Pass rate
82.0%
Around average — 5.9 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,074 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£68
2018 Fiat TIPO MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 45,924 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
29.4% 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 →
1.2 pts down across model years — 7.5% in 2016, 6.3% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 90.2% pass
- Avoid 2017 79.5% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 10.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.3%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2018 Fiat TIPO MOT pass rate is 82.0% of its MOT tests — 5.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 29.4% of everything recorded on the 2018 Fiat Tipo, against 19.8% nationally — 9.6 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 82.0% — 5.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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 2018 Fiat TIPO compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 5.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.3%. The median 2018 Fiat TIPO in this dataset had covered 45,924 mi.
63% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 82.6% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.0% of the time, April–September 80.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak", noted on 3.05% of tests.
- 7,074 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.0% overall pass rate, 78.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat TIPO, the average is 81.8% — best year 2022 (90.2%), worst 2017 (79.5%).
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
- 7,074
- Typical mileage (median)
- 45,924 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat TIPO
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Shock Absorber
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the TIPO MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (63% of tests).
Where the Fiat TIPO is most common
Across all TIPO model years on record (2016–2022): 18,193 Fiat TIPO cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 43,643 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 669 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 | Birmingham (B) | 669 | 82.0% |
| 2 | Coventry (CV) | 539 | 82.7% |
| 3 | Swansea (SA) | 476 | 80.7% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 440 | 85.0% |
| 5 | Cardiff (CF) | 396 | 77.6% |
| 6 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 365 | 80.2% |
| 7 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 362 | 82.7% |
| 8 | Northampton (NN) | 352 | 80.7% |
| 9 | Peterborough (PE) | 348 | 85.3% |
| 10 | Newport (NP) | 315 | 77.8% |
| 11 | Leicester (LE) | 314 | 81.5% |
| 12 | Glasgow (G) | 309 | 77.8% |
| 13 | Nottingham (NG) | 305 | 80.7% |
| 14 | Manchester (M) | 283 | 81.0% |
| 15 | Warrington (WA) | 253 | 80.3% |
| 16 | Walsall (WS) | 247 | 82.8% |
| 17 | Doncaster (DN) | 241 | 81.2% |
| 18 | Edinburgh (EH) | 240 | 79.6% |
| 19 | Norwich (NR) | 225 | 83.0% |
| 20 | Bristol (BS) | 225 | 79.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Fiat TIPO 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 TIPO
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 990 | 84.4% |
| West Midlands | 942 | 82.6% |
| Scotland | 910 | 77.6% |
| North West | 704 | 82.1% |
| East of England | 670 | 85.4% |
| Yorkshire | 604 | 82.3% |
| Wales | 557 | 78.6% |
| South West | 554 | 78.0% |
| East Midlands | 524 | 83.8% |
| North East | 396 | 81.6% |
| London | 223 | 89.2% |
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 2018 TIPO
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 2018 TIPO
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 shock absorbers 3.0% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
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.
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Check the coil springs 3.0% 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 tyre tread 1.7% 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 2018 TIPO through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£68 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£68
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,074 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 TIPO, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2016 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.5% to 90.2% — a spread of 10.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 81.5% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2017 79.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 82.0%shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2019 85.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 88.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 85.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 90.2% 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 2018 Fiat TIPO 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Renault Clio 82.0%
- Hyundai I800 81.8%
- Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 82.4%
- Ford B-Max 82.4%
- SsangYong Tivoli 82.5%
- Nissan Micra 82.6%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Fiat TIPO 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 8,925 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 | 2,643 | 29.40% | 19.76% | +9.64 |
| Brakes | 2,282 | 25.40% | 20.89% | +4.51 |
| Suspension | 1,779 | 19.80% | 20.98% | −1.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 644 | 7.20% | 4.18% | +3.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 553 | 6.20% | 12.21% | −6.01 |
| Visibility | 509 | 5.70% | 4.97% | +0.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 238 | 2.60% | 5.52% | −2.92 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 95 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
| Steering | 91 | 1.00% | 2.57% | −1.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 91 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £30–75 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £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 | 19.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 9.1% | £30–75 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.3% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,359 | 89.0% | 22,012 mi |
| 30-60k | 3,842 | 81.1% | 44,359 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,510 | 78.3% | 71,359 mi |
| 90-120k | 272 | 80.5% | 100,587 mi |
| 120k+ | 89 | 79.8% | 146,807 mi |
Source: 7,074 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.
2018 TIPO MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Fiat TIPO?
82.0% of the 7,074 2018 Fiat TIPO tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 78.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Fiat TIPO?
The three most recorded items are shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (3.05%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.01%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.74%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Fiat TIPO MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.0% of the time, falling to 79.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Fiat TIPO in this dataset had covered 45,924 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Fiat TIPO?
Petrol: 82.6% pass rate across 4,434 tests. Diesel: 80.9% pass rate across 2,640 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Fiat TIPO MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.