Pass rate
92.6%
Above average — 0.6 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 243 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£102
2022 Fiat Panda City MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 16,136 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
44.2% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 92.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 88.9% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 3.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.1%
- Typical mileage
- 16k mi
The 2022 Fiat Panda City MOT pass rate is 92.6% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 44.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat Panda City does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 44.2% of everything recorded on the 2022 Fiat Panda City, against 19.8% nationally — 24.4 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 243 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2022 Fiat Panda City compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.1%. The median 2022 Fiat Panda City in this dataset had covered 16,136 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.1% of the time, April–September 89.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 2.47% of tests.
- 243 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.6% overall pass rate, 92.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Panda City, the average is 90.9% — best year 2022 (92.6%), worst 2021 (88.9%).
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
- 243
- Typical mileage (median)
- 16,136 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Panda City
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Panda City MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Panda City
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 43 | 93.0% |
| South East | 38 | 97.4% |
| East of England | 29 | 93.1% |
| South West | 26 | 88.5% |
| North West | 25 | 96.0% |
| East Midlands | 22 | 90.9% |
| Scotland | 16 | 93.8% |
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 2022 Panda City
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 2022 Panda City
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 lights 0.8% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 0.8% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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.
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Check the tyre tread 0.8% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2022 Panda City through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£102 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£102
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 243 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 Panda City, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.9% to 92.6% — a spread of 3.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 88.9% has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 92.6%has ply or cords exposed
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 2022 Fiat Panda City 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Kia Sportage 92.6%
- Skoda Kamiq 92.6%
- Kia Sportage GT-Line Isg 92.6%
- Mercedes-Benz A 92.7%
- Ford Mustang Mach-E 92.7%
- Citroen C5 Aircross 92.7%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Fiat Panda City 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 113 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 50 | 44.20% | 19.76% | +24.44 |
| Brakes | 14 | 12.40% | 20.89% | −8.49 |
| Suspension | 13 | 11.50% | 20.98% | −9.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 10 | 8.80% | 12.21% | −3.41 |
| Visibility | 8 | 7.10% | 4.97% | +2.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 6.20% | 4.18% | +2.02 |
| Road Wheels | 6 | 5.30% | 0.75% | +4.55 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 0.90% | 0.82% | +0.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.82% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.82% | £40–150 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.82% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.82% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.82% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.82% | £8–22 |
| Buckle not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.41% | £40–120 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.41% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.1% | £40–150 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 2.5% | £20–55 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–110 |
| Cable damaged Brakes | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 207 | 94.7% | 14,501 mi |
| 30-60k | 34 | 79.4% | 40,182 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 60,956 mi |
Source: 243 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.
2022 Panda City MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Fiat Panda City?
92.6% of the 243 2022 Fiat Panda City tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 92.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Fiat Panda City?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (2.47%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.65%), headlamp aim too high (0.82%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Fiat Panda City MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Fiat Panda City in this dataset had covered 16,136 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 Fiat Panda City MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.1% 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.