Pass rate
94.5%
Above average — 2.5 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 145 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£97
2022 Fiat Panda City Cross MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 14,259 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
45.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 94.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 91.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.2%
- Typical mileage
- 14k mi
The 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross MOT pass rate is 94.5% of its MOT tests — 2.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat Panda City Cross does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 45.7% of everything recorded on the 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross, against 19.8% nationally — 25.9 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 33% 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. 145 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 Cross compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 2.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.2%. The median 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross in this dataset had covered 14,259 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.3% of the time, April–September 95.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 2.76% of tests.
- 145 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.5% overall pass rate, 94.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Panda City Cross, the average is 92.6% — best year 2022 (94.5%), worst 2020 (91.5%).
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
- 145
- Typical mileage (median)
- 14,259 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Panda City Cross
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Panda City Cross MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Panda City Cross
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 22 | 100.0% |
| Yorkshire | 21 | 95.2% |
| South West | 20 | 95.0% |
| North West | 18 | 94.4% |
| East of England | 17 | 94.1% |
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 Cross
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 Cross
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 suspension joints 2.8% 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 coil springs 1.4% 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 wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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.
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 Cross through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£97 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£97
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions emissions likely to be…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 145 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 Cross, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 91.5% to 94.5% — a spread of 3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 91.5% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2021 93.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2022 94.5%pins and bushes pin or bush…
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 Cross 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
- Toyota Corolla 94.5%
- Mazda Cx-5 94.4%
- Jaguar I-Pace HSE 94.3%
- Audi Q3 94.2%
- Hyundai Tucson Ultimate T-Gdi 94.2%
- Skoda Karoq 94.2%
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 Cross 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 46 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 | 21 | 45.70% | 19.76% | +25.94 |
| Suspension | 14 | 30.40% | 20.98% | +9.42 |
| Visibility | 4 | 8.70% | 4.97% | +3.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 4.30% | 12.21% | −7.91 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 4.30% | 5.52% | −1.22 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 4.30% | 4.18% | +0.12 |
| Brakes | 1 | 2.20% | 20.89% | −18.69 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £25–65 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Catalyst emissions emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.69% | £60–250 |
| Front fog lamps not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.69% | £3–15 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush likely to become detached Suspension | Major | 0.69% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes connection leaking on a hydraulic braking system Brakes | Major | 0.69% | £80–180 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.69% | £3–12 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.69% | £5–15 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Major | 0.69% | £20–55 |
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 | 7.6% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.1% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 0.69% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 133 | 94.7% | 13,989 mi |
| 30-60k | 12 | 91.7% | 40,277 mi |
Source: 145 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 Cross MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross?
94.5% of the 145 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 94.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (2.76%), coil spring fractured or broken (1.38%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.38%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.7% of the time, falling to 91.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross in this dataset had covered 14,259 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 Fiat Panda City Cross MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.