Pass rate
88.9%
Above average — 2.9 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 6,754 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£93
2017 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate
- 2017
- Van
- 3 trims combined
- typical 30,388 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
21.0% 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
- 87.8%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2017 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate is 88.9% of its MOT tests — 2.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.0% of everything recorded on the 2017 Fiat Ducato, against 12.2% nationally — 6.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 21.0%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
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 2017 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2017 Fiat Ducato compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 2.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.8%. The median 2017 Fiat Ducato in this dataset had covered 30,388 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.8% of the time, April–September 89.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.37% of tests.
- 6,754 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.9% overall pass rate, 87.8% 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
- 6,754
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,388 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Ducato MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
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 East | 1,226 | 90.7% |
| South West | 1,207 | 86.4% |
| Yorkshire | 850 | 90.6% |
| Scotland | 635 | 84.4% |
| North West | 633 | 88.6% |
| East of England | 524 | 87.8% |
| East Midlands | 507 | 90.9% |
| West Midlands | 496 | 91.7% |
| Wales | 329 | 90.3% |
| North East | 220 | 86.8% |
| London | 127 | 92.9% |
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 2017 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 2017 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 windscreen 2.4% 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 1.6% 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 wipers and washers 0.9% 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 2017 Ducato through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£93 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£93
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £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
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 6,754 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 2017 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 2017 vans with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 87.6%
- Peugeot Boxer 86.5%
- Renault Master 86.3%
- Ford Transit Connect 84.4%
- Volkswagen Crafter 84.2%
- Peugeot Expert 83.7%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 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 4,784 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 | 1,013 | 21.00% | 20.89% | +0.11 |
| Tyres | 951 | 19.70% | 19.76% | −0.06 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 920 | 19.00% | 12.21% | +6.79 |
| Suspension | 596 | 12.30% | 20.98% | −8.68 |
| Visibility | 438 | 9.10% | 4.97% | +4.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 296 | 6.10% | 5.52% | +0.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 183 | 3.80% | 5.57% | −1.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 136 | 2.80% | 4.18% | −1.38 |
| Steering | 129 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 122 | 2.50% | 0.82% | +1.68 |
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 | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.6% | £5–20 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.2% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.95% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.86% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.83% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.77% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.76% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.74% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.8% | £200–700 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.4% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3,328 | 92.3% | 18,243 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,472 | 87.8% | 41,708 mi |
| 60-90k | 458 | 84.1% | 73,279 mi |
| 90-120k | 337 | 81.0% | 104,821 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,143 | 84.6% | 192,541 mi |
Source: 6,754 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.
2017 Ducato MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Fiat Ducato?
88.9% of the 6,754 2017 Fiat Ducato tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 87.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Fiat Ducato?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.37%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (1.82%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.55%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 84.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Fiat Ducato in this dataset had covered 30,388 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.