Pass rate
69.0%
Below average — 4.1 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 558 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£126
2008 Fiat Fiorino MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 115,480 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
24.4% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
2.9 pts down across model years — 3.8% in 2010, 0.9% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 85.1% pass
- Avoid 2008 69.0% pass · this year
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 16.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.8%
- Typical mileage
- 115k mi
The 2008 Fiat Fiorino MOT pass rate is 69.0% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat Fiorino does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.9% of everything recorded on the 2008 Fiat Fiorino, against 12.2% nationally — 6.7 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 24.4%, but at 21.0% 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.1%; this one manages 69.0% — 4.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2008 Fiat Fiorino compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.8%. The median 2008 Fiat Fiorino in this dataset had covered 115,480 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 93% of tests, with a 69.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.6% of the time, April–September 70.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 11.11% of tests.
- 558 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.0% overall pass rate, 58.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Fiorino, the average is 75.6% — best year 2022 (85.1%), worst 2008 (69.0%).
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
- 558
- Typical mileage (median)
- 115,480 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Fiorino
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Fiorino MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (93% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Fiorino
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 79 | 62.0% |
| South East | 75 | 73.3% |
| East of England | 69 | 60.9% |
| Yorkshire | 66 | 75.8% |
| North West | 64 | 68.8% |
| Wales | 55 | 65.5% |
| West Midlands | 51 | 74.5% |
| Scotland | 45 | 68.9% |
| East Midlands | 23 | 73.9% |
| North East | 21 | 71.4% |
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 2008 Fiorino
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 2008 Fiorino
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 11.1% 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 9.1% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 coil springs 6.1% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2008 Fiorino through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£126 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£126
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 558 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 Fiorino, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2008 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.0% to 85.1% — a spread of 16.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 69.0%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 70.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 72.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 73.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 73.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 74.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 74.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 77.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 79.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 83.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 80.8% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2021 82.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 85.1% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2008 Fiat Fiorino 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Meriva 69.0%
- Vauxhall Tigra 69.0%
- Hyundai Coupe 69.0%
- Peugeot 308 68.9%
- Kia Carens 68.9%
- Peugeot 207 69.2%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Fiat Fiorino 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 1,852 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 460 | 24.40% | 20.98% | +3.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 356 | 18.90% | 12.21% | +6.69 |
| Tyres | 240 | 12.70% | 19.76% | −7.06 |
| Brakes | 180 | 9.60% | 20.89% | −11.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 180 | 9.60% | 5.52% | +4.08 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 166 | 8.80% | 5.57% | +3.23 |
| Visibility | 137 | 7.30% | 4.97% | +2.33 |
| Steering | 50 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 46 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 37 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
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 | 11.1% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.1% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.8% | £5–20 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.1% | £25–65 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.7% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.7% | £3–12 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.2% | £80–250 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 3.2% | £30–75 |
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 | 22.8% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 22.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.9% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.9% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 9.7% | £25–65 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 8.1% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 75.0% | 17,516 mi |
| 30-60k | 29 | 72.4% | 51,203 mi |
| 60-90k | 82 | 69.5% | 76,088 mi |
| 90-120k | 150 | 66.0% | 104,888 mi |
| 120k+ | 224 | 71.0% | 156,084 mi |
Source: 558 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.
2008 Fiorino MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Fiat Fiorino?
69.0% of the 558 2008 Fiat Fiorino tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 58.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Fiat Fiorino?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (11.11%), headlamp lens slightly defective (9.14%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.78%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Fiat Fiorino MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 71.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Fiat Fiorino in this dataset had covered 115,480 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Fiat Fiorino?
Diesel: 69.2% pass rate across 519 tests. Petrol: 66.7% pass rate across 39 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Fiat Fiorino MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.