2012 Fiat Scudo: MOT pass rate and reliability

57.1% of 2012 Fiat Scudos pass the MOT first time, measured across 485 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 130,096 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Fiat Scudos (58.9%, 8,093 tests): -1.8 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -13.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Fiat Scudo 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 Scudo:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2003 59.6% 282 120,354
2004 58.9% 401 125,105
2005 54.1% 562 131,343
2006 54.2% 802 135,287
2007 55.5% 1,119 146,353
2008 58.1% 1,179 154,307
2009 59.3% 499 148,201
2010 61.9% 449 155,297
2011 58.7% 581 146,790
2012 57.1% 485 130,096
2013 63.5% 425 131,400
2014 67.5% 348 116,445
2015 62.6% 273 101,363

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Scudo

The 2012 sits close to the Fiat Scudo 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2012 Fiat Scudo the average at test was 130,096 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 2014 at 67.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 54.1%. That 13.4 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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