2009 Alfa Romeo Mito: MOT pass rate and reliability

61.9% of 2009 Alfa Romeo Mitos pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,531 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 94,945 miles.

How the 2009 compares

  • Against all Alfa Romeo Mitos (67.4%, 19,177 tests): -5.5 points
  • Against all 2009 cars (66.1%): -4.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Alfa Romeo Mito model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2009 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Alfa Romeo Mito:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 61.9% 3,531 94,945
2010 64.7% 3,112 89,705
2011 67% 2,723 85,881
2012 68.4% 2,231 80,436
2013 70.3% 1,644 72,198
2014 66.5% 1,685 67,246
2015 69.7% 1,561 58,075
2016 74.6% 1,478 52,380
2017 73.6% 746 46,131
2018 77% 413 35,668

What this means if you are buying a 2009 Mito

The 2009 is a weaker year for this model, passing 5.5 points less often than the Alfa Romeo Mito average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2009 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 17-year-old car fails on

A 2009 car is 17 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 2009 Alfa Romeo Mito the average at test was 94,945 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 2018 at 77%, and the weakest in our data is 2009 at 61.9%. That 15.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2009 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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