Abarth 500 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 72.4% of 5,531 MOT tests on the Abarth 500 ended in a pass, 4.1 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Abarth 500 MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 7335 tests | 75.8% | 43,000 · 33k to 57k |
| 8889 tests | 74.2% | 49,000 · 37k to 63k |
| 9627 tests | 73.5% | 57,000 · 43k to 71k |
| 10646 tests | 72.4% | 63,000 · 47k to 77k |
| 11844 tests | 72.7% | 67,000 · 49k to 81k |
| 12919 tests | 71.2% | 69,000 · 53k to 89k |
| 13906 tests | 71.0% | 79,000 · 61k to 97k |
| 14344 tests | 67.7% | 79,000 · 63k to 97k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Abarth 500. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used 500
The parts that come up most often in Abarth 500 MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
- Shock absorbersPush down hard on each corner: it should rise once and settle. Oil on the shock absorber body is a sign of a leak.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Exhaust and emissionsStart the engine from cold and listen for blowing or rattling from the exhaust, and look for smoke.
Check a specific 500
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
Questions
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Other Abarth models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Abarth models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.