Royal Enfield MOT failure rates by model
Royal Enfield cars fail 9.5% of MOT tests. Here is every Royal Enfield model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Royal Enfield cars?
Across 119,445 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 9.5% of Royal Enfield cars fail. That is 16.2 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Royal Enfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Enfield Bullet | 10.2% | 58,890 | Lamps & electrical |
| Royal Enfield Continental | 10.0% | 8,510 | Lamps & electrical |
| Royal Enfield Himalayan | 9.6% | 12,240 | Lamps & electrical |
| Royal Enfield Bullt | 9.5% | 7,325 | Lamps & electrical |
| Royal Enfield Interceptor | 8.3% | 16,052 | Brakes |
| Royal Enfield Crusader | 8.1% | 1,112 | Lamps & electrical |
| Royal Enfield Classic | 6.2% | 2,286 | Brakes |
| Royal Enfield Meteor | 6.1% | 5,446 | Lamps & electrical |
Which Royal Enfield fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Royal Enfield Bullet has the highest failure rate at 10.2%, and the Royal Enfield Meteor the lowest at 6.1%. 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