Daewoo MOT failure rates by model
Daewoo cars fail 33.3% of MOT tests. Here is every Daewoo model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Daewoo cars?
Across 1,681,808 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 33.3% of Daewoo cars fail. That is 7.6 points above the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Daewoo models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daewoo Espero | 37.2% | 33,498 | Lamps & electrical |
| Daewoo Nexia | 36.2% | 79,431 | Brakes |
| Daewoo Nubira | 35.6% | 130,543 | Brakes |
| Daewoo Korando | 34.4% | 4,899 | Brakes |
| Daewoo Matiz | 34.1% | 724,475 | Lamps & electrical |
| Daewoo Musso | 33.4% | 23,804 | Brakes |
| Daewoo Leganza | 32.8% | 62,079 | Brakes |
| Daewoo Lanos | 32.6% | 344,029 | Lamps & electrical |
| Daewoo Kalos | 30.3% | 140,145 | Lamps & electrical |
| Daewoo Lacetti | 29.9% | 37,843 | Lamps & electrical |
| Daewoo Tacuma | 29.4% | 101,012 | Brakes |
Which Daewoo fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Daewoo Espero has the highest failure rate at 37.2%, and the Daewoo Tacuma the lowest at 29.4%. 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