Alfa Romeo Giulietta MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on an Alfa Romeo Giulietta in Great Britain in 2025 — 24,505 tests. Figures cover every Giulietta first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Giulietta ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
65.5%
6.8 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
24,505
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.5%
of Giulietta first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
76,250
middle half: 56,250–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 24,776 Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars that were taxed or on SORN: 23,316 taxed and 1,460 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Alfa Romeo Giulietta vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
23,316
94.1% of the 24,776 Giulietta cars taxed or on SORN; 80 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,460
declared off the road by their keepers — 5.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Giulietta cars peaked at 27,605 at the end of 2019 and has since fallen by 4,289 (15.5%) to 23,316 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 219 at the end of 2014 to 1,460 at the end of 2025, up 566.7%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Giulietta cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Giulietta cars, year 2014: 20kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2015: 23kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2016: 26kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2017: 27kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2018: 27kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2019: 28kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2020: 28kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2021: 28kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2022: 27kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2023: 26kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2024: 25kTaxed Giulietta cars, year 2025: 23k23k
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YearTaxed Giulietta cars
201419,953
201522,852
201625,650
201726,956
201827,392
201927,605
202027,562
202127,542
202226,856
202325,951
202424,757
202523,316

Giulietta cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2014: 219Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2015: 229Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2016: 225Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2017: 292Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2018: 328Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2019: 403Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2020: 519Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2021: 573Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2022: 683Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2023: 855Giulietta cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kGiulietta cars on SORN, year 2025: 1k1k
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YearGiulietta cars on SORN
2014219
2015229
2016225
2017292
2018328
2019403
2020519
2021573
2022683
2023855
20241,191
20251,460

Which model years survive

Taxed Giulietta cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 23,316 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 22 taxed Giulietta cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 23,294. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Giulietta cars
20205182.2%
20195592.4%
20188103.5%
20171,5046.5%
20162,70311.6%
20152,90012.4%
20142,95212.7%
20132,78912.0%
20122,94012.6%
20114,09917.6%
20101,3385.7%
All other build years (24 years, each under 1%)1820.8%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name GIULIETTA under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Giulietta ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Giulietta vs all cars, 2025.

Alfa Romeo GiuliettaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 5: 82.7%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 6: 80%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 7: 79.5%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 8: 77.8%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 9: 73.7%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 10: 68.7%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 11: 66.4%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 12: 63.8%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 13: 59.2%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 14: 55.7%Alfa Romeo Giulietta, vehicle age 15: 56.3%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Alfa Romeo Giulietta 56.3%
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Age (years)Giulietta testsGiulietta pass rateAll cars
552182.7%86.0%
651580.0%83.5%
784779.5%80.9%
81,52477.8%78.2%
92,77873.7%74.9%
102,98068.7%71.9%
113,06766.4%68.6%
122,94963.8%65.8%
133,13359.2%63.5%
144,57855.7%61.2%
151,50956.3%59.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Giulietta's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Giulietta beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Giulietta behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 5: -3.3 points vs the average car5Age 6: -3.5 points vs the average carAge 7: -1.4 points vs the average car7Age 8: -0.4 points vs the average carAge 9: -1.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: -3.2 points vs the average carAge 11: -2.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: -2.0 points vs the average carAge 13: -4.3 points vs the average car13Age 14: -5.5 points vs the average carAge 15: -3.0 points vs the average car15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
5-3.3
6-3.5
7-1.4
8-0.4
9-1.2
10-3.2
11-2.2
12-2.0
13-4.3
14-5.5
15-3.0

The Giulietta fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Giulietta fleet still in use.

01k2k3k5kAge 5: 5215Age 6: 515Age 7: 8477Age 8: 1kAge 9: 2k9Age 10: 2kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 2kAge 13: 3k13Age 14: 4kAge 15: 1k15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
5521
6515
7847
81,524
92,778
102,980
113,067
122,949
133,133
144,578
151,509

What a Giulietta fails on

Where the failure items land when a Giulietta fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension26.8%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.1%
Tyres16.7%
Brakes12.7%
Visibility6.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.1%
Body, chassis, structure4.6%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Giulietta, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 30.5% of advisories30.5%Tyres: 30.0% of advisories30.0%Brakes: 24.7% of advisories24.7%Noise, emissions and leaks: 4.5% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.7% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 2.0% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension30.5%
Tyres30.0%
Brakes24.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%
Non-component advisories3.7%
Body, chassis, structure2.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Giulietta?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Giulietta fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 70.0% of 12,747 tests70.0%Petrol12,747 testsDiesel: 60.6% of 11,758 tests60.6%Diesel11,758 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol12,74770.0%
Diesel11,75860.6%

What mileage is normal for a Giulietta?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Giulietta; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Giulietta (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k579111315Vehicle age (years)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 23,750–48,750)Age 6: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 7: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–63,750)Age 8: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 43,750–76,250)Age 9: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–86,250)Age 10: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 56,250–96,250)Age 11: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 66,250–106,250)Age 12: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–113,750)Age 13: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–123,750)Age 14: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 88,750–133,750)Age 15: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–131,250)108k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
523,75036,25048,750
631,25041,25056,250
736,25048,75063,750
843,75058,75076,250
951,25068,75086,250
1056,25076,25096,250
1166,25083,750106,250
1271,25091,250113,750
1378,750101,250123,750
1488,750111,250133,750
1588,750108,750131,250

What fails at each age

The Giulietta's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres31.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes24.7%
3-5 yrsSuspension11.4%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility9.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else12.7%
6-9 yrsTyres28.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension22.1%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.3%
6-9 yrsVisibility10.2%
6-9 yrsEverything else11.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension29.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.9%
10-13 yrsTyres18.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes13.6%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.0%
14+ yrsSuspension30.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.9%
14+ yrsTyres13.5%
14+ yrsBrakes12.9%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure6.4%
14+ yrsEverything else13.7%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.