Fiat Swift
Registered from 2013 to 2021.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2018 2.3 diesel. 94 of 1,832 tests failed, 5%.
Better than 93% of 2018 cars. The typical one fails 10%, across 966 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 40% | 38 |
| Visibility | 31% | 29 |
| Brakes | 18% | 17 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 13% | 12 |
| Suspension | 5% | 5 |
| Tyres and wheels | 5% | 5 |
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
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
Where it stands out against its peers
- Lights and electrics: failed more often than 94% of 2018 cars — 40% of its 94 failed tests, where an ordinary 2018 car has 15%.
- Visibility: failed more often than 90% of 2018 cars — 31% of its 94 failed tests, where an ordinary 2018 car has 15%.
- Seat belts and airbags: failed more often than 96% of 2018 cars — 13% of its 94 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 — 18% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Suspension — 5% of its failures
- Tyres and wheels — 5% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 40% 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
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 31% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Seat belts and airbags — 13% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 40–60k miles this one fails 13% of its inspections, against the 12% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 5% | 6% | 1,468 | |
| 20–40k miles | 6% | 9% | 307 | |
| 40–60k miles | 13% | 12% | 53 |
1,828 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have under 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.