MOT failure rate and common problems for the Cotton Trials, and how to check your own car by registration.
Updated 05 September 2026.
3.9%fail rate
Cotton Trials MOT failure rate
What a Cotton Trials fails its MOT on, and the part that fixes each.
Other models
Cotton Continental MOT failures5.4% failure rateFord Fiesta MOT failures27.1% failure rateFord Focus MOT failures26.1% failure rateVauxhall Corsa MOT failures29.9% failure rate
Questions and answers
What is the MOT failure rate of the Cotton Trials?
It fails 3.9% of its MOT tests across the DVSA record, from 103 tests.