2,016 tests in 2025
Abarth 595c reliability and MOT pass rate
84.3% passed first time. The 15.7% fail rate is 6.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 6 years old with 28,291 miles.
Pass rate
84.3%
22.6% of all cars failed; 15.7% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.2%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
28,291 mi
6 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 632 | 14.1% |
| 6-9 years | 1,379 | 16.4% |
| 10-13 years | 5 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the 595c fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres141 dangerous37%
- Suspension10 dangerous32.9%
- Brakes51 dangerous22.8%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.1%
- Visibility10.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks9.8%
- Body, chassis, structure5.1%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.2%
Is the 595c getting worse?
The fail rate rose 4.5 points to 15.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (5.5 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,528 | 4 | 11.2% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 1,769 | 5 | 12.5% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 1,700 | 6 | 13.8% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 1,969 | 7 | 15.7% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical 595c at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a 595c in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm47 tests
- 2Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn44 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick34 tests
- 4Condition: has ply or cords exposed30 tests
- 5Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction22 tests
- 6Shock absorbers: has an excessively worn bush21 tests
- 7Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn17 tests
- 8Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords16 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical 595c collects 2.42 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm325 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened247 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick181 tests
- 4Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn117 tests
- 5Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak112 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure85 tests
- 7Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn71 tests
- 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm41 tests
Questions
What is the Abarth 595c MOT pass rate?
84.3% of the 2,016 Abarth 595c first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 15.7% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.2% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Abarth 595c usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", recorded on 47 failed tests, followed by "Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn" and "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick". By section, tyres appears in 37% of failures, suspension appears in 32.9% of failures, brakes appears in 22.8% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 14.1%; at 6-9 years it was 16.4%. The median Abarth 595c tested in 2025 was 6 years old with 28,291 miles.
Is the Abarth 595c getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 4.5 points to 15.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (5.5 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every 595c trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Abarth models
Checking a particular 595c?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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