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Fiat 500 vs Kia Picanto

Both are city cars. First-time MOT failure at age 7, and what each one is known to fail on.

The Kia Picanto is the more reliable of the two. It fails its first MOT at age 7 18.7% of the time, against 24.6% for the Fiat 500.

Fiat 500

24.6%

fail at age 7

Rank 190 of 239 · 41k miles at 7 · 334,105 tests

Kia Picanto

18.7%

fail at age 7

Rank 127 of 239 · 39k miles at 7 · 164,894 tests

What each one fails on

Measured

The faults each records most at ages 6 to 9. Same figures as each full report.

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory17.1%

A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakageAdvisory9.6%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornFail9.4%

A shock absorber bush excessively worn Advisory6.5%

A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakenedAdvisory5.0%

Exhaust system leaking or insecureAdvisory4.3%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory5.3%

Brake pipe damaged or excessively corrodedAdvisory4.8%

Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirementFail1.8%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornFail1.7%

Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brakeAdvisory1.6%

A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioningFail1.5%