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Rover 218 MOT pass rate by year

How the Rover 218's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1991 to 1999, across the DVSA record.

What is the Rover 218 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Rover 218 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 218 averages 35.5% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199164.8%35.2%1,737
199264.5%35.5%4,518
199363.3%36.7%9,451
199463.5%36.5%27,001
199564.8%35.2%34,863
199665.3%34.7%2,622
199764.7%35.3%7,603
199865.7%34.3%16,229
199965.4%34.6%2,534

Does age change how often a Rover 218 fails?

Older Rover 218s fail more often, as expected. The 1991 cars fail 35.2% of tests against 34.6% for the 1999. Across every year the model averages 35.5%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 36.7%, and the 1998 the strongest at 34.3%.

More on the Rover 218

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

See also
Rover 218: 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