Visibility and wiper MOT failures
Visibility and wiper faults account for 8.4% of MOT failures. What the tester checks, why cars fail, and which models fail this most.
What are visibility and wiper MOT failures?
Visibility failures include torn or smearing wiper blades, a washer jet that does not reach the screen, and chips or cracks in the driver's swept area. Blades and washer fluid are quick, cheap fixes.
How common are visibility and wiper MOT failures?
Visibility and wiper faults account for 8.4% of all recorded MOT failures, making them the sixth most common reason cars fail. That share is drawn from the categorised defect records of 16,764 car models in the DVSA data.
| Failure area | Share of all failures |
|---|---|
| Visibility/wipers | 8.4% |
Which cars fail most on visibility and wiper?
These models lose the largest share of their own MOT failures to visibility and wiper items. The percentage is the portion of each model's failures that fall in this area, among models with a large test sample.
| Model | Share of its failures | Overall failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Delivery | 38.4% | 34.4% | 21,234 |
| Hyundai Bayon | 36.8% | 12.9% | 14,261 |
| Volkswagen Karmann | 35.4% | 26.8% | 12,196 |
| Volkswagen Motor | 32.9% | 32.3% | 117,381 |
| Volkswagen Kombi | 32.4% | 29.5% | 5,757 |
| Volkswagen T2 | 32.1% | 31.4% | 14,674 |
| Volkswagen Type | 32.0% | 31.9% | 20,617 |
| Leyland Daf 400 | 31.8% | 38.9% | 23,337 |
| Volkswagen Microbus | 31.5% | 30.1% | 5,914 |
| Porsche 924 | 31.3% | 30.4% | 35,775 |
| Volkswagen 1500 | 30.8% | 29.9% | 5,945 |
| Volkswagen Camper | 30.6% | 31.9% | 143,080 |
| Volkswagen Campervan | 29.6% | 31.5% | 13,279 |
| Bedford Cf | 29.3% | 33.4% | 18,101 |
| Vauxhall Midi | 28.7% | 35.5% | 18,680 |
Other MOT failure areas
How the other DVSA failure areas break down, each with the models that fail it most.
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain