Skoda Roomster MOT pass rate and common failures
In 2025, 63.7% of Skoda Roomster MOT tests were a first-time pass, across 17,432 tests in Great Britain. For all cars it was 71.5%.
Compared with cars of the same age
Older cars fail more often, so a model that’s mostly a few years old will look better than one that’s mostly 12. These figures compare like with like.
At 3–5 years
–
Too few tests at this age to say.
At 6–10 years
76.6%
All cars: 76.1% (0.5 points better). 3,288 tests.
At 11 years and over
60.7%
All cars: 61.3% (0.6 points worse). 14,142 tests.
Pass rate by age
Figures by age, with typical mileage
| Age (years) | Tests | First-time pass | All cars | Typical mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 764 | 79.8% | 73.1% | 61,250 miles |
| 10 | 2,524 | 75.6% | 70.0% | 63,750 miles |
| 11 | 2,750 | 71.3% | 66.9% | 71,250 miles |
| 12 | 2,241 | 67.4% | 64.4% | 78,750 miles |
| 13 | 1,864 | 65.7% | 62.1% | 86,250 miles |
| 14 | 1,310 | 63.1% | 60.2% | 88,750 miles |
| 15 | 1,155 | 55.3% | 58.6% | 98,750 miles |
| 16 | 1,493 | 50.9% | 57.5% | 103,750 miles |
| 17 | 2,001 | 51.0% | 57.2% | 108,750 miles |
| 18 | 1,275 | 48.6% | 57.0% | 116,250 miles |
| 19 | 53 | 37.7% | 57.2% | 121,250 miles |
Typical mileage is the median reading at the test, to the nearest 2,500 miles.
What fails most often
The share of Skoda Roomster MOT tests that failed on at least one item in each area, against all cars. A test can fail on several areas at once.
| Area | Roomster | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 22.6% | 16.6% |
| Suspension | 18.9% | 13.7% |
| Brakes | 14.1% | 10.2% |
| Tyres | 9.5% | 8.4% |
| Body, chassis, structure | 8.9% | 4.2% |
| Visibility | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4.0% | 4.0% |
| Steering | 3.2% | 2.5% |
Most common reasons for failing
- Position lamp: not working failed 5.4% of tests · what this means
- Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt failed 5.3% of tests
- Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn failed 5.1% of tests · what this means
- Coil spring: fractured or broken failed 4.3% of tests · what this means
- Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour failed 3.5% of tests
- Stop lamp: not working failed 2.8% of tests · what this means
- Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm failed 2.7% of tests
- Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt failed 2.5% of tests · what this means
- Condition: has ply or cords exposed failed 2.5% of tests
- Service brake performance: excessively binding failed 2.3% of tests · what this means
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About these figures
- They cover every Roomster version DVSA records under this name (engines, trims and generations together), on its first MOT test of each visit. A “pass with rectification” (fixed within an hour) counts as a fail, as in DVSA’s own statistics.
- Cars under three years old are left out, because the few tested that young are mostly taxis.
- Fuel mix of the cars tested: petrol 63.3%, diesel 36.6%, liquefied petrolum gas (lpg) 0.0%.
- A pass rate describes the model, not any one car. How a car has been looked after matters more.
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Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data for 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Our own analysis; not produced or endorsed by DVSA.