Pass rate
75.1%
Around average — 2.1 pts behind the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,175 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£100
2012 Fiat Qubo MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 70,727 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
25.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 91.1% pass
- Avoid 2008 68.1% pass
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 23 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 67.6%
- Typical mileage
- 71k mi
The 2012 Fiat Qubo MOT pass rate is 75.1% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with brakes
Brakes are 12.9% of this car’s recorded faults, against 20.9% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 26% 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 2012 Fiat Qubo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 67.6%. The median 2012 Fiat Qubo in this dataset had covered 70,727 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 84% of tests, with a 75.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.8% of the time, April–September 74.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 6.55% of tests.
- 3,175 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.1% overall pass rate, 67.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Qubo, the average is 75.6% — best year 2020 (91.1%), worst 2008 (68.1%).
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
- 3,175
- Typical mileage (median)
- 70,727 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Qubo
- 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 Qubo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (84% of tests).
Where the Fiat Qubo is most common
Across all Qubo model years on record (2008–2020): 6,246 Fiat Qubo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 15,910 tests. Swansea (SA) has the most, with 194 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea (SA) | 194 | 73.3% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 149 | 79.1% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 145 | 79.1% |
| 4 | Portsmouth (PO) | 133 | 77.7% |
| 5 | Nottingham (NG) | 123 | 73.4% |
| 6 | Norwich (NR) | 116 | 76.6% |
| 7 | Manchester (M) | 112 | 74.3% |
| 8 | Plymouth (PL) | 110 | 71.2% |
| 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 108 | 74.0% |
| 10 | Newport (NP) | 103 | 74.2% |
| 11 | Cardiff (CF) | 102 | 74.2% |
| 12 | Bristol (BS) | 99 | 74.0% |
| 13 | Ashford (TN) | 97 | 73.7% |
| 14 | Exeter (EX) | 97 | 71.7% |
| 15 | Ipswich (IP) | 97 | 77.7% |
| 16 | Leicester (LE) | 96 | 81.2% |
| 17 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 95 | 74.0% |
| 18 | Peterborough (PE) | 95 | 76.2% |
| 19 | Coventry (CV) | 95 | 81.0% |
| 20 | Chester (CH) | 92 | 75.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Fiat Qubo cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Qubo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 441 | 76.9% |
| North West | 425 | 76.5% |
| South West | 399 | 72.4% |
| West Midlands | 364 | 79.1% |
| East of England | 359 | 74.4% |
| Scotland | 286 | 69.9% |
| Yorkshire | 267 | 75.3% |
| Wales | 239 | 74.9% |
| East Midlands | 234 | 75.6% |
| North East | 115 | 72.2% |
| London | 46 | 78.3% |
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 2012 Qubo
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 2012 Qubo
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 6.5% 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 4.8% 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 shock absorbers 3.9% of tests
“shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 2012 Qubo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£100 — and 26% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£100
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 26%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,175 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 Qubo, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2008 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.1% to 91.1% — a spread of 23 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 68.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 72.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 71.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 75.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 75.1%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 75.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 76.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 79.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 79.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 83.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 82.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 86.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2020 91.1% 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 2012 Fiat Qubo 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Kia Picanto 75.1%
- Vauxhall Mokka 75.0%
- Alfa Romeo Mito 75.2%
- Vauxhall Corsa 74.9%
- Ford S-Max 74.9%
- Chevrolet Orlando 74.8%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Fiat Qubo 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 6,139 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 | 1,574 | 25.20% | 20.98% | +4.22 |
| Tyres | 1,275 | 20.40% | 19.76% | +0.64 |
| Brakes | 807 | 12.90% | 20.89% | −7.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 669 | 10.70% | 12.21% | −1.51 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 559 | 8.90% | 5.52% | +3.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 374 | 6.00% | 5.57% | +0.43 |
| Visibility | 333 | 5.30% | 4.97% | +0.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 250 | 4.00% | 4.18% | −0.18 |
| Steering | 210 | 3.40% | 2.57% | +0.83 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 88 | 1.40% | 0.82% | +0.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.5% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £30–75 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.9% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.7% | £3–12 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.6% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.4% | £80–250 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
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 | 19.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.6% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.3% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £30–75 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.8% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 198 | 81.8% | 22,244 mi |
| 30-60k | 921 | 78.8% | 46,666 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,242 | 73.1% | 74,318 mi |
| 90-120k | 639 | 72.6% | 102,051 mi |
| 120k+ | 166 | 70.5% | 139,544 mi |
Source: 3,175 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.
2012 Qubo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Fiat Qubo?
75.1% of the 3,175 2012 Fiat Qubo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 67.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Fiat Qubo?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (6.55%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.85%), shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (3.87%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Fiat Qubo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.8% of the time, falling to 70.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Fiat Qubo in this dataset had covered 70,727 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 Fiat Qubo?
Diesel: 75.3% pass rate across 2,668 tests. Petrol: 74.2% pass rate across 507 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 Fiat Qubo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.