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Does the Fiat Sedici fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Fiat Sedici records 0.71 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 1.97 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.26, 95% interval −1.53 to −0.99). It ranks 557 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Fiat Sedici by registration

What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Fiat Sedici is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 52 times in 2019–2024.

Fiat Sedici: most frequent seat belts and airbags defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction520.50

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,376 (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

Other pages for this model

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