Pass rate
87.1%
Above average — 11.2 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 85 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£73
2011 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 40,392 mi
Only 85 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Brakes
25.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
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
- 85.3%
- Typical mileage
- 40k mi
The 2011 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate is 87.1% of its MOT tests — 11.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.8× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 22.1% of everything recorded on the 2011 Fiat Tribute, against 12.2% nationally — 9.9 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 25.0%, 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 75.9% and this one manages 87.1% — 11.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 85 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2011 Fiat Tribute compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 11.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.3%. The median 2011 Fiat Tribute in this dataset had covered 40,392 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.7% of the time, April–September 87.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 4.71% of tests.
- 85 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.1% overall pass rate, 85.3% 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
- 85
- Typical mileage (median)
- 40,392 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 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tribute
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 25 | 80.0% |
| Scotland | 20 | 75.0% |
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 2011 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 2011 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 4.7% 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 windscreen 2.4% 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 suspension joints 1.2% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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.
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 2011 Tribute through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£73 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£73
- Cheapest common item: headlamp lens slightly defective
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 85 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 2011 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Honda Fit 86.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.8%
- Lexus IS250 86.8%
- Jaguar Xkr 86.4%
- Lexus Ct 85.8%
- BMW Z4 85.8%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 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 104 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 | 26 | 25.00% | 20.89% | +4.11 |
| Suspension | 25 | 24.00% | 20.98% | +3.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 22.10% | 12.21% | +9.89 |
| Tyres | 13 | 12.50% | 19.76% | −7.26 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 4.80% | 5.52% | −0.72 |
| Steering | 5 | 4.80% | 2.57% | +2.23 |
| Visibility | 3 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.90% | 4.18% | −2.28 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
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 | 4.7% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £60–150 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp lens seriously defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
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 | 14.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–95 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 9.4% | £3–12 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.2% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 14 | 100.0% | 23,557 mi |
| 30-60k | 51 | 82.4% | 41,728 mi |
| 60-90k | 15 | 93.3% | 73,101 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 80.0% | 93,191 mi |
Source: 85 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.
2011 Tribute MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Fiat Tribute?
87.1% of the 85 2011 Fiat Tribute tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 85.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Fiat Tribute?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (4.71%), service brake performance excessively binding (2.35%), side repeaters not working (2.35%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Fiat Tribute in this dataset had covered 40,392 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.