2018 Fiat Tipo: MOT pass rate and reliability

78.1% of 2018 Fiat Tipos pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,016 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 49,208 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Fiat Tipos (77.7%, 12,210 tests): +0.4 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -7.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Fiat Tipo 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 Tipo:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 76.5% 1,162 61,275
2017 74.2% 6,066 61,692
2018 78.1% 2,016 49,208
2019 84% 1,571 40,176
2020 86.5% 1,029 31,950
2021 85% 320 27,373

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Tipo

The 2018 sits close to the Fiat Tipo 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 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 2018 Fiat Tipo the average at test was 49,208 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 86.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2017 at 74.2%. That 12.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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