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Skoda MOT failure rates by model

Skoda cars fail 21.8% of MOT tests. Here is every Skoda model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Skoda cars?

Across 13,101,522 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 21.8% of Skoda cars fail. That is 3.9 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Skoda models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Skoda Favorit36.6%54,842Other
Skoda Felicia34.4%592,603Other
Skoda 12029.1%1,298Lamps & electrical
Skoda Fabia23.8%5,008,386Suspension
Skoda Roomster22.6%348,171Suspension
Skoda Octavia22.0%3,988,332Suspension
Skoda Superb18.7%824,788Tyres
Skoda Rapid17.6%247,683Tyres
Skoda Yeti15.8%881,349Suspension
Skoda Citigo15.1%520,079Brakes
Skoda Scala11.1%37,511Tyres
Skoda Enyaq11.1%25,241Tyres
Skoda Kodiaq10.2%214,599Tyres
Skoda Kamiq10.2%78,340Brakes
Skoda Karoq9.5%274,825Tyres

Which Skoda fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Skoda Favorit has the highest failure rate at 36.6%, and the Skoda Karoq the lowest at 9.5%. 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