1,063 tests in 2025
Fiat Burstner reliability and MOT pass rate
92% passed first time. The 8% fail rate is 14.6 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 7 years old with 19,318 miles.
Pass rate
92%
22.6% of all cars failed; 8% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.6%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
19,318 mi
7 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 317 | 4.7% |
| 6-9 years | 589 | 7.3% |
| 10-13 years | 73 | — |
| 14+ years | 81 | — |
What the Burstner 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 equipment36.5%
- Visibility28.2%
- Brakes2 dangerous25.9%
- Body, chassis, structure1 dangerous12.9%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems11.8%
- Suspension2 dangerous11.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks8.2%
- Tyres5 dangerous7.1%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Burstner in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively19 tests
- 2Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements12 tests
- 3SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault10 tests
- 4Outline marker lamp: not working9 tests
- 5Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction4 tests
- 6Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements4 tests
- 7Stop lamp: not working4 tests
- 8Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting3 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Burstner collects 2.19 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 structure62 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm25 tests
- 3Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn13 tests
- 4Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine11 tests
- 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick10 tests
- 6Service brake performance: excessively binding9 tests
- 7Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened8 tests
- 8Chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced6 tests
Questions
What is the Fiat Burstner MOT pass rate?
92% of the 1,063 Fiat Burstner first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 8% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Fiat Burstner usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 19 failed tests, followed by "Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements" and "SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 36.5% of failures, visibility appears in 28.2% of failures, brakes appears in 25.9% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 4.7%; at 6-9 years it was 7.3%. The median Fiat Burstner tested in 2025 was 7 years old with 19,318 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 Burstner 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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