Pass rate
69.4%
Below average — 3.1 pts behind the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,338 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£91
2006 Fiat Sedici MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 99,942 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 71.9% pass
- Avoid 2007 68.5% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 3.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 59.4%
- Typical mileage
- 100k mi
The 2006 Fiat Sedici MOT pass rate is 69.4% of its MOT tests — 3.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat Sedici does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.0% of everything recorded on the 2006 Fiat Sedici, against 21.0% nationally — 6.0 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 72.5%; this one manages 69.4% — 3.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2006 Fiat Sedici compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 3.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 59.4%. The median 2006 Fiat Sedici in this dataset had covered 99,942 mi.
68% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 70.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 70.4% of the time, April–September 68.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 8.07% of tests.
- 1,338 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.4% overall pass rate, 59.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Sedici, the average is 69.7% — best year 2009 (71.9%), worst 2007 (68.5%).
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
- 1,338
- Typical mileage (median)
- 99,942 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Sedici
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Sedici MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (68% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Sedici
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 194 | 74.2% |
| North West | 189 | 70.9% |
| South West | 188 | 62.8% |
| Yorkshire | 142 | 64.1% |
| West Midlands | 128 | 73.4% |
| East of England | 121 | 75.2% |
| Wales | 112 | 66.1% |
| East Midlands | 112 | 69.6% |
| Scotland | 71 | 59.2% |
| North East | 46 | 65.2% |
| London | 35 | 91.4% |
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 2006 Sedici
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 2006 Sedici
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 8.1% of tests
“ball joint 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 8.1% 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 lights 7.1% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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.
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 2006 Sedici through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£91 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£91
- 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
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,338 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 Sedici, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2006 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.5% to 71.9% — a spread of 3.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 69.4%ball joint excessively worn
- 2007 68.5% ball joint excessively worn
- 2008 70.4% ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 71.9% coil spring fractured or broken
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 2006 Fiat Sedici 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Peugeot 307 69.5%
- Hyundai Santa Fe 69.5%
- Peugeot 207 69.3%
- Vauxhall Tigra 69.3%
- Citroen Xsara 69.7%
- Hyundai Matrix 69.7%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 Fiat Sedici 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 4,569 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 | 1,236 | 27.00% | 20.98% | +6.02 |
| Brakes | 1,055 | 23.00% | 20.89% | +2.11 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 487 | 10.60% | 5.57% | +5.03 |
| Tyres | 477 | 10.40% | 19.76% | −9.36 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 463 | 10.10% | 12.21% | −2.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 451 | 9.80% | 5.52% | +4.28 |
| Non-component advisories | 149 | 3.20% | 4.18% | −0.98 |
| Visibility | 146 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 68 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 37 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 8.1% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 8.1% | £25–65 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 7.8% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.1% | £5–20 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.8% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.2% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.1% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £80–180 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.9% | £60–250 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £60–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 25.8% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 15.2% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.2% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.8% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.9% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 14 | 85.7% | 21,088 mi |
| 30-60k | 133 | 74.4% | 49,868 mi |
| 60-90k | 354 | 71.2% | 77,339 mi |
| 90-120k | 462 | 68.0% | 104,337 mi |
| 120k+ | 373 | 66.8% | 141,239 mi |
Source: 1,338 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.
2006 Sedici MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Fiat Sedici?
69.4% of the 1,338 2006 Fiat Sedici tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 59.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Fiat Sedici?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (8.07%), coil spring fractured or broken (8.07%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (7.77%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Fiat Sedici MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 66.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Fiat Sedici in this dataset had covered 99,942 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2006 Fiat Sedici?
Petrol: 70.1% pass rate across 904 tests. Diesel: 67.7% pass rate across 434 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2006 Fiat Sedici MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 70.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.