Does the Alfa Romeo 159 fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Alfa Romeo 159 records 1.59 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 1.53 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.06, 95% interval −0.08 to +0.20). It ranks 250 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Alfa Romeo 159 is “The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired”, recorded 293 times in 2019–2024.

Alfa Romeo 159: most frequent seat belts and airbags defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired	293	0.93
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction	86	0.27
Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type	47	0.15

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 31,408 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Alfa Romeo 159 fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

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