2018 Fiat 500c: MOT pass rate and reliability

86% of 2018 Fiat 500cs pass the MOT first time, measured across 571 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 32,231 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Fiat 500cs (70.8%, 17,086 tests): +15.2 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +0.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Fiat 500c model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Fiat 500c:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 60.9% 796 77,805
2010 61.9% 1,487 74,773
2011 65.9% 1,331 69,709
2012 67.1% 2,190 63,489
2013 70.7% 1,995 59,371
2014 70.1% 2,351 53,404
2015 70.7% 2,554 49,040
2016 76.2% 2,214 43,197
2017 81.3% 1,585 37,274
2018 86% 571 32,231

What this means if you are buying a 2018 500c

The 2018 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 15.2 points more often than the Fiat 500c average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 2018 Fiat 500c the average at test was 32,231 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.

2018 is the strongest year on record for this model at 86%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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