2008 Fiat Punto 1.4L Petrol · AF08 TPJ

The 2008 Fiat Punto passed its most recent MOT on 25 September 2025 at 130,268 miles with no defects recorded, and the maintenance trend across the supplied history is stable with no recurring mechanical or structural faults flagged. The vehicle shows a clean test record on the three occasions it passed, though the two failures dated 24 September 2025 and 25 September 2024 at identical mileages to the following passes suggest administrative or presentation issues rather than recorded defects, as no faults were listed on either failure. Mileage accumulation is broadly typical for an eighteen-year-old car, averaging around 7,237 miles per year against the 130,268 miles recorded. The gap between the 23 September 2023 test at 121,221 miles and the 25 September 2024 failure at 123,982 miles shows only 2,761 miles covered in that year, with a further 6,286 miles to the 2025 tests. The record is sparse and clean, offering no advisories on tyres, brake discs, suspension bushes, corrosion, or exhaust emissions to indicate worn consumables or developing structural concerns. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of the suspension components, brake calipers, and underbody for corrosion given the vehicle's age and the absence of any advisory data in the MOT history. The repeated same-day or next-day fail-and-pass pattern at 123,982 and 130,268 miles implies the car may have been presented without correct documentation or minor non-mechanical compliance, not deferred mechanical upkeep. Given the lack of recorded defects across five tests, the Punto presents as structurally sound on paper, but the dense 2024 and 2025 fail-pass pairs warrant verification of the test failure reasons through DVSA channels before purchase.