Fiat Punto years to avoid

Based on 66,982 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

Avoid 2002 to 2003 and 2012 to 2015. The worst is the 2014, which fails its MOT 44% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Fiat Punto 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 Punto 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 Punto
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2002	1,039	42.6%	21% worse
2003	1,751	41.9%	16% worse
2004	2,962	41.0%	about average
2005	2,178	37.8%	about average
2006	8,110	39.8%	about average
2007	11,373	40.1%	about average
2008	6,931	38.5%	about average
2009	2,254	34.1%	about average
2010	5,521	33.8%	about average
2011	4,772	33.4%	about average
2012	6,225	33.5%	20% worse
2013	4,632	33.9%	33% worse
2014 Worst	3,751	32.7%	44% worse
2015	2,498	25.0%	28% worse
2016	1,719	18.6%	about average
2017	1,266	15.1%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Fiat Punto, 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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