2016 Fiat 124: MOT pass rate and reliability
86.7% of 2016 Fiat 124s pass the MOT first time, measured across 646 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 34,601 miles.
How the 2016 compares
- Against all Fiat 124s (88.3%, 2,848 tests): -1.6 points
- Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +5.8 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Fiat 124 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Fiat 124:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 86.7% | 646 | 34,601 |
| 2017 | 88.8% | 838 | 29,843 |
| 2018 | 89.2% | 1,314 | 27,990 |
What this means if you are buying a 2016 124
The 2016 sits close to the Fiat 124 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 10-year-old car fails on
A 2016 car is 10 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2016 Fiat 124 the average at test was 34,601 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 89.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2016 at 86.7%. That 2.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2017 Fiat 124 - 88.8%
- 2018 Fiat 124 - 89.2%