Does the Fiat Fiorino fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Fiat Fiorino records 9.17 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.85 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) (+0.32, 95% interval +0.06 to +0.59). It ranks 302 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Fiat Fiorino is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 835 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 835 | 1.69 |
| Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing, loose or worn smooth | 744 | 1.51 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 340 | 0.69 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 303 | 0.61 |
| 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. | 261 | 0.53 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 49,290 (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 Fiorino gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
10.2% of Fiat Fiorino MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 6,371 miles later (5,025 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,025 (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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