Fiat Motor Caravan
Registered from 1992 to 2012.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2004 2.8 diesel. 14 of 59 tests failed, 24%.
Better than 76% of 2004 cars. The typical one fails 28%, across 750 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 64% | 9 |
| Lights and electrics | 50% | 7 |
| Body and structure | 43% | 6 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 21% | 3 |
| Visibility | 14% | 2 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 7% | 1 |
| Tyres and wheels | 7% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 97% of 2004 cars — 64% of its 14 failed tests, where an ordinary 2004 car has 38%.
- Body and structure: failed more often than 90% of 2004 cars — 43% of its 14 failed tests, where an ordinary 2004 car has 23%.
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 — 64% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Exhaust and emissions — 21% of its failures
- Tyres and wheels — 7% of its failures
- A spare wheel carrier fractured or insecure
- Lights and electrics — 50% of its failures
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp
- Body and structure — 43% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Body, cab or chassis corroded at mounting points to the extent that overall security or stability is impaired
- Visibility — 14% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Seat belts and airbags — 7% of its failures