Fiat Sedici
Registered from 2006 to 2009.
About this model
The Fiat Sedici is a subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) that was co-developed by Fiat and Suzuki, mainly for the market in Europe. Introduced in December 2005, it was manufactured until October 2014. As 4x4 is 16, the car is named Sedici, which means "sixteen" in Italian.
From the Wikipedia article Fiat Sedici, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2006 1.6 petrol. 95 of 351 tests failed, 27%.
Better than 49% of 2006 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 889 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 62% | 59 |
| Brakes | 42% | 40 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 38% | 36 |
| Lights and electrics | 28% | 27 |
| Body and structure | 17% | 16 |
| Tyres and wheels | 15% | 14 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Where it stands out against its peers
- Exhaust and emissions: failed more often than 95% of 2006 cars — 38% of its 95 failed tests, where an ordinary 2006 car has 13%.
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.
- Suspension — 62% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Brakes — 42% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Exhaust and emissions — 38% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Tyres and wheels — 15% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 28% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 17% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
When it starts failing
At 120–140k miles this one fails 24% of its inspections, against the 30% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–60k miles | 23% | 21% | 35 | |
| 60–80k miles | 28% | 25% | 57 | |
| 80–100k miles | 28% | 27% | 111 | |
| 100–120k miles | 28% | 29% | 61 | |
| 120–140k miles | 24% | 30% | 46 |
310 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 80k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.