2014 Fiat 500l: MOT pass rate and reliability
68.7% of 2014 Fiat 500ls pass the MOT first time, measured across 6,823 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 75,955 miles.
How the 2014 compares
- Against all Fiat 500ls (70.3%, 17,443 tests): -1.6 points
- Against all 2014 cars (75.4%): -6.7 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Fiat 500l model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2014 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Fiat 500l:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 68.1% | 4,161 | 78,213 |
| 2014 | 68.7% | 6,823 | 75,955 |
| 2015 | 70.4% | 2,980 | 64,347 |
| 2016 | 74.1% | 1,632 | 54,846 |
| 2017 | 73.9% | 885 | 48,108 |
| 2018 | 79% | 605 | 38,189 |
What this means if you are buying a 2014 500l
The 2014 sits close to the Fiat 500l 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 12-year-old car fails on
A 2014 car is 12 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 a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 2014 Fiat 500l the average at test was 75,955 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 79%, and the weakest in our data is 2013 at 68.1%. That 10.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2014 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2013 Fiat 500l - 68.1%
- 2015 Fiat 500l - 70.4%
- 2016 Fiat 500l - 74.1%
- 2017 Fiat 500l - 73.9%