1,301 tests in 2025
Fiat Adria reliability and MOT pass rate
94.1% passed first time. The 5.9% fail rate is 16.7 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 5 years old with 17,543 miles.
Pass rate
94.1%
22.6% of all cars failed; 5.9% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.7%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
17,543 mi
5 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 686 | 3.1% |
| 6-9 years | 565 | 8.3% |
| 10-13 years | 37 | — |
| 14+ years | 9 | — |
What the Adria 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.
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment1 dangerous27.3%
- Visibility24.7%
- Brakes3 dangerous18.2%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems13%
- Tyres7 dangerous10.4%
- Body, chassis, structure1 dangerous9.1%
- Noise, emissions and leaks9.1%
- Suspension9.1%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Adria in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively15 tests
- 2SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault8 tests
- 3Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction5 tests
- 4Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements4 tests
- 5Rear fog lamp: not working4 tests
- 6Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements3 tests
- 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords3 tests
- 8Outline marker lamp: not working3 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Adria collects 1.85 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.
- 1Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure50 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm32 tests
- 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened18 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick18 tests
- 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn10 tests
- 6Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre7 tests
- 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords6 tests
- 8Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn5 tests
Questions
What is the Fiat Adria MOT pass rate?
94.1% of the 1,301 Fiat Adria first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 5.9% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.7% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Fiat Adria usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 15 failed tests, followed by "SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault" and "Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 27.3% of failures, visibility appears in 24.7% of failures, brakes appears in 18.2% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 3.1%; at 6-9 years it was 8.3%. The median Fiat Adria tested in 2025 was 5 years old with 17,543 miles.
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 Adria 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 Fiat models
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