Does the Alfa Romeo Giulia fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Alfa Romeo Giulia records 4.03 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.86 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) (+0.17, 95% interval −0.08 to +0.42). It ranks 312 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Alfa Romeo Giulia by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Alfa Romeo Giulia is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 458 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 458 | 1.80 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 159 | 0.63 |
| Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator | 76 | 0.30 |
| Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured | 67 | 0.26 |
| Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution. | 32 | 0.13 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 25,376 (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
If a Alfa Romeo Giulia gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
5.0% of Alfa Romeo Giulia MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 7,202 miles later (3,412 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,412 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
Other pages for this model
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