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Rover 214 MOT pass rate by year

How the Rover 214's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1989 to 2000, across the DVSA record.

What is the Rover 214 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Rover 214 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Rover 214 averages 32.4% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198962.8%37.2%1,133
199065.1%34.9%14,773
199165.4%34.6%23,002
199267.1%32.9%35,957
199365.9%34.1%57,471
199466.2%33.8%95,943
199567.4%32.6%122,616
199665.8%34.2%116,843
199767.5%32.5%178,822
199868.8%31.2%205,497
199969.7%30.3%166,485
200069.0%31.0%15,063

Does age change how often a Rover 214 fails?

Older Rover 214s fail more often, as expected. The 1989 cars fail 37.2% of tests against 31.0% for the 2000. Across every year the model averages 32.4%. The 1989 is the weakest year at 37.2%, and the 1999 the strongest at 30.3%.

More on the Rover 214

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Rover 214: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Rover models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain