Brake efficiency below requirements on the Fiat Ducato

Brake efficiency below requirements on the Fiat Ducato is recorded on 4,310 tests — 1.9% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 2.1× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.9% of tests record it — this model is 2.1× that share
The 283 models compared	56 of 283, highest first
The model's own record	225,102 tests · every year of the Ducato →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Fiat Ducato tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2000, 2.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2021, 0.5%. The share has fallen 1.7 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 2.8%; best 2021 at 0.5%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	126	5,843	2.2%
2001	128	6,942	1.8%
2002	172	8,046	2.1%
2003	326	11,837	2.8%
2004	386	14,517	2.7%
2005	356	16,728	2.1%
2006	339	16,073	2.1%
2007	469	18,356	2.6%
2008	385	17,349	2.2%
2009	232	12,179	1.9%
2010	208	11,447	1.8%
2011	149	10,757	1.4%
2012	132	8,611	1.5%
2013	95	7,523	1.3%
2014	103	7,943	1.3%
2015	137	9,129	1.5%
2016	166	8,999	1.8%
2017	123	6,754	1.8%
2018	82	6,000	1.4%
2019	84	6,542	1.3%
2020	71	5,866	1.2%
2021	23	4,647	0.5%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £45–£110 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Brake efficiency below requirements: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Fiat Ducato MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Fiat model →