2008 Fiat Grande Punto: MOT pass rate and reliability
63.2% of 2008 Fiat Grande Puntos pass the MOT first time, measured across 990 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 92,023 miles.
How the 2008 compares
- Against all Fiat Grande Puntos (62.5%, 6,504 tests): +0.7 points
- Against all 2008 cars (64.7%): -1.5 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Fiat Grande Punto model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2008 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Fiat Grande Punto:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 63.2% | 990 | 92,023 |
| 2009 | 62.4% | 4,077 | 86,259 |
| 2010 | 62.4% | 1,274 | 83,707 |
What this means if you are buying a 2008 Grande Punto
The 2008 sits close to the Fiat Grande Punto 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 18-year-old car fails on
A 2008 car is 18 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 above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2008 Fiat Grande Punto the average at test was 92,023 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.
2008 is the strongest year on record for this model at 63.2%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.
Nearby model years
- 2009 Fiat Grande Punto - 62.4%
- 2010 Fiat Grande Punto - 62.4%