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

The Fiat 500L records 8.73 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.44 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) (+0.29, 95% interval +0.13 to +0.45). It ranks 276 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 500L is “A tyre seriously damaged”, recorded 4,028 times in 2019–2024.

Fiat 500L: most frequent tyres defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A tyre seriously damaged	4,028	3.10
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	3,639	2.80
A tyre cords visible or damaged	2,191	1.69
Tyre obviously under inflated	459	0.35
A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative	421	0.32

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 129,994 (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 500L gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

8.9% of Fiat 500L MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,301 miles later (26,743 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 26,743 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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

What exactly fails on tyres?

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

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