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 | 5.0% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £60–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £60–150 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.0% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.9% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £80–200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.1% | £80–180 |
| Pipes and hoses excessively corroded Steering | Advisory | 5.9% | £180–450 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 5.2% | £180–450 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 4.9% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,959 | 83.6% | 23,651 mi |
| 30-60k | 9,390 | 78.9% | 44,554 mi |
| 60-90k | 3,612 | 73.2% | 71,596 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,031 | 70.2% | 102,043 mi |
| 120k+ | 712 | 65.9% | 153,196 mi |
Source: 16,728 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.
2005 Ducato MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Fiat Ducato?
77.1% of the 16,728 2005 Fiat Ducato tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 72.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Fiat Ducato?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.04%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (3.99%), service brake performance excessively binding (2.49%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.6% of the time, falling to 65.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Fiat Ducato in this dataset had covered 49,282 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 Fiat Ducato?
Diesel: 77.1% pass rate across 16,717 tests. Petrol: 80.0% pass rate across 10 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.