1,238 tests in 2025
Fiat Benimar reliability and MOT pass rate
92.9% passed first time. The 7.1% fail rate is 15.5 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 6 years old with 15,020 miles.
Pass rate
92.9%
22.6% of all cars failed; 7.1% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.5%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
15,020 mi
6 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 347 | 4% |
| 6-9 years | 877 | 8.2% |
| 10-13 years | 7 | — |
| 14+ years | 7 | — |
What the Benimar 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 equipment31.8%
- Brakes1 dangerous22.7%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems19.3%
- Visibility14.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks10.2%
- Suspension1 dangerous9.1%
- Tyres3 dangerous5.7%
- Body, chassis, structure1 dangerous4.5%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Benimar in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault15 tests
- 2Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively9 tests
- 3Outline marker lamp: not working9 tests
- 4Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements9 tests
- 5Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements7 tests
- 6Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction7 tests
- 7Washers: not working5 tests
- 8Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak5 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Benimar collects 1.95 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 structure87 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm32 tests
- 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened21 tests
- 4Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine10 tests
- 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick8 tests
- 6Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure7 tests
- 7Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn7 tests
- 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm6 tests
Questions
What is the Fiat Benimar MOT pass rate?
92.9% of the 1,238 Fiat Benimar first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 7.1% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.5% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Fiat Benimar usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault", recorded on 15 failed tests, followed by "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively" and "Outline marker lamp: not working". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 31.8% of failures, brakes appears in 22.7% of failures, seat belts and supplementary restraint systems appears in 19.3% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 4%; at 6-9 years it was 8.2%. The median Fiat Benimar tested in 2025 was 6 years old with 15,020 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 Benimar 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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