UK MOT data · 81% average pass rate

What the MOT record says before you buy

Pass rates, the failures that come up most often, and how they change with mileage — for real UK cars by make, model and year. Built from the DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset, and honest about what it can't tell you.

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195,394,211

MOT tests analysed

93

Makes covered

1,447

Models with reports

10,147

Model-year reports

Browse by make

Every make below links to its models, then to a full per-year breakdown.

A–Z Best MOT pass rate

61 models · 27,050,654 tests

36 models · 18,909,355 tests

65 models · 18,151,249 tests

35 models · 10,528,409 tests

42 models · 9,920,326 tests

82 models · 9,771,023 tests

44 models · 9,695,466 tests

49 models · 9,549,587 tests

42 models · 8,860,677 tests

48 models · 6,481,071 tests

42 models · 6,463,658 tests

24 models · 5,543,410 tests

42 models · 5,316,999 tests

22 models · 5,301,827 tests

28 models · 5,137,106 tests

60 models · 4,828,568 tests

18 models · 4,566,000 tests

15 models · 4,440,772 tests

22 models · 3,397,129 tests

17 models · 3,190,341 tests

31 models · 3,182,193 tests

21 models · 2,530,705 tests

16 models · 1,965,977 tests

40 models · 1,780,869 tests

24 models · 1,056,421 tests

30 models · 918,861 tests

49 models · 870,898 tests

15 models · 552,474 tests

36 models · 533,902 tests

15 models · 455,946 tests

15 models · 432,905 tests

33 models · 406,644 tests

8 models · 367,824 tests

15 models · 354,602 tests

4 models · 350,538 tests

19 models · 264,537 tests

10 models · 252,564 tests

22 models · 220,885 tests

8 models · 155,227 tests

10 models · 140,975 tests

11 models · 128,577 tests

12 models · 117,048 tests

10 models · 113,720 tests

11 models · 111,011 tests

London Taxis Int

3 models · 96,276 tests

12 models · 86,526 tests

19 models · 65,020 tests

3 models · 63,775 tests

11 models · 59,719 tests

10 models · 56,239 tests

7 models · 51,244 tests

9 models · 42,143 tests

5 models · 38,974 tests

9 models · 33,427 tests

7 models · 31,561 tests

6 models · 28,645 tests

4 models · 27,757 tests

1 models · 23,334 tests

7 models · 23,249 tests

3 models · 22,739 tests

5 models · 19,613 tests

5 models · 18,803 tests

3 models · 18,555 tests

4 models · 17,395 tests

4 models · 14,141 tests

4 models · 12,179 tests

3 models · 11,069 tests

5 models · 9,325 tests

3 models · 8,301 tests

2 models · 7,001 tests

2 models · 6,269 tests

2 models · 6,091 tests

2 models · 5,650 tests

2 models · 5,047 tests

1 models · 4,926 tests

1 models · 4,318 tests

3 models · 4,310 tests

2 models · 4,027 tests

2 models · 4,015 tests

2 models · 3,874 tests

1 models · 3,764 tests

2 models · 3,588 tests

1 models · 3,548 tests

2 models · 3,510 tests

1 models · 3,401 tests

1 models · 2,971 tests

1 models · 2,818 tests

1 models · 2,445 tests

1 models · 2,053 tests

1 models · 1,826 tests

1 models · 1,520 tests

1 models · 1,250 tests

1 models · 1,083 tests

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Why this is different

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Real data, not opinion

Every figure comes from millions of actual MOT tests — pass rates, defect categories, mileage bands — not blog guesswork.

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Fewer, better pages

Pages backed by too little data aren't published. We'd rather show one reliable report than ten thin ones.

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Honest about limits

MOT data covers testable defects only — not engines or gearboxes. We say so on every page, clearly.

Want to know how all this is calculated? Read the methodology.