Fiat Ducato: which years to avoid

Based on 65,663 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

No model year stands out as one to avoid. Every year sits within 15% of the failure rate for cars of the same age. The 2010 is the strongest, failing 53% less often than average.

Found a Fiat Ducato you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Ducato model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Fiat Ducato
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
1998	1,156	34.7%	about average
1999	1,414	33.9%	about average
2000	1,565	35.0%	about average
2001	1,885	33.3%	about average
2002	2,232	30.8%	about average
2003	3,275	29.8%	17% better
2004	3,979	29.8%	19% better
2005	4,757	27.4%	25% better
2006	4,625	25.1%	31% better
2007	5,336	21.3%	40% better
2008	5,132	19.4%	45% better
2009	3,589	16.5%	51% better
2010	3,464	15.2%	53% better
2011	3,208	14.8%	51% better
2012	2,583	14.2%	49% better
2013	2,290	13.4%	48% better
2014	2,402	14.2%	38% better
2015	2,764	11.7%	40% better
2016	2,791	11.5%	32% better
2017	2,067	10.5%	27% better
2018	1,808	9.6%	20% better
2019	2,023	9.1%	about average
2020	1,318	5.8%	37% better

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Fiat Ducato, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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