2013 Alfa Romeo Giulietta: MOT pass rate and reliability

70.7% of 2013 Alfa Romeo Giuliettas pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,059 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 88,640 miles.

How the 2013 compares

  • Against all Alfa Romeo Giuliettas (72.4%, 25,447 tests): -1.7 points
  • Against all 2013 cars (72.9%): -2.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Alfa Romeo Giulietta model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2013 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Alfa Romeo Giulietta:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2010 64.1% 1,723 106,912
2011 63.2% 5,121 109,534
2012 67.6% 3,395 98,687
2013 70.7% 3,059 88,640
2014 73.9% 3,105 80,995
2015 76.6% 3,029 73,187
2016 80% 2,814 64,410
2017 85.2% 1,531 55,481
2018 85.9% 837 44,445
2019 88% 523 38,009
2020 90% 281 31,142

What this means if you are buying a 2013 Giulietta

The 2013 sits close to the Alfa Romeo Giulietta average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 13-year-old car fails on

A 2013 car is 13 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2013 Alfa Romeo Giulietta the average at test was 88,640 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 90%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 63.2%. That 26.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2013 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Alfa Romeo Giulietta MOT data · Every model