Common problems

Fiat Scudo common problems

What MOT testers find on the Fiat Scudo: the parts that fail or get advisories most often at each age, against all cars of the same age. From 32,566 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

At 16 years, the most tested age

Lights and electrics fails per 100 MOTs (n=4,256)26.9

All cars at 16 years (n=4,858,625)20.4

Suspension advisories and minor defects per 100 MOTs (n=4,256)32.2

All cars, same age (n=4,858,625)33.7

What stands out

Body and structure fails show up on 20.7 of every 100 MOTs of a Fiat Scudo at 16 years old (n=4,256), against 7.6 for all cars of that age (n=4,858,625).
Exhaust, emissions and leaks fails are less common: 4.8 per 100 MOTs against 6.2 for all cars at the same age.
The fail item testers record most often at 16 years: driveshaft CV boot split, on 11.1 per 100 MOTs (all cars 2.9).
The most common advisory or minor defect: engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive, on 26.6 per 100 MOTs.

Problems by part at 16 years

How many of every 100 MOTs found a fail, or an advisory or minor defect, in each area. A test with faults in two areas counts in both.

Fiat Scudo at 16 years (n=4,256) against all cars at 16 years (n=4,858,625). Per 100 MOTs.
Area	Fails	All cars	Advisories	All cars
Lights and electrics	26.9	20.4	17.7	15.3
Suspension	22.3	17.1	32.2	33.7
Body and structure	20.7	7.6	23.8	12.6
Brakes	17.7	11.6	30.4	29.5
Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	10.1	6.8	10.7	5.7
Tyres	7.2	7.5	26.2	28.4
Steering	6.2	3.4	7.8	4.6
Exhaust, emissions and leaks	4.8	6.2	27.7	12.0
Seat belts and airbags	4.6	2.1	3.4	1.1
Number plates and VIN	0.4	0.6	3.4	4.8
Road wheels	0.3	0.6	0.2	1.5

What testers fail most on the Scudo at 16 years

Fail items on the Fiat Scudo at 16 years (n=4,256), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=4,858,625).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	Typical repair (estimate)
Driveshaft CV boot split	Body and structure	11.1	2.9	£88 to £196 per boot (rough guide)
Side/position light not working	Lights and electrics	9.2	5.9	£10 to £47 per lamp
Suspension ball joint worn	Suspension	6.5	2.5	£75 to £237 per side (rough guide)
Handbrake too weak	Brakes	6.2	2.5
Brake light not working	Lights and electrics	6.2	4.0	£10 to £47 per lamp
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength	Suspension	5.7	1.5
Wipers not clearing screen	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	4.5	2.6	£15 to £30 per blade
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side	Brakes	3.9	1.2
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm	Tyres	3.5	3.1	£88 to £145 per tyre
Rear fog lamp: not working	Lights and electrics	3.3	0.8	£10 to £47 per lamp

Early warnings: advisories and minor defects at 16 years

Advisories and minor defects are recorded, but the car still passes. Across all cars, a part with an advisory or minor defect failed at the next MOT 5.5 times in 100 (n=88,666,940 pairs of consecutive MOTs), against 0.3 times in 100 when the same part had none (n=12,936,860,350).

Advisories and minor defects on the Fiat Scudo at 16 years (n=4,256), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=4,858,625).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	If it needs replacing (estimate)
Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive	Exhaust, emissions and leaks	26.6	10.7
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge	Tyres	18.7	18.2	£88 to £145 per tyre
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened	Brakes	13.7	11.2	£148 to £376 per axle (rough guide)
Drive shaft joints: constant velocity boot severely deteriorated	Body and structure	10.7	3.5
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	Lights and electrics	10.0	5.9
Brake pads: wearing thin	Brakes	7.2	6.8	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Coil spring: corroded	Suspension	6.9	7.4
Tyre condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing	Tyres	6.8	9.5	£88 to £145 per tyre
Windscreen: damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	6.4	3.4
Suspension arm ball joint: ball joint has slight play	Suspension	5.6	2.3	£75 to £237 per side (rough guide)

Repair estimates are a guide for an independent garage: labour at the national median local garage rate (median £78 an hour from 65 garages, ONS price quotes) times estimated labour hours, plus a parts band. Labour hours and most parts bands are estimates, not quotes, and prices vary by model, engine and region. A warning light fault shows the cost of the diagnosis only.

How problems change with age

Fails per 100 MOTs in the three most common areas at 16 years. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	Tests (n)	Lights and electrics	Suspension	Body and structure
9 years	1,210	24.8	10.8	18.5
10 years	1,620	25.7	11.5	19.9
11 years	1,990	28.3	14.9	19.2
12 years	2,118	27.5	17.1	17.8
13 years	2,192	27.7	17.7	18.0
14 years	3,253	27.8	18.6	20.0
15 years	3,966	28.0	20.9	18.7
16 years	4,256	26.9	22.3	20.7
17 years	3,999	24.5	23.8	20.7
18 years	3,105	24.8	24.7	22.1
19 years	2,213	21.5	24.4	20.7
20 years	1,512	22.3	23.1	20.0
21 years	1,132	22.3	21.5	18.6

What to check on a viewing

On the Fiat Scudo, testers most often record driveshaft CV boot split; side/position light not working; suspension ball joint worn. Look at these first, then the areas below.

Lights and electrics

With someone outside, try every light: dipped and main beam, indicators, brake lights, fog lights and number plate lamps.
Check that the warning lights come on with the ignition and go out once the engine runs.
Look for misted, cracked or yellowed headlamp lenses.

Suspension

Listen for knocks or clonks over speed bumps and rough roads on the test drive.
Push down hard on each corner: the car should settle at once rather than keep bouncing.
Look behind the wheels for broken or heavily rusted coil springs and split rubber bushes.
Check that the car sits level and that no tyre is worn on one edge only.

Body and structure

Look underneath at the sills, floor, subframes and jacking points for corrosion, or for fresh underseal that may hide it.
Check that doors, bonnet and boot open, close and latch properly.
Look for loose trim, sharp edges or damage around the bumpers and wheel arches.

Ask for the car's MOT history and service record: advisories that repeat from one year to the next show what has been left. GOV.UK MOT history.

Questions

What are the most common problems on the Fiat Scudo?

At 16 years, the age with the most MOT tests (4,256), the fail items testers record most often on the Fiat Scudo are driveshaft CV boot split (11.1 per 100 MOTs), side/position light not working (9.2 per 100 MOTs), suspension ball joint worn (6.5 per 100 MOTs). The most common advisories or minor defects are engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive (26.6) and tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (18.7).

Which parts of the Fiat Scudo fail more often than on other cars?

At 16 years: body and structure (20.7 per 100 MOTs against 7.6 for all cars); lights and electrics (26.9 per 100 MOTs against 20.4 for all cars); brakes (17.7 per 100 MOTs against 11.6 for all cars). Compared with 4,858,625 MOTs of all cars the same age.

Fiat Scudo problems by area

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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 28 September 2026.

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