MOT failure rate for cars built in 2000

[tony13579]

‎97,000 miles and another MOT passed.... got me thinking!

http://www.motdatabase.co.uk/ you can look up the FAIL rate for any car. so I looked up load of cars made in 2000

Yaris Verso 17%

Yaris 19%

Golf 29.6%

...Focus 30.2

Audi A4 31%

Landrover defender 31%

Volvo V70 32%

Astra 33%

Smart Car 36%

Citroen Berlingo 44%

 

Is it the owners or the cars or the average mileage ?

[Jonnyboy]

Car MOT average failure rates

Make Model Failure RateRenault Megane 28.1 Vauxhall Corsa 24.7 Ford Mondeo 21.8 Renault Clio 21.2 Ford Ka 21 Peugeot 206 20.5 MINI MINI 20 Volkswagen Golf 19.2 Vauxhall Zafira 18.9 Vauxhall Astra 18.4 Ford Focus 18 Ford Fiesta 15.6

 

Most tested models of 2004 make...Fiesta wins!

[tony13579]

No the fiesta don't win because the ones registered in 2000 was 33.9%. If you are looking for an 11 year old car then a yaris would look like a better bet than a fiesta

[Johnny Bognor]

MOT failure rates have more to do with the owners, rather than the manufacturer.

 

I looked at the BMW 530 which has a failure rate of27%. However, over three quarters of the reasons for failure relate to brakes and tyres. As these are the most common reasons for failure, which have little to do with the manufacturer, then the figures are fairly meaningless. Is a failure due to a chip on the windscreen really down to the manufacturers?

 

If they removed wearable items from the results and just considered the component parts made by the manufacturers, it would give a more realistic view.

[Dimond Geezer]

All I know is that my 'Y' plate fiesta failed on Monday costing me £250. To compound the joy, the sump is leaking, that will cost another £250, but as it doesn't form part of the MoT, it can continue leaking on the road & in my parking space at work, until I can sell one of the kids into slavery.

[dune]

MOT failure rates have more to do with the owners, rather than the manufacturer.

 

I looked at the BMW 530 which has a failure rate of27%. However, over three quarters of the reasons for failure relate to brakes and tyres. As these are the most common reasons for failure, which have little to do with the manufacturer, then the figures are fairly meaningless. Is a failure due to a chip on the windscreen really down to the manufacturers?

 

If they removed wearable items from the results and just considered the component parts made by the manufacturers, it would give a more realistic view.

 

Exactly.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

My Saab 9-5 failed this morning because the indicator bulbs were the wrong colour! Apparently the orange tinting has faded. Off to ConBay and £8.50 later I have 10 new bulbs. Should last a while. Advisory on the anti roll linkage on the front as well so that's two new ones at £4.99 each and Robert is your mother's brother.