2018 Fiat 500 1.2L Petrol · HT18 LDY

The most recent MOT attempt was on 2026-01-06 at 51,578 miles — just over five months ago. It resulted in one failure and one pass on the same day, both at identical mileage. The failure was due to an offside front tyre worn close to the legal limit and unevenly worn on the edge, plus a registration plate lamp that didn’t activate with the position lamps. This tyre issue is not new. It appeared in the 2022-09-06 test (at 33,419 miles), where both front tyres were noted as worn smooth on the inner edges — a clear sign of misalignment or suspension wear. It reappeared in 2026, now affecting only the offside front, suggesting the problem has persisted but not necessarily worsened across all four tyres. The fact that it recurred after three clean MOTs (2023, 2025, and the 2026 pass) indicates inconsistency — possibly temporary correction followed by relapse. The trend is neither clearly improving nor sharply deteriorating, but it is unstable: a known fault resurfaced after years of silence, and the vehicle failed once in its most recent test. That’s a red flag for inconsistent maintenance or unresolved underlying causes. At 51,578 miles and eight years old, the car sits at roughly average annual mileage (6,447 miles/year).