Pass rate
87.1%
Above average — 12.4 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 132 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£82
2010 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 46,258 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
26.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 92.3% pass
- Avoid 2015 84.4% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 7.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.2%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2010 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate is 87.1% of its MOT tests — 12.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.8× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 22.2% of everything recorded on the 2010 Fiat Tribute, against 12.2% nationally — 10.0 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.2%, 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 74.7% and this one manages 87.1% — 12.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 55% 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 2010 Fiat Tribute compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 12.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.2%. The median 2010 Fiat Tribute in this dataset had covered 46,258 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.7% of the time, April–September 86.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 5.30% of tests.
- 132 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.1% overall pass rate, 85.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Tribute, the average is 89.4% — best year 2016 (92.3%), worst 2015 (84.4%).
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
- 132
- Typical mileage (median)
- 46,258 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Tribute
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Tribute MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tribute
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 35 | 85.7% |
| South East | 22 | 86.4% |
| Yorkshire | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2010 Tribute
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 2010 Tribute
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 5.3% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 exhaust and emissions 2.3% of tests
“on or after 01/07/2008 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the windscreen 2.3% 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.
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 2010 Tribute through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£82 — and 55% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£82
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters lens defective
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: on or after 01/07/2008 emissions exceed…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 55%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 132 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 Tribute, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2010 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.4% to 92.3% — a spread of 7.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 87.1%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2011 87.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2012 86.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 92.2% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2014 91.4% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2015 84.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 92.3% electrical wiring insecure
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 2010 Fiat Tribute 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Nissan 370 Z 86.6%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.5%
- Toyota Estima 85.9%
- Lexus IS250 85.6%
- Jaguar Xk 85.5%
- BMW Z4 84.8%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Fiat Tribute 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 126 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 | 33 | 26.20% | 20.89% | +5.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 28 | 22.20% | 12.21% | +9.99 |
| Tyres | 21 | 16.70% | 19.76% | −3.06 |
| Suspension | 20 | 15.90% | 20.98% | −5.08 |
| Visibility | 9 | 7.10% | 4.97% | +2.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 4.80% | 5.52% | −0.72 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 3.20% | 5.57% | −2.37 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.3% | £5–25 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £3–15 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £3–15 |
| On or after 01/07/2008 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.3% | £60–250 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £45–110 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £30–80 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £60–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.76% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.3% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–110 |
| Cable damaged Brakes | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 31 | 87.1% | 23,407 mi |
| 30-60k | 74 | 87.8% | 45,061 mi |
| 60-90k | 23 | 87.0% | 69,929 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 75.0% | 102,397 mi |
Source: 132 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.
2010 Tribute MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Fiat Tribute?
87.1% of the 132 2010 Fiat Tribute tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 85.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Fiat Tribute?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (5.30%), side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light (3.03%), mirrors slightly damaged (2.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.1% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Fiat Tribute in this dataset had covered 46,258 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.