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Daimler MOT failure rates by model

Daimler cars fail 22.7% of MOT tests. Here is every Daimler model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Daimler cars?

Across 101,727 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 22.7% of Daimler cars fail. That is 3.0 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Daimler models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Daimler 3.628.5%2,445Brakes
Daimler 4.027.4%4,111Lamps & electrical
Daimler Limousine25.0%11,314Brakes
Daimler Ds42025.0%1,150Brakes
Daimler Sovereign24.8%7,787Brakes
Daimler Double24.5%7,528Brakes
Daimler 4.224.4%2,543Brakes
Daimler Hearse23.4%1,299Suspension
Daimler Six22.6%4,033Lamps & electrical
Daimler V822.5%27,334Brakes
Daimler 25021.6%1,081Brakes
Daimler Super21.5%11,921Suspension
Daimler Dart15.3%1,370Brakes
Daimler Sp14.4%5,212Lamps & electrical

Which Daimler fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Daimler 3.6 has the highest failure rate at 28.5%, and the Daimler Sp the lowest at 14.4%. 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