Does the Fiat Coupe fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Fiat Coupe records 41.81 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 23.41 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+18.40, 95% interval +16.72 to +20.09). It ranks 24 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Fiat Coupe by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Fiat Coupe is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 537 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 537 | 9.50 |
| Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 251 | 4.44 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 216 | 3.82 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 159 | 2.81 |
| Braking effort inadequate at a wheel | 146 | 2.58 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,654 (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 Coupe gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
25.7% of Fiat Coupe MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.3 months and 1,018 miles later (1,154 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,154 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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