2021 Fiat Talento: MOT pass rate and reliability

79.4% of 2021 Fiat Talentos pass the MOT first time, measured across 712 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 47,961 miles.

How the 2021 compares

  • Against all Fiat Talentos (74.7%, 2,673 tests): +4.7 points
  • Against all 2021 cars (90%): -10.6 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 2021 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 2021 Talento

The 2021 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 4.7 points more often than the Fiat Talento average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 5-year-old car fails on

A 2021 car is 5 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2021 Fiat Talento the average at test was 47,961 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 2021 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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