2015 Fiat 500l: MOT pass rate and reliability

70.4% of 2015 Fiat 500ls pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,980 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 64,347 miles.

How the 2015 compares

  • Against all Fiat 500ls (70.3%, 17,443 tests): +0.1 points
  • Against all 2015 cars (78.3%): -7.9 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 2015 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 2015 500l

The 2015 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 an 11-year-old car fails on

A 2015 car is 11 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2015 Fiat 500l the average at test was 64,347 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 2015 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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