Pass rate
84.4%
Around average — 2.3 pts ahead of the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 147 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£107
2015 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 38,396 mi
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Most common fault
Tyres
28.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 92.3% pass
- Avoid 2015 84.4% pass · this year
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 7.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.7%
- Typical mileage
- 38k mi
The 2015 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate is 84.4% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.4× the national share
Tyres make up 28.0% of everything recorded on the 2015 Fiat Tribute, against 19.8% nationally — 8.2 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 147 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 2015 Fiat Tribute compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.7%. The median 2015 Fiat Tribute in this dataset had covered 38,396 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.3% of the time, April–September 85.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 6.80% of tests.
- 147 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.4% overall pass rate, 81.7% 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
- 147
- Typical mileage (median)
- 38,396 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Tribute MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tribute
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 27 | 85.2% |
| South West | 26 | 76.9% |
| Wales | 19 | 68.4% |
| Scotland | 18 | 88.9% |
| North West | 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 2015 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 2015 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 windscreen 6.8% 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 lights 2.0% of tests
“srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”
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 suspension joints 1.4% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 2015 Tribute through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£107 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£107
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 147 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 2015 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 2015 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Viva 84.4%
- Subaru Xv 84.5%
- Ford Kuga 84.3%
- Ford B-Max 84.3%
- Hyundai IX20 84.3%
- Volkswagen Passat 84.6%
Closest pass rates among 2015 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 2015 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 118 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 | 33 | 28.00% | 19.76% | +8.24 |
| Suspension | 26 | 22.00% | 20.98% | +1.02 |
| Brakes | 24 | 20.30% | 20.89% | −0.59 |
| Visibility | 14 | 11.90% | 4.97% | +6.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8 | 6.80% | 12.21% | −5.41 |
| Steering | 6 | 5.10% | 2.57% | +2.53 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 3.40% | 0.82% | +2.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.80% | 5.57% | −4.77 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.80% | 5.52% | −4.72 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 0.80% | 4.18% | −3.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.8% | £80–200 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £45–110 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £60–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of… Steering | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 0.68% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 56 | 89.3% | 21,830 mi |
| 30-60k | 65 | 84.6% | 44,993 mi |
| 60-90k | 21 | 76.2% | 73,174 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 60.0% | 95,592 mi |
Source: 147 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.
2015 Tribute MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Fiat Tribute?
84.4% of the 147 2015 Fiat Tribute tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 81.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 Fiat Tribute?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.80%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (2.04%), srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault (2.04%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.3% of the time, falling to 60.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Fiat Tribute in this dataset had covered 38,396 mi.
Does the season affect the 2015 Fiat Tribute MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.