Fiat Auto Trail
Registered from 2002 to 2020.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2018 2.3 diesel. 86 of 1,619 tests failed, 5%.
Better than 92% of 2018 cars. The typical one fails 10%, across 966 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 34% | 29 |
| Lights and electrics | 33% | 28 |
| Brakes | 16% | 14 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 13% | 11 |
| Suspension | 8% | 7 |
| Body and structure | 5% | 4 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
Where it stands out against its peers
- Visibility: failed more often than 93% of 2018 cars — 34% of its 86 failed tests, where an ordinary 2018 car has 15%.
- Seat belts and airbags: failed more often than 96% of 2018 cars — 13% of its 86 failed tests, where an ordinary 2018 car has 1%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 16% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Suspension — 8% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 33% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A reversing lamp inoperative
- Visibility — 34% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Seat belts and airbags — 13% of its failures