Fiat Punto MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Fiat Punto in Great Britain in 2025 — 59,225 tests. Figures cover every Punto first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Punto ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
54.9%
17.4 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
59,225
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.2%
of Punto first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
61,250
middle half: 43,750–76,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Fiat Punto cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 76,234 Fiat Punto cars that were taxed or on SORN: 51,618 taxed and 24,616 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. Fiat Punto vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
51,618
67.7% of the 76,234 Punto cars taxed or on SORN; 143 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
24,616
declared off the road by their keepers — 32.3% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Punto cars peaked at 290,928 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 239,310 (82.3%) to 51,618 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 15,782 at the end of 2014 to 24,616 at the end of 2025, up 56.0%. 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 Punto cars, year by year

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

0100k200k300k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Punto cars, year 2014: 291kTaxed Punto cars, year 2015: 256kTaxed Punto cars, year 2016: 224kTaxed Punto cars, year 2017: 193kTaxed Punto cars, year 2018: 164kTaxed Punto cars, year 2019: 139kTaxed Punto cars, year 2020: 119kTaxed Punto cars, year 2021: 100kTaxed Punto cars, year 2022: 86kTaxed Punto cars, year 2023: 75kTaxed Punto cars, year 2024: 63kTaxed Punto cars, year 2025: 52k52k
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YearTaxed Punto cars
2014290,928
2015256,203
2016224,340
2017192,999
2018164,006
2019139,340
2020118,890
202199,942
202286,415
202374,688
202462,694
202551,618

Punto 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.

010k20k30k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Punto cars on SORN, year 2014: 16kPunto cars on SORN, year 2015: 21kPunto cars on SORN, year 2016: 24kPunto cars on SORN, year 2017: 24kPunto cars on SORN, year 2018: 24kPunto cars on SORN, year 2019: 25kPunto cars on SORN, year 2020: 26kPunto cars on SORN, year 2021: 26kPunto cars on SORN, year 2022: 25kPunto cars on SORN, year 2023: 25kPunto cars on SORN, year 2024: 25kPunto cars on SORN, year 2025: 25k25k
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YearPunto cars on SORN
201415,782
201520,659
201624,218
201724,441
201824,486
201925,036
202026,089
202125,640
202225,085
202325,236
202424,710
202524,616

Which model years survive

Taxed Punto cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 51,618 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed Punto car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 51,617. 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 Punto cars
20171,1792.3%
20161,6253.1%
20152,3144.5%
20143,2446.3%
20133,7667.3%
20125,0379.8%
20114,5698.9%
20106,05611.7%
20095,30510.3%
20084,8289.4%
20075,83611.3%
20063,6127.0%
20051,0262.0%
20041,2612.4%
20037181.4%
All other build years (eleven years, each under 1%)1,2412.4%

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 PUNTO 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 Punto ages

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

Fiat PuntoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Fiat Punto, vehicle age 8: 63.6%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 9: 64.7%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 10: 63%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 11: 57.1%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 12: 55.5%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 13: 56.5%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 14: 55.3%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 15: 53.2%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 16: 55.1%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 17: 52.6%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 18: 50.7%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 19: 51.2%Fiat Punto, vehicle age 20: 55.2%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%Fiat Punto 55.2%
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Age (years)Punto testsPunto pass rateAll cars
81,23563.6%78.2%
91,68164.7%74.9%
102,44463.0%71.9%
113,55157.1%68.6%
124,15955.5%65.8%
135,62956.5%63.5%
145,21055.3%61.2%
156,90453.2%59.3%
166,13555.1%58.3%
175,76452.6%57.2%
187,00450.7%57.4%
194,39951.2%57.0%
201,22055.2%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Punto behind
-16-8+0+8+16Age 8: -14.6 points vs the average carAge 9: -10.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: -8.9 points vs the average carAge 11: -11.5 points vs the average car11Age 12: -10.3 points vs the average carAge 13: -7.0 points vs the average car13Age 14: -5.9 points vs the average carAge 15: -6.1 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.2 points vs the average carAge 17: -4.6 points vs the average car17Age 18: -6.7 points vs the average carAge 19: -5.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: -2.4 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
8-14.6
9-10.2
10-8.9
11-11.5
12-10.3
13-7.0
14-5.9
15-6.1
16-3.2
17-4.6
18-6.7
19-5.8
20-2.4

The Punto fleet on the road, by age

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

02k4k6k8kAge 8: 1k8Age 9: 1kAge 10: 2k10Age 11: 3kAge 12: 4k12Age 13: 5kAge 14: 5k14Age 15: 6kAge 16: 6k16Age 17: 5kAge 18: 7k18Age 19: 4kAge 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
81,235
91,681
102,444
113,551
124,159
135,629
145,210
156,904
166,135
175,764
187,004
194,399
201,220

What a Punto fails on

Where the failure items land when a Punto 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 equipment32.3%
Suspension17.3%
Brakes10.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks10.5%
Body, chassis, structure8.1%
Tyres7.2%
Visibility6.3%
Steering5.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 34.5% of advisories34.5%Tyres: 22.1% of advisories22.1%Brakes: 14.5% of advisories14.5%Noise, emissions and leaks: 8.2% of advisories8.2%Body, chassis, structure: 7.2% of advisories7.2%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 5.6% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension34.5%
Tyres22.1%
Brakes14.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.2%
Body, chassis, structure7.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.6%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Punto?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Punto 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: 54.8% of 57,171 tests54.8%Petrol57,171 testsDiesel: 56.7% of 2,048 tests56.7%Diesel2,048 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol57,17154.8%
Diesel2,04856.7%

What mileage is normal for a Punto?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Punto; 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 Punto (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k8101214161820Vehicle age (years)Age 8: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 28,750–58,750)Age 9: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–66,250)Age 10: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–76,250)Age 11: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–86,250)Age 12: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–91,250)Age 13: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 61,250–96,250)Age 14: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–103,750)Age 15: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–106,250)Age 16: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–106,250)Age 17: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–111,250)Age 18: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–108,750)Age 19: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–108,750)Age 20: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–96,250)73k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
828,75043,75058,750
936,25051,25066,250
1043,75061,25076,250
1151,25068,75086,250
1256,25073,75091,250
1361,25078,75096,250
1466,25086,250103,750
1568,75088,750106,250
1666,25086,250106,250
1771,25091,250111,250
1868,75088,750108,750
1966,25086,250108,750
2053,75073,75096,250

What fails at each age

The Punto'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.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSteeringTyresBrakesSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.8%
6-9 yrsSteering23.7%
6-9 yrsTyres11.1%
6-9 yrsBrakes10.7%
6-9 yrsSuspension10.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else18.6%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension17.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes14.7%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks10.6%
10-13 yrsSteering10.3%
10-13 yrsEverything else21.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment28.2%
14+ yrsSuspension20.3%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks11.9%
14+ yrsBrakes10.7%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure9.7%
14+ yrsEverything else19.2%

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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.