Alfa Romeo MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 73,422 MOT tests on Alfa Romeo cars from 2023, covering 11 models with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 73,422 MOT tests on Alfa Romeo cars in 2023, 67% passed first time, below the national average of 71% for all cars. Of the Alfa Romeo models with enough tests, the Stelvio did best at 89% and the GT did least well at 54%. Newer models pass more often whatever the make, so compare cars of a similar age.
Alfa Romeo models
| Model | Tests | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Giulietta | 26,534 | 69% |
| Mito | 20,732 | 62% |
| Giulia | 6,162 | 85% |
| 159 | 4,226 | 57% |
| Spider | 3,553 | 69% |
| Stelvio | 3,136 | 89% |
| 147 | 2,376 | 55% |
| GT | 2,057 | 54% |
| Brera | 1,983 | 64% |
| 156 | 1,409 | 58% |
| GTV | 1,254 | 62% |
What Alfa Romeo cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Suspension11.8% (all cars 9.0%)
- Lights and electrics11.4% (all cars 11.3%)
- Brakes8.7% (all cars 6.8%)
- Tyres7.8% (all cars 6.4%)
- Visibility5.0% (all cars 4.8%)
- Exhaust and emissions4.8% (all cars 3.1%)
- Body and structure4.0% (all cars 3.5%)
- Seat belts and airbags1.4% (all cars 1.0%)
Most common Alfa Romeo failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Coil spring: fractured or broken 4.8%
- Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 2.7%
- Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements 2.4%
- Headlamp: not working on dipped beam 1.9%
- Suspension arms, pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn 1.6%
- Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction 1.5%
- Tyres, condition: has ply or cords exposed 1.4%
- Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid 1.1%
Check a particular Alfa Romeo
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.