Does the Fiat Scudo fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Fiat Scudo records 28.05 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 27.84 expected for a lcv 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) (+0.21, 95% interval −0.18 to +0.59). It ranks 309 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 Scudo is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 2,782 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 2,782 | 3.85 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 2,025 | 2.80 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 1,766 | 2.44 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,697 | 2.35 |
| 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. | 1,456 | 2.01 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 72,317 (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 Scudo gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
20.1% of Fiat Scudo MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,974 miles later (14,579 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 14,579 (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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