Fiat Panda 2004: MOT failure rate for its age

48.5% of 23,352 MOT tests of the Fiat Panda first registered in 2004 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.2 (95% CI 100.3–104.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Fiat Panda built in 2004 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	48.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	23352
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 100.3–104.0)	102.2	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	23352
Rank among this model's 18 build years	15	of 18	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	23352
Tested in 2024	2484	tests	median 77,195 miles	2024	2484

Built 2004 against Fiat Panda normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 15: 47.7% vs 49.1%; age 16: 49% vs 46.9%; age 17: 48.1% vs 47.1%; age 18: 47.8% vs 45.7%; age 19: 49.8% vs 47.2%; age 20: 49.8% vs 48.1%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2004 Fiat Panda by registration · All Fiat Panda MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2004 Fiat Panda fail at each age?

Cars built in 2004 were tested at ages 15 to 20 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Fiat Panda built 2004: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
15	5,736	47.7	46.4–49	49.1	97
16	4,687	49	47.6–50.4	46.9	104.4
17	4,006	48.1	46.5–49.6	47.1	102
18	3,473	47.8	46.1–49.4	45.7	104.5
19	2,966	49.8	48–51.6	47.2	105.4
20	2,484	49.8	47.8–51.8	48.1	103.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 23,352 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2004 Fiat Panda?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2004 is suspension: 39.9 items per 100 first tests, against 27.6 across all build years of the Fiat Panda. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2004 were tested at ages 15 to 20.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Fiat Panda built 2004 against the Fiat Panda in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2004, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	39.9	27.6	9,314
Brakes	33	13.5	7,698
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	27	14.5	6,316
Tyres	15.2	10.6	3,552
Visibility	15	9.7	3,498

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 23,352 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2004 compare with the years around it?

Among the 18 published build years of the Fiat Panda, 2004 ranks 15 (1 = fails least for its age). 2003: index 101.0. 2005: index 100.1.

Fiat Panda build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2003	101.0	89.4–112.6	no different (rough estimate)	598
2004	102.2	100.3–104.0	worse	23,352
2005	100.1	98.3–101.9	no different	25,918
2006	102.0	100.4–103.7	worse	32,040
2007	102.5	101.0–104.0	worse	39,111
2008	101.8	100.1–103.4	worse	34,936
2009	101.2	100.0–102.4	no different	66,346
2010	105.3	104.0–106.7	worse	57,129
2011	104.9	103.1–106.7	worse	33,964
2012	93.4	91.7–95.1	better	39,476
2013	94.2	92.6–95.8	better	45,934
2014	95.7	94.0–97.4	better	48,262
2015	97.2	95.4–99.1	better	47,752
2016	101.9	99.3–104.5	no different	29,413
2017	94.5	91.1–97.9	better	18,310
2018	90.0	85.5–94.5	better	10,718
2019	87.7	82.1–93.3	better	7,757
2020	75.3	66.9–83.7	better (rough estimate)	3,535

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 564,551 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Fiat Panda 2004 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/fiat-panda/2004/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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