2012 Fiat Qubo: MOT pass rate and reliability

68.1% of 2012 Fiat Qubos pass the MOT first time, measured across 846 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 72,686 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Fiat Qubos (68.5%, 4,295 tests): -0.4 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -2.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Fiat Qubo model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Fiat Qubo:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 61% 428 92,667
2010 61.8% 623 85,098
2011 70% 623 75,944
2012 68.1% 846 72,686
2013 69.1% 605 64,028
2014 66.8% 298 57,194
2017 81.2% 213 37,678

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Qubo

The 2012 sits close to the Fiat Qubo 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 2012 Fiat Qubo the average at test was 72,686 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 2017 at 81.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2009 at 61%. That 20.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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