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Rover 25 MOT pass rate by year

How the Rover 25's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1999 to 2006, across the DVSA record.

What is the Rover 25 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Rover 25 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 25 averages 27.9% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199967.9%32.1%12,265
200070.0%30.0%409,405
200171.8%28.2%450,218
200273.3%26.7%367,598
200372.9%27.1%313,481
200473.4%26.6%154,410
200574.1%25.9%68,504
200673.5%26.5%8,550

Does age change how often a Rover 25 fails?

Older Rover 25s fail more often, as expected. The 1999 cars fail 32.1% of tests against 26.5% for the 2006. Across every year the model averages 27.9%. The 1999 is the weakest year at 32.1%, and the 2005 the strongest at 25.9%.

More on the Rover 25

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

See also
Rover 25: 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