2018 Fiat Talento: MOT pass rate and reliability

73.4% of 2018 Fiat Talentos pass the MOT first time, measured across 376 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 88,314 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Fiat Talentos (74.7%, 2,673 tests): -1.3 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -12.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Fiat Talento model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Fiat Talento:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2017 70% 784 90,807
2018 73.4% 376 88,314
2019 74.3% 296 74,320
2020 79.5% 370 58,815
2021 79.4% 712 47,961

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Talento

The 2018 sits close to the Fiat Talento 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 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 2018 Fiat Talento the average at test was 88,314 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 2020 at 79.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2017 at 70%. That 9.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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