Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2016: MOT failure rate for its age

18.5% of 16,969 MOT tests of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta first registered in 2016 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 93.8 (95% CI 90.5–97.1; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Alfa Romeo Giulietta built in 2016 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	18.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	16969
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 90.5–97.1)	93.8	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	16969
Rank among this model's 11 build years	5	of 11	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	16969
Tested in 2024	2814	tests	median 60,978 miles	2024	2814

Built 2016 against Alfa Romeo Giulietta normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 13.1% vs 13.4%; age 4: 14.8% vs 14.6%; age 5: 17.8% vs 17.7%; age 6: 18.4% vs 20.4%; age 7: 23.1% vs 24.1%; age 8: 24.2% vs 28.4%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2016 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 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta fail at each age?

Cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8 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 2016: 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)
3	2,906	13.1	11.9–14.4	13.4	97.3
4	2,780	14.8	13.5–16.2	14.6	101.3
5	2,826	17.8	16.5–19.3	17.7	101
6	2,829	18.4	17–19.9	20.4	90.2
7	2,814	23.1	21.5–24.7	24.1	95.5
8	2,814	24.2	22.6–25.8	28.4	85

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 16,969 (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 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2016 is tyres: 9.3 items per 100 first tests, against 11.9 across all build years of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Alfa Romeo Giulietta built 2016 against the Alfa Romeo Giulietta in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2016, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	9.3	11.9	1,583
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	4.6	16.5	786
Visibility	4.6	6.2	779
Brakes	4.5	8.1	762
Suspension	4	11.3	674

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 16,969 (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 2016 compare with the years around it?

Among the 11 published build years of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, 2016 ranks 5 (1 = fails least for its age). 2015: index 95.1. 2017: index 86.9.

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 2016 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/2016/

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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