Does the Fiat 500X fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Fiat 500X records 0.02 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.26 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) (−0.24, 95% interval −0.26 to −0.21). It ranks 437 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Fiat 500X by registration

No single road wheels defect wording reaches 30 items on the Fiat 500X; the failures are spread across several.