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Piaggio reliability and common MOT problems by model

Piaggio shows a 9.2% combined MOT failure rate across 26,533 tests in Motintel data. Vespa has one of the lower high-confidence rates at 7.9%. Fly deserves extra checking at 14.2%.

Data sources: DVSA MOT records, official recall records, and MOT fault wording snapshots (2026-04-27, 2026-04-29, rfr_codes_2025-05-12, failure items 2023). Search-indexed model pages must clear 20,000 MOT tests and 10,000 vehicles.

Most reliable Piaggio models in MOT data

#	Model	MOT failure rate	Tests	Vehicles
Not enough high-confidence model reports are available yet.

Piaggio models with the highest MOT failure rates

#	Model	MOT failure rate	Tests	Vehicles
Not enough high-confidence model reports are available yet.

Common Piaggio MOT problem areas

#	Problem area	MOT notes	Models affected	What to check	High-rate examples
Not enough high-confidence problem-area data is available yet.

All Piaggio model reports

Model	MOT tests	Vehicles	Failure rate
Vespa limited data	17,689	16,291	7.9%
Zip limited data	1,921	1,611	15.8%
Mp3 limited data	1,796	1,593	9.4%
Liberty 125 limited data	1,731	1,473	14.1%
Px 125 Vespa limited data	1,337	1,226	8.6%
Px 200 E limited data	1,046	990	5.5%
Fly limited data	1,013	862	14.2%

Models with limited data (fewer than 20,000 tests or 10,000 vehicles) have full reports but are not indexed in search engines until the evidence threshold is met.