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Fiat Ducato MOT fail rate by age

How often the Fiat Ducato fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 272,846 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 17 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 17 (n=20,217)29.1%
All cars at 17 years (n=4,040,458)43.1%
Median mileage at test45,657
All cars, median mileage105,023

27 of 250 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 17 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Fiat Ducato fails 11.5% of MOTs (6,973 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 25 years it fails 39.8% (5,243 tests), 3.5 points above the 36.3% average.
  • It moves from below to above the all-car rate between 23 and 24 years.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 17 years: Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, at 5.3 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 25 years 47.6%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Fiat Ducato: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years11.5%6,97312.1%−0.5 pts15,048 miles
4 years12.9%8,05413.4%−0.4 pts18,813 miles
5 years14.1%8,16315.3%−1.3 pts22,258 miles
6 years15.2%9,13217.8%−2.6 pts24,290 miles
7 years15.4%9,84620.6%−5.3 pts26,074 miles
8 years16.8%10,30623.8%−7.0 pts28,101 miles
9 years18.1%10,55827.1%−9.1 pts29,576 miles
10 years17.9%10,41530.3%−12.4 pts31,601 miles
11 years19.2%10,81333.3%−14.0 pts33,456 miles
12 years19.2%11,82536.0%−16.8 pts34,688 miles
13 years20.5%13,24538.3%−17.7 pts36,327 miles
14 years22.2%15,82840.3%−18.0 pts38,830 miles
15 years24.2%18,04241.6%−17.4 pts41,384 miles
16 years26.6%19,12742.6%−15.9 pts43,616 miles
17 years29.1%20,21743.1%−14.0 pts45,657 miles
18 years31.4%19,04343.3%−11.8 pts47,143 miles
19 years33.3%16,86243.2%−9.9 pts48,774 miles
20 years35.0%14,60442.8%−7.8 pts50,504 miles
21 years36.3%11,74942.1%−5.7 pts52,795 miles
22 years37.3%9,27941.0%−3.7 pts55,927 miles
23 years38.6%7,29639.6%−1.0 pts58,994 miles
24 years39.6%6,22637.8%+1.8 pts62,407 miles
25 years39.8%5,24336.3%+3.5 pts65,638 miles

Most common fail items at 17 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Major5.3
Service brake performance: excessively binding Major2.9
Handbrake too weak Major2.5
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Major2

Out of 20,217 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Wipers not clearing screen Major3.9
Side/position light not working Major2.9
Outline marker lamp: not working Major2.5
Brake light not working Major2.4
Rear fog lamp: not working Major2.1
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major1.9

Out of 20,217 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 17 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Fiat Punto47.8%26,36743.1%
Fiat Panda46.5%17,65643.1%
Fiat 50044.7%10,19643.1%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
199825 years in 202340.6%1,19236.3%
199925 years in 202439.3%1,45836.3%
200025 years in 202537.2%1,60636.3%
200124 years in 202541.0%1,90237.8%
200223 years in 202536.3%2,19139.6%
200322 years in 202535.0%3,31441.0%
200421 years in 202535.8%4,04642.1%
200520 years in 202533.9%4,62942.8%
200619 years in 202530.9%4,49243.2%
200718 years in 202528.2%5,19243.3%
200817 years in 202525.1%5,05943.1%
200916 years in 202523.5%3,61342.6%
201015 years in 202521.8%3,41341.6%
201114 years in 202521.5%3,26340.3%
201213 years in 202519.6%2,62738.3%
201312 years in 202520.2%2,29736.0%
201411 years in 202519.2%2,44933.3%
201510 years in 202516.8%2,84730.3%
20169 years in 202517.8%2,80827.1%
20178 years in 202518.1%2,12623.8%
20187 years in 202515.1%1,95120.6%
20196 years in 202516.4%2,12317.8%
20205 years in 202511.8%2,06015.3%
20214 years in 202510.9%2,06513.4%

More on the Fiat Ducato

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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