2018 Fiat 500 1.2L Petrol · EU68 GZD

The 2018 FIAT 500 presents a borderline maintenance picture. Its most recent MOT, conducted on 25 October 2025 at 55,731 miles, passed cleanly with zero defects. That clean sheet, however, sits just one week after a failure on 18 October 2025 at 55,618 miles that revealed multiple concurrent faults. The car failed on a defective offside wiper blade, an SRS airbag warning lamp indicating a system fault, both front tyres with cuts deep enough to expose ply or cords, a nail in the nearside rear tyre, and a rear service brake performance reading that only just met the legal minimum, suggesting the braking system needed adjustment or repair. The fact that all these issues were resolved within a single week before the retest suggests the previous owner addressed immediate fail items rather than undertaking thorough preventative maintenance. The trend is therefore difficult to characterise as either stable or definitively improving, but the cluster of faults in October 2025 raises questions about how attentively the car was maintained in the months leading up to that point. The mileage progression tells a fairly consistent story. Between the January 2023 test at 42,096 miles and the May 2023 test at 43,263 miles, the car covered roughly 1,167 miles in just over four months. From May 2023 to August 2024, mileage jumped from 43,263 to 49,210, a gain of 5,947 miles over approximately fifteen months. The most significant acceleration appears between August 2024 and October 2025, when the odometer moved from 49,210 to 55,731, adding 6,521 miles in just over a year. At roughly 6,966 miles per year over its eight-year life, the overall annual average sits within normal parameters for a small city car. There are no alarming gaps in the record that would suggest prolonged periods of inactivity or clocking concerns, though the MOT history only stretches back to January 2023, leaving the first five years of the vehicle's life unaccounted for in this dataset. A buyer inspecting this car in person should pay close attention to the condition of the tyres and braking system. The October 2025 failure flagged both front tyres with structural cuts reaching the ply, a penetrating nail in the nearside rear, and marginal rear brake performance. These are not isolated wear items but suggest the previous owner may have deferred basic tyre inspections and brake servicing. The SRS warning lamp fault that appeared in the October 2025 failure also warrants investigation, as airbag or seatbelt pretensioner faults can persist intermittently and may not trigger a warning during a brief test drive. Suspension components, including front wishbone bushes and rear beam bushes common on the FIAT 500 platform, should be checked for play or deterioration given the mileage. The windscreen and wiper mechanism should be examined for chips or cracks that could fail a future test. A thorough brake inspection covering pad thickness, disc condition, and rear caliper operation is advisable before purchase.