Pass rate
96.0%
Above average — 4.8 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 50 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £15–£54
2021 Fiat Etrusco MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 4 trims combined
- typical 15,154 mi
Only 50 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Visibility
33.3% of faults · 5.0% nationally
mostly wipers, washers and chips in the driver’s view.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 96.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 96.0% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 95.9%
- Typical mileage
- 15k mi
The 2021 Fiat Etrusco MOT pass rate is 96.0% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Visibility is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 6.7× the national share
Visibility accounts for 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2021 Fiat Etrusco, against 5.0% nationally — 28.3 points above. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 91.2% and this one manages 96.0% — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 75% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 Etrusco first registered in 2021 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Fiat Etrusco compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.9%. The median 2021 Fiat Etrusco in this dataset had covered 15,154 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 4.00% of tests.
- 50 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.0% overall pass rate, 95.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Etrusco, the average is 96.0% — best year 2021 (96.0%), worst 2021 (96.0%).
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
- 50
- Typical mileage (median)
- 15,154 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Etrusco
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Etrusco MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 87% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2021 Etrusco
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 2021 Etrusco
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 wipers and washers 4.0% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 2.0% of tests
“emissions not tested unable to be completed”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 2.0% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2021 Etrusco through its MOT
Across the 7 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £15–£54 — and 75% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 7 common items
- £15–£54
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 71%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 75%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 50 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 →
Compare the 2021 Fiat Etrusco 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Suzuki Vitara 96.0%
- Honda Jazz 96.1%
- Honda Cr-V 95.9%
- Lexus Nx 96.3%
- Levc Tx 96.3%
- Suzuki Ignis 96.4%
Closest pass rates among 2021 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2021 Fiat Etrusco 7 failure items · 3 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 4 | 33.30% | 4.97% | +28.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 25.00% | 12.21% | +12.79 |
| Tyres | 2 | 16.70% | 19.76% | −3.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 16.70% | 5.52% | +11.18 |
| Brakes | 1 | 8.30% | 20.89% | −12.59 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £8–22 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £8–22 |
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 | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Advisory | 2.0% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 46 | 95.7% | 14,465 mi |
| 30-60k | 4 | 100.0% | 35,061 mi |
Source: 50 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.
2021 Etrusco MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Fiat Etrusco?
96.0% of the 50 2021 Fiat Etrusco tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 95.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Fiat Etrusco?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (4.00%), emissions not tested unable to be completed (2.00%), headlamp aim too high (2.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Fiat Etrusco MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Fiat Etrusco in this dataset had covered 15,154 mi.