Skoda Fabia: 70% pass.

219,022 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 70% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 70% would be expected: the same.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
6 years	73%	82%	4%	23%	81
7 years	72%	79%	4%	24%	513
8 years	72%	76%	5%	23%	1,339
9 years	70%	73%	5%	25%	2,185
10 years	68%	70%	5%	27%	2,562
11 years	64%	67%	6%	30%	3,605
12 years	64%	64%	6%	30%	4,279
13 years	60%	62%	7%	33%	4,044
14 years	60%	60%	7%	33%	3,409
15 years	54%	58%	7%	39%	3,651
16 years	51%	57%	7%	42%	3,297
17 years	52%	57%	9%	39%	3,212
18 years	57%	57%	8%	35%	2,613
19 years	57%	57%	7%	36%	2,126
20 years	60%	57%	7%	34%	1,710

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	85%	88%	4%	11%	5,181
4 years	85%	86%	3%	11%	8,091
5 years	84%	84%	3%	13%	12,564
6 years	80%	82%	4%	16%	15,864
7 years	77%	79%	3%	20%	15,762
8 years	76%	76%	3%	20%	17,106
9 years	76%	73%	4%	21%	16,450
10 years	75%	70%	5%	20%	12,809
11 years	73%	67%	5%	22%	12,754
12 years	71%	64%	5%	24%	10,627
13 years	68%	62%	6%	26%	8,256
14 years	66%	60%	7%	28%	7,355
15 years	59%	58%	9%	32%	8,791
16 years	56%	57%	9%	35%	6,097
17 years	54%	57%	9%	37%	5,993
18 years	52%	57%	9%	40%	4,243
19 years	51%	57%	8%	40%	3,501
20 years	50%	57%	9%	41%	2,508

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.