Pass rate
71.6%
Below average — 7.0 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 109 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£105
2013 Fiat Freedom MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 33,740 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
35.4% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 71.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2013 71.6% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.8%
- Typical mileage
- 34k mi
The 2013 Fiat Freedom MOT pass rate is 71.6% of its MOT tests — 7.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.7× the national share
Suspension accounts for 35.4% of everything recorded on the 2013 Fiat Freedom, against 21.0% nationally — 14.4 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 78.6%; this one manages 71.6% — 7.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 7% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2013 Fiat Freedom compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 7.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.8%. The median 2013 Fiat Freedom in this dataset had covered 33,740 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 88% of tests, with a 71.9% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.4% of the time, April–September 66.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 11.93% of tests.
- 109 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.6% overall pass rate, 60.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Freedom, the average is 71.6% — best year 2013 (71.6%), worst 2013 (71.6%).
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
- 109
- Typical mileage (median)
- 33,740 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Freedom
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Freedom 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. Petrol is the most common here (88% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Freedom
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 18 | 66.7% |
| South East | 18 | 77.8% |
| North West | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2013 Freedom
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 2013 Freedom
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 coil springs 11.9% 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.
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Check the windscreen 5.5% 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 suspension joints 2.8% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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 2013 Freedom through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£105 — and 7% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£105
- Cheapest common item: headlamp lens slightly defective
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 7%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 109 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 2013 Fiat Freedom 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 71.6%
- Citroen DS4 71.5%
- Vauxhall Combo 71.8%
- Chevrolet Aveo 71.8%
- Renault Clio 71.3%
- Citroen DS3 71.3%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Fiat Freedom 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 158 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 | 56 | 35.40% | 20.98% | +14.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 15.20% | 12.21% | +2.99 |
| Tyres | 23 | 14.60% | 19.76% | −5.16 |
| Brakes | 20 | 12.70% | 20.89% | −8.19 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 5.70% | 5.57% | +0.13 |
| Visibility | 8 | 5.10% | 4.97% | +0.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 2.50% | 5.52% | −3.02 |
| Steering | 4 | 2.50% | 2.57% | −0.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 1.90% | 0.82% | +1.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 11.9% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.5% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £80–180 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £60–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £45–120 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £45–120 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 19.3% | £25–65 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Passenger seat(s) missing at time of test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 6.4% | £20–80 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 4.6% | £5–25 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 45 | 71.1% | 21,787 mi |
| 30-60k | 38 | 65.8% | 43,550 mi |
| 60-90k | 22 | 77.3% | 72,281 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 94,714 mi |
Source: 109 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.
2013 Freedom MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Fiat Freedom?
71.6% of the 109 2013 Fiat Freedom tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 60.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Fiat Freedom?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (11.93%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.50%), ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.75%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Fiat Freedom MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 71.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Fiat Freedom in this dataset had covered 33,740 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Fiat Freedom?
Petrol: 71.9% pass rate across 96 tests. Diesel: 69.2% pass rate across 13 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Fiat Freedom MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 66.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.