Fiat Panda — reliability by registration year

2004–2022 · 19 registration years · 81,358 first tests

2011 breaks the run — 2.9 pp worse than the years either side

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Panda registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.

Fiat Panda first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2022 680 90.4% 92.8%
2021 1,091 85.0% 88.5%
2020 1,727 83.2% 87.6%
2019 2,470 81.0% 85.3% Coil spring (front) 24.5%
2018 2,590 78.6% 83.4% Coil spring (front) 28.5%
2017 3,400 75.6% 80.5% Coil spring (front) 16.5%
2016 4,645 73.2% 78.9% Shock absorbers (rear) 16.1%
2015 7,591 69.6% 74.7% Shock absorbers (rear) 13.9%
2014 7,563 67.8% 73.3% Shock absorbers (rear) 11.7%
2013 7,045 65.3% 70.7% Coil spring (front) 14.2%
2012 5,966 63.9% 69.9% Shock absorbers (rear) 11.4%
2011 4,871 57.5% 63.3% Pins and bushes (front) 16.0%
2.9 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2011 Pandas most often: Pins and bushes (front) (16.0%) · Shock absorbers (front) (13.9%) · Position lamp (front) (10.0%)
2010 7,823 57.0% 63.0% Pins and bushes (front) 13.6%
2009 8,653 56.2% 62.3% Pins and bushes (front) 12.5%
2008 3,891 52.4% 58.8% Rbt (sp) 13.3%
2007 4,080 52.5% 57.8% Rbt (sp) 12.7%
2006 3,045 52.8% 58.8% Rbt (sp) 14.6%
2005 2,329 52.5% 57.6% Rbt (sp) 18.4%
2004 1,898 48.8% 55.0% Rbt (sp) 17.3%

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