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Ajs MOT failure rates by model

Ajs cars fail 21.2% of MOT tests. Here is every Ajs model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Ajs cars?

Across 50,279 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 21.2% of Ajs cars fail. That is 4.5 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Ajs models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Ajs Jsm32.7%1,462Other
Ajs Dd25.2%9,353Lamps & electrical
Ajs Firefox25.1%2,255Lamps & electrical
Ajs Js24.9%3,722Lamps & electrical
Ajs Tempest23.6%1,527Brakes
Ajs Digita22.1%1,415Lamps & electrical
Ajs Cadwell20.9%1,948Lamps & electrical
Ajs Modena20.1%11,930Lamps & electrical
Ajs 16ms7.8%1,151Lamps & electrical

Which Ajs fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Ajs Jsm has the highest failure rate at 32.7%, and the Ajs 16ms the lowest at 7.8%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.

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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain