Fortunately for Skoda owners we have a 65.5% pass rate.

You can check the stats for all cars on Honestjohn and they go into some detail too.

http://good-garage-guide.honestjohn.co.uk/mot/skoda

I'm soo glad I don't own a Renault

Doesn't surprise me at all!

My brothers old Astra failed its first MOT for not having water in the washer jets.

Saw that in a few places. I'd like to see the figures with the 'lazy driver' failures taken out i.e. bulbs, chipped windscreens, tyres, wipers etc.

Without removing the maintenance problems the figures don't really tell you much about reliability. Just that people who own Renaults don't look after them.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/parts-and-accessories/2012-05/the-mot-files---the-full-story/

It would be interesting to see the time series data for previous years!decades.

Is this statistic a consequence of Fleet managers deferring maintenance ?

Will we see fthe DOT getting involved as far as type approvals are concerned.

Nick

Surprises me the figure is so high.

Saw that in a few places. I'd like to see the figures with the 'lazy driver' failures taken out i.e. bulbs, chipped windscreens, tyres, wipers etc.

Without removing the maintenance problems the figures don't really tell you much about reliability. Just that people who own Renaults don't look after them.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/parts-and-accessories/2012-05/the-mot-files---the-full-story/

They do actually state on the data pages that the statistics are not a guide to reliability and that the JD Power survey is the best place to go for that info, but yes, it would be good to see the stats with lazy driver faults removed.

The detailed stats (here http://good-garage-guide.honestjohn.co.uk/mot/skoda/fabia/2006 for 2006 Fabia) seems to give enough detail to weed these out? Drivers view for example

Only checked a few manufacturers but it would appear that "lighting & signalling" is the most common failure reason - again just proves that the drivers aren't conducting regular checks of their cars.

This is even so on some of the higher marque cars such as Audi, BMW et al.

My Fabia saloon is 9 years old and I"ve only replaced one stop-light to date-that said I don"t do much night driving.

Whereas all the Chinese sourced desktop LED lamps I recently bought failed within two months of purchase.

The total failures curve sems to have mushroomed recently suggesting that a more institutional factor may be at play e.g. Manufacturers switching sources of supply.

Nick

Edited 22 May, 201214 yr by Clunkclick

My local MOT station says that with new cars the greatest number of failures are over blown bulbs and rotten wipers, plus a few with innefficient rear brakes.

My brothers old Astra failed its first MOT for not having water in the washer jets.

That statement to me is indicative of peoples misunderstanding of what the MOT is for. That is not a reason for rejection, the applicable one is that the washers supply insufficient fluid, that implies that it's the job of the tester to diagnose the cause and that it would be easier for him to fix it rather than fail it. The test is a box ticking exercise, look at the bits that have to be looked at and assess as to whether they meet the minimum required standard or not. In the above example I'd fail it and if it was the only thing that it was failing on, providing that my day is still on schedule and that the vehicle presenter hasn't done anything to annoy me, which can range from being late for the test to having the car so full of stuff that it's difficult to get around it, then I just might tip some water in his washer bottle and retest it. The vehicle presenter has a responsibility to keep his car in a roadworthy condition.

I had a look at some of my testing statistics the other day, the average fail rate is 35%, mine is 46% and I don't think that I'm a particularly hard tester, if it isn't right I'll fail it, doesn't matter how old it is or what it is. I failed a 3 year old Jaguar on a smoke test a while back and the engine made a few expensive noises.

Some of those statistics are a joke and prove that there are some testers out there who can't apply the correct fail text to the bit that they are failing. Look in the 2006 Fabia, 1 car failed on body security, that is only applicable to vehicles with a separate body and chassis, 20 cars failed on bonded suspension - that's the type of suspension that was used on BL Minis. Prescribed areas are another thing, that usually means serious corrosion and I have yet to see a rotten Fabia. I've not had a fail on a brake disc yet.

I'm just waiting for a time when I can fail MK2 Fabias for being Yellow.

" I'm just waiting for a time when I can fail MK2 Fabias for being Yellow."

grrr just cos your jealous of Ogy!

As above most of these failures are down to blown bulbs and split wiper blades. This isn't a reflection of the car - more the driver!

I reckon Volvo scored quite badly due to their DRL's and the increased liklihood of blown bulbs. I don't think I've ever seen a V50 or S40 without at least one blown tail light!

I work for volvo and get sick of fitting bulbs altho things have improved slightly with more and more led units been used.

We do some fleet cars at work that have well over 100k on them before there even due there first mot test, but at least fleet cars are usually serviced regular.