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Rover 216 MOT pass rate by year

How the Rover 216's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1989 to 2000, across the DVSA record.

What is the Rover 216 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Rover 216 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 216 averages 33.1% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198964.3%35.7%2,109
199065.0%35.0%11,522
199164.4%35.6%19,730
199264.5%35.5%29,926
199364.3%35.7%42,236
199465.9%34.1%40,695
199566.4%33.6%45,091
199665.8%34.2%59,103
199767.7%32.3%71,330
199869.0%31.0%69,867
199970.4%29.6%48,630
200069.3%30.7%4,140

Does age change how often a Rover 216 fails?

Older Rover 216s fail more often, as expected. The 1989 cars fail 35.7% of tests against 30.7% for the 2000. Across every year the model averages 33.1%. The 1989 is the weakest year at 35.7%, and the 1999 the strongest at 29.6%.

More on the Rover 216

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

See also
Rover 216: 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