Does the Fiat 500 fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?

The Fiat 500 records 8.48 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.65 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 −0.21 to −0.13). It ranks 314 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on tyres?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Fiat 500 is “Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements”, recorded 56,119 times in 2019–2024.

Fiat 500: most frequent tyres defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	56,119	3.08
A tyre seriously damaged	47,757	2.62
A tyre cords visible or damaged	34,279	1.88
Tyre obviously under inflated	4,641	0.25
A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative	3,233	0.18

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,820,554 (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 Fiat 500 gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

9.6% of Fiat 500 MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,910 miles later (371,495 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 371,495 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Fiat 500 fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?

What exactly fails on tyres?

If a Fiat 500 gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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