Fiat 500X MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Fiat 500X in Great Britain in 2025 — 36,711 tests. Figures cover every 500X first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the 500X ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
72.8%
0.5 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
36,711
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.5%
of 500X first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
68,750
middle half: 56,250–83,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the 500X ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, 500X vs all cars, 2025.

Fiat 500XAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Fiat 500X, vehicle age 3: 88.6%Fiat 500X, vehicle age 4: 88.4%Fiat 500X, vehicle age 5: 86.6%Fiat 500X, vehicle age 6: 85.8%Fiat 500X, vehicle age 7: 80.3%Fiat 500X, vehicle age 8: 71.4%Fiat 500X, vehicle age 9: 66.5%Fiat 500X, vehicle age 10: 65.9%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%Fiat 500X 65.9%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)500X tests500X pass rateAll cars
31,01988.6%88.5%
41,84188.4%87.2%
52,11286.6%86.0%
63,38985.8%83.5%
72,85680.3%80.9%
84,68171.4%78.2%
913,68366.5%74.9%
107,07665.9%71.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

The 500X's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the 500X beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

500X ahead500X behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 3: +0.1 points vs the average car3Age 4: +1.2 points vs the average carAge 5: +0.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: +2.3 points vs the average carAge 7: -0.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: -6.8 points vs the average carAge 9: -8.4 points vs the average car9Age 10: -6.0 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.1
4+1.2
5+0.6
6+2.3
7-0.6
8-6.8
9-8.4
10-6.0

The 500X fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the 500X fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 1k3Age 4: 1kAge 5: 2k5Age 6: 3kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 4kAge 9: 13k9Age 10: 7k10Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
31,019
41,841
52,112
63,389
72,856
84,681
913,683
107,076

What a 500X fails on

Where the failure items land when a 500X fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.2%
Steering21.0%
Tyres16.6%
Suspension13.8%
Brakes7.8%
Visibility6.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.6%
Body, chassis, structure3.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a 500X, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 42.2% of advisories42.2%Brakes: 27.3% of advisories27.3%Suspension: 14.9% of advisories14.9%Non-component advisories: 8.4% of advisories8.4%Noise, emissions and leaks: 2.2% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 1.9% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres42.2%
Brakes27.3%
Suspension14.9%
Non-component advisories8.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.2%
Body, chassis, structure1.9%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid 500X?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested 500X 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: 75.9% of 26,074 tests75.9%Petrol26,074 testsDiesel: 65.0% of 10,632 tests65.0%Diesel10,632 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol26,07475.9%
Diesel10,63265.0%

What mileage is normal for a 500X?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) 500X; 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 500X (median)
0k25k50k75k100k357910Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 13,750–28,750)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 6: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–51,250)Age 7: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–56,250)Age 8: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–68,750)Age 9: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 48,750–76,250)Age 10: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 56,250–83,750)68k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75021,25028,750
418,75028,75038,750
523,75033,75041,250
628,75038,75051,250
733,75043,75056,250
841,25053,75068,750
948,75061,25076,250
1056,25068,75083,750

What fails at each age

The 500X'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.

TyresNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesVisibilitySteeringSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres42.1%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks16.2%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.0%
3-5 yrsBrakes9.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility7.7%
3-5 yrsEverything else12.9%
6-9 yrsSteering25.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.6%
6-9 yrsTyres17.2%
6-9 yrsSuspension14.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes8.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else16.3%
10-13 yrsSteering22.4%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension18.2%
10-13 yrsTyres16.6%
10-13 yrsBrakes9.3%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.1%

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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. “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.