2016 Fiat 500x: MOT pass rate and reliability

76.6% of 2016 Fiat 500x pass the MOT first time, measured across 13,780 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 58,561 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Fiat 500x (79.6%, 34,056 tests): -3 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): -4.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Fiat 500x 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 500x:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 74.3% 7,196 65,643
2016 76.6% 13,780 58,561
2017 80.5% 4,700 49,792
2018 86.1% 2,873 40,458
2019 89.4% 3,128 34,487
2020 91.1% 1,451 27,591
2021 91.8% 904 29,316

What this means if you are buying a 2016 500x

The 2016 is a weaker year for this model, passing 3 points less often than the Fiat 500x average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2016 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 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2016 Fiat 500x the average at test was 58,561 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 2021 at 91.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 74.3%. That 17.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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