Does the Fiat Punto fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Fiat Punto records 16.00 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 16.92 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.92, 95% interval −1.03 to −0.81). It ranks 392 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 Punto is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 19,641 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 19,641 | 3.50 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 10,318 | 1.84 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 9,246 | 1.65 |
| 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. | 5,316 | 0.95 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 4,737 | 0.84 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 561,621 (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 Punto gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
14.6% of Fiat Punto MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,683 miles later (76,006 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 76,006 (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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