Pass rate
93.2%
Above average — 7.2 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 308 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £10–£30
2017 Fiat Rapdio MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 19,035 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
23.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 95.3% pass
- Avoid 2020 88.2% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 7.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.7%
- Typical mileage
- 19k mi
The 2017 Fiat Rapdio MOT pass rate is 93.2% of its MOT tests — 7.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.5% of everything recorded on the 2017 Fiat Rapdio, against 12.2% nationally — 6.3 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 23.5%, but at 20.9% 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.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 86.0% and this one manages 93.2% — 7.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 90% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2017 Fiat Rapdio compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 7.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.7%. The median 2017 Fiat Rapdio in this dataset had covered 19,035 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.7% of the time, April–September 91.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction", noted on 1.62% of tests.
- 308 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.2% overall pass rate, 92.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Rapdio, the average is 91.8% — best year 2019 (95.3%), worst 2020 (88.2%).
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
- 308
- Typical mileage (median)
- 19,035 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Rapdio
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Indicator Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Rapdio MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 85% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Rapdio
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 63 | 87.3% |
| Yorkshire | 42 | 92.9% |
| West Midlands | 40 | 92.5% |
| South East | 37 | 94.6% |
| North West | 33 | 97.0% |
| East of England | 30 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 28 | 100.0% |
| Wales | 22 | 90.9% |
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 2017 Rapdio
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 2017 Rapdio
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 1.6% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 wipers and washers 1.3% 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 2017 Rapdio through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £10–£30 — and 90% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £10–£30
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: service brake performance efficiency below…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 90%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 308 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 Rapdio, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2013 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.2% to 95.3% — a spread of 7.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 89.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 89.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 91.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 90.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 93.2%malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2018 92.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2019 95.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 88.2% wipers blade defective
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 2017 Fiat Rapdio 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Macan 93.4%
- Mazda Mx-5 93.0%
- Lexus Nx 93.5%
- Jaguar F-Type 92.9%
- Toyota Prius 92.8%
- Audi A8 93.8%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Fiat Rapdio 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 119 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 28 | 23.50% | 20.89% | +2.61 |
| Tyres | 22 | 18.50% | 19.76% | −1.26 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 22 | 18.50% | 12.21% | +6.29 |
| Suspension | 20 | 16.80% | 20.98% | −4.18 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 7.60% | 5.52% | +2.08 |
| Visibility | 9 | 7.60% | 4.97% | +2.63 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 3.40% | 0.82% | +2.58 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 2.50% | 4.18% | −1.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.70% | 5.57% | −3.87 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.6% | £5–20 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.97% | £60–150 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 0.65% | £3–12 |
| Outline marker lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.65% | £3–15 |
| Outline marker lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.65% | £3–15 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.65% | £8–22 |
| All outline marker lamps light intensity significantly reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.32% | £3–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.2% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 1.9% | £60–150 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.6% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 260 | 93.1% | 17,492 mi |
| 30-60k | 48 | 93.8% | 37,270 mi |
Source: 308 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.
2017 Rapdio MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Fiat Rapdio?
93.2% of the 308 2017 Fiat Rapdio tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 92.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Fiat Rapdio?
The three most recorded items are malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.62%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.62%), srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault (1.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Fiat Rapdio MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.1% of the time, falling to 93.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Fiat Rapdio in this dataset had covered 19,035 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Fiat Rapdio MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.