Abarth 595: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Abarth 595 passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 5.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 17,848 individual Abarth 595 tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 82.3% first-time pass rate means roughly 18 in every 100 Abarth 595s presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Abarth 595 tested had covered 37,479 miles and was built around 2017.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Abarth 595 bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Abarth 595

1. A shock absorber bush excessively worn, 1.7% of tests (11.97x the national rate for this defect)
2. A wheel bearing excessively rough, 0.6% of tests (2.62x the national rate for this defect)
3. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.8% of tests (1.44x the national rate for this defect)
4. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2.2% of tests
5. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 1.8% of tests
6. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.6% of tests
7. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.2% of tests
8. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 0.9% of tests
9. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.9% of tests
10. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.8% of tests

From 37,150 DVSA-tracked Abarth 595 tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 6.22% of these flagged Abarth 595 defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Abarth 595 pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Abarth 595 year:

• 2013 Abarth 595 - 70.5% first-time pass, 491 tests
• 2014 Abarth 595 - 77% first-time pass, 551 tests
• 2015 Abarth 595 - 76.5% first-time pass, 1,628 tests
• 2016 Abarth 595 - 79.1% first-time pass, 2,937 tests
• 2017 Abarth 595 - 81.8% first-time pass, 3,075 tests
• 2018 Abarth 595 - 83.1% first-time pass, 3,552 tests
• 2019 Abarth 595 - 87.3% first-time pass, 2,316 tests
• 2020 Abarth 595 - 89.3% first-time pass, 1,488 tests
• 2021 Abarth 595 - 90.2% first-time pass, 1,500 tests

Other Abarth models

• Abarth 500 - 71.9%
• Abarth 595c - 85.5%
• Abarth 124 Spider Multiair - 91.1%
• Abarth 124 Spider Multiair Auto - 92.7%
• Abarth 695 - 85.6%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Ford Kuga - 82.4%
• Volkswagen Tiguan - 82.4%
• BMW X3 - 82.3%
• Mercedes-Benz V - 82.3%
• Mercedes-Benz X - 82.3%
• Peugeot Partner Professional Prem Bhdi - 82.3%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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