Does the Fiat Grande Punto fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?
The Fiat Grande Punto records 10.99 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 10.60 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) (+0.39, 95% interval +0.01 to +0.77). It ranks 265 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 Grande Punto is “Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements”, recorded 1,443 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements | 1,443 | 5.02 |
| A tyre seriously damaged | 873 | 3.03 |
| A tyre cords visible or damaged | 536 | 1.86 |
| Tyre obviously under inflated | 124 | 0.43 |
| Tyres on the same axle or on twin wheels are different sizes | 54 | 0.19 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 28,766 (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 Grande Punto gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?
11.1% of Fiat Grande Punto MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,106 miles later (6,417 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,417 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
Other pages for this model
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