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2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio: MOT fail rate and common problems

DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 4,813 MOT tests · Updated

11.7% of 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio cars failed their MOT at 6 years; measured against vehicles the same age and test year, about the same as the 2018 cars (3,555 MOT tests) [1].

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  • −2.3 to −4.7 points: the gap to all class 4 vehicles the same age and test year, from 3 to 6 years, 4,813 MOT tests
  • At 6 years (tested 2025): 11.7% failed, against 16.4% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 6 years in 2025, 1,161 MOT tests
  • At 5 years (tested 2024): 10.5% failed, against 15.1% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 5 years in 2024, 1,194 MOT tests

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Figures are for 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio cars as a group, not for one car.

Fail rate at 6 years (2025)
11.7%
vs 16.4% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 6 years in 2025
1,161 MOT tests
Gap to all class 4, same age and year
−3.4 pts
over ages 3–6: −4.7 to −2.0 pts
4,813 MOT tests
Against the 2018 cars
−0.8 pts
95% range −3.5 to +1.9 pts, same ages, each against its own test year
3,555 MOT tests
MOT tests of 2019 cars
4,813
tested 2022–2025, 4 ages with 1,000+ tests
4,813 MOT tests

About the same as the 2018 cars: −0.8 points at the same ages (4–6), each year against all class 4 vehicles the same age tested in its own year; 95% range −3.5 to +1.9, from 3,555 MOT tests of 2019 cars and 3,224 of the 2018 cars. Not adjusted for mileage.

Every Alfa Romeo Stelvio year against all class 4 vehicles the same age

Alfa Romeo Stelvio first-use years against all class 4 vehicles the same ageEach first-use year of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio as percentage points above or below all class 4 vehicles the same age, averaged over the ages it was tested at, with 95% intervals. 2019: −3.4 pts. 2018: −3.3 pts (−4.3 to −2.3) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 4–7, 4,264 MOT tests20182019: −3.4 pts (−4.3 to −2.5) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 3–6, 4,813 MOT tests2019−3.4 −4.30+4.3 pts
Percentage points above (right) or below (left) all class 4 vehicles the same age, tested in the same year, 2022 to 2025, each year averaged over the ages it was tested at. Lines show the 95% range.

2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio fail rate at each MOT

From 2022 to 2025, as these cars went from 3 to 6 years old, the fail rate went from 9.8% to 11.7%, and the gap to all class 4 vehicles the same age and test year from −2.3 to −4.7 points. The widest gap was at 6 years (−4.7 points, 1,161 MOT tests).

Test yearAgeFail rate95% rangeMOT testsAll class 4, same age and yearGap
20223 years9.8%8.3%–11.5%1,25812.1%−2.3 pts
20234 years11.8%10.0%–13.7%1,20013.7%−1.9 pts
20245 years10.5%8.9%–12.3%1,19415.1%−4.6 pts
20256 years11.7%10.0%–13.7%1,16116.4%−4.7 pts

All class 4: every class 4 vehicle (cars and light vans) tested at that age in the same test year.

2019 against the 2018 cars, age by age

Age2019Years either side
4 years11.8% 1,200 MOT tests, tested 20232018: 12.2% (1,082, tested 2022)
5 years10.5% 1,194 MOT tests, tested 20242018: 11.4% (1,065, tested 2023)
6 years11.7% 1,161 MOT tests, tested 20252018: 14.3% (1,077, tested 2024)

Each year was tested in a different calendar year; the verdict compares each against all class 4 vehicles the same age tested in its own year.

What fails on an Alfa Romeo Stelvio at 6 years

All Alfa Romeo Stelvio MOTs at 6 years, cars first used 2017–2019 (2,442 MOT tests; DVSA item counts are not split by first-use year). The most common fail items: tyre tread below 1.6 mm (2.3 per 100 MOT tests, a wear item), brake pads under 1.5 mm (1.5 per 100 MOT tests, a wear item) and tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.4 per 100 MOT tests, a wear item).

No item fails at a clearly different rate from all class 4 vehicles the same age across 3 or more ages.

Car tax and ULEZ for a 2019 car

A car first registered in the UK in 2019 was issued a 68 (January–February), 19 (March–August) or 69 (September–December) plate, unless it was registered in Northern Ireland (no age identifier) or has since moved to a private plate. An imported one is plated when first registered here, so its plate can be newer than its first-use year. 19 plates

A 2019 car pays the standard rate after its first year. If its list price was over £40,000 it pays the expensive car supplement in years 2 to 6 (to 2025), which has ended. [2] Car tax calculator for a 2019 car

For the London ULEZ, a 2019 petrol usually meets Euro 4, and a 2019 diesel usually meets Euro 6. The Euro standard of the car decides, not the year alone. [3] ULEZ checker

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Other Alfa Romeo Stelvio years

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Every Alfa Romeo Stelvio first-use year

Questions people ask

What is the MOT fail rate of a 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio?

11.7% at 6 years (tested 2025), from 1,161 MOT tests, against 16.4% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 6 years in 2025.

Does the 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio fail more MOTs than the 2018?

0.8 percentage points apart at the same ages (4–6), each against all class 4 vehicles the same age and test year, from 3,555 MOT tests (95% range −3.5 to +1.9), so about the same.

At what ages were 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio cars MOT tested in the data?

4 ages with at least 1,000 MOT tests: 3–6 years, tested 2022–2025, 4,813 MOT tests in all.

What fails most on an Alfa Romeo Stelvio at 6 years?

2.3 in 100 MOT tests failed on tyre tread below 1.6 mm, the most common fail item (a wear item). From 2,442 MOT tests of Alfa Romeo Stelvio cars first used 2017–2019, not only 2019.

Sources

  1. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 4,813 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
  2. GOV.UK, Vehicle tax rates. Rules, not drawn from the MOT data.
  3. Transport for London, Ultra Low Emission Zone. Rules, not drawn from the MOT data.

Cars tested at 6 years are compared with every class 4 vehicle tested at 6 years in the same test year. These rates are not adjusted for mileage. Breakdowns and non-MOT faults are not in this data. How we compare