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Bsa MOT failure rates by model

Bsa cars fail 8.3% of MOT tests. Here is every Bsa model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Bsa cars?

Across 88,989 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 8.3% of Bsa cars fail. That is 17.4 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Bsa models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Bsa D712.7%1,064Lamps & electrical
Bsa Bantam10.3%8,778Lamps & electrical
Bsa Unknown10.3%2,453Brakes
Bsa C159.9%6,321Lamps & electrical
Bsa B259.8%1,119Brakes
Bsa A509.4%1,462Brakes
Bsa B408.5%3,546Lamps & electrical
Bsa Starfire8.5%1,309Lamps & electrical
Bsa M208.4%1,331Brakes
Bsa Thunderbolt8.4%1,128Brakes
Bsa A658.1%6,445Lamps & electrical
Bsa 6508.1%1,135Lamps & electrical
Bsa A107.9%11,062Brakes
Bsa B337.7%1,175Lamps & electrical
Bsa B317.4%3,463Brakes
Bsa A77.1%3,809Brakes
Bsa Gold6.2%3,273Other
Bsa Rocket6.0%2,078Lamps & electrical
Bsa Super5.8%1,687Lamps & electrical
Bsa Goldstar5.5%1,626Brakes

Which Bsa fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Bsa D7 has the highest failure rate at 12.7%, and the Bsa Goldstar the lowest at 5.5%. 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