Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

33.4% of 21,908 MOT tests of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.6 (95% CI 100.2–104.9; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Alfa Romeo Giulietta built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	33.4	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	21908
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 100.2–104.9)	102.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	21908
Rank among this model's 11 build years	8	of 11	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	21908
Tested in 2024	3390	tests	median 96,089 miles	2024	3390

Built 2012 against Alfa Romeo Giulietta normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 28.9% vs 27%; age 8: 30.3% vs 29.7%; age 9: 32.7% vs 31.8%; age 10: 34.9% vs 33.3%; age 11: 37% vs 36.5%; age 12: 37.1% vs 37.9%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Alfa Romeo Giulietta by registration · All Alfa Romeo Giulietta MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Alfa Romeo Giulietta fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Alfa Romeo Giulietta built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
7	3,909	28.9	27.5–30.3	27	107
8	3,676	30.3	28.9–31.8	29.7	102.3
9	3,725	32.7	31.2–34.2	31.8	102.9
10	3,689	34.9	33.4–36.5	33.3	105
11	3,519	37	35.4–38.6	36.5	101.3
12	3,390	37.1	35.5–38.8	37.9	97.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,908 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Alfa Romeo Giulietta?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 26.2 items per 100 first tests, against 16.5 across all build years of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Alfa Romeo Giulietta built 2012 against the Alfa Romeo Giulietta in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	26.2	16.5	5,745
Suspension	13.5	11.3	2,958
Tyres	12.2	11.9	2,675
Brakes	9.1	8.1	1,993
Visibility	7.3	6.2	1,590

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,908 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 11 published build years of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, 2012 ranks 8 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 106.9. 2013: index 103.2.

Alfa Romeo Giulietta build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2010	100.7	97.8–103.7	no different	11,957
2011	106.9	105.1–108.7	worse	35,021
2012	102.6	100.2–104.9	worse	21,908
2013	103.2	100.5–105.8	worse	19,178
2014	93.0	90.4–95.7	better	19,073
2015	95.1	92.1–98.0	better	18,314
2016	93.8	90.5–97.1	better	16,969
2017	86.9	82.0–91.8	better	8,029
2018	93.4	85.3–101.6	no different (rough estimate)	3,362
2019	92.4	79.8–105.1	no different (rough estimate)	1,543
2020	110.1	92.3–127.9	no different (rough estimate)	1,026

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 156,380 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/alfa-romeo-giulietta/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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