Fiat Panda 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

30.6% of 39,476 MOT tests of the Fiat Panda first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 93.4 (95% CI 91.7–95.1; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 Fiat Panda fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Fiat Panda built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	30.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	39476
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 91.7–95.1)	93.4	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	39476
Rank among this model's 18 build years	4	of 18	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	39476
Tested in 2024	6329	tests	median 58,283 miles	2024	6329

Built 2012 against Fiat Panda normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 28% vs 27.2%; age 8: 29.1% vs 28.3%; age 9: 29.2% vs 31.7%; age 10: 30.2% vs 34.1%; age 11: 33.1% vs 37%; age 12: 34.1% vs 38.6%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 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 2012 Fiat Panda fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 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 2012: 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)
7	6,864	28	27–29.1	27.2	103
8	6,611	29.1	28–30.2	28.3	102.9
9	6,622	29.2	28.2–30.3	31.7	92.1
10	6,553	30.2	29.1–31.4	34.1	88.6
11	6,497	33.1	31.9–34.2	37	89.4
12	6,329	34.1	33–35.3	38.6	88.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 39,476 (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 2012 Fiat Panda?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is suspension: 22.7 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 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Fiat Panda built 2012 against the Fiat Panda in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	22.7	27.6	8,950
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	11.5	14.5	4,525
Tyres	9.2	10.6	3,647
Visibility	7.3	9.7	2,883
Brakes	7.2	13.5	2,861

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 39,476 (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 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 18 published build years of the Fiat Panda, 2012 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 104.9. 2013: index 94.2.

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 2012 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/2012/

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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