Does the Fiat Tipo fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Fiat Tipo records 4.44 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.97 expected for a car 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) (+0.47, 95% interval +0.29 to +0.64). It ranks 267 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Fiat Tipo by registration

What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Fiat Tipo is “The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements”, recorded 481 times in 2019–2024.

Fiat Tipo: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	481	0.84
A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED	359	0.63
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	214	0.38
A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	200	0.35
A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	176	0.31

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 57,056 (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

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