Skoda Octavia: 74% pass.

180,292 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 74% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 71% would be expected: 3 points better than that.

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
4 years	83%	86%	4%	14%	1,793
5 years	80%	84%	3%	16%	6,521
6 years	81%	82%	3%	16%	7,806
7 years	81%	79%	3%	15%	8,357
8 years	79%	76%	4%	17%	12,835
9 years	78%	73%	5%	17%	13,928
10 years	75%	70%	5%	20%	14,149
11 years	73%	67%	5%	22%	10,694
12 years	66%	64%	6%	28%	7,288
13 years	62%	62%	6%	32%	6,049
14 years	64%	60%	5%	31%	5,330
15 years	59%	58%	6%	35%	5,331
16 years	56%	57%	7%	37%	3,665
17 years	56%	57%	6%	38%	3,738
18 years	56%	57%	7%	37%	2,816
19 years	53%	57%	7%	40%	2,020
20 years	54%	57%	7%	39%	1,206

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	81%	88%	9%	9%	54
4 years	88%	86%	2%	10%	3,753
5 years	86%	84%	2%	12%	9,343
6 years	85%	82%	3%	12%	9,586
7 years	84%	79%	2%	14%	8,067
8 years	83%	76%	3%	14%	6,345
9 years	82%	73%	3%	15%	4,496
10 years	79%	70%	4%	17%	3,159
11 years	75%	67%	4%	21%	2,685
12 years	71%	64%	5%	24%	1,892
13 years	66%	62%	6%	28%	3,455
14 years	65%	60%	6%	29%	3,787
15 years	64%	58%	6%	30%	2,141
16 years	62%	57%	6%	33%	899
17 years	56%	57%	6%	37%	1,119
18 years	57%	57%	7%	36%	1,385
19 years	58%	57%	8%	34%	1,118
20 years	61%	57%	8%	32%	489

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.