Used car rankings from MOT data
Most reliable family cars against cars the same age
We ranked 106 family cars by how often they failed their MOT at 3 to 15 years old, each against all cars at the same ages. From 40,114,715 DVSA MOT tests in Great Britain, 2022 to 2025.
MOT data updated
First in this list (n=36,319)5.9%
All cars, same ages12.1%
Difference51% lower
MOT tests used40,114,715
First in this list: Lexus UX.
How this ranking works
- Data: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal tests in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), 2022 to 2025. Northern Ireland tests its cars separately and is not included. A fail is a test marked fail or passed after a repair at the test station.
- Measure: share of MOTs failed at each age from 3 to 15 years, pooled, against all cars at the same ages.
- Order: by the fail rate divided by the rate for all cars at the same ages, shown as the difference in per cent. Fail rates rise with age, so a ratio keeps a model seen only at older ages from looking better than it is.
- Comparison: all cars means every class 4 MOT test except vans, pickups, taxis, campers, van-based people carriers, motorhome and minibus bases and used imports, weighted to each row's own mix of ages.
- Thresholds: every age behind a row here has at least 5,000 tests. A model generation is ranked only with at least 3 ages of 1,000 tests or more, and a row needs at least 3 ages in this list. A list is published only with at least 10 ranked rows.
- Typical mileage: the median odometer reading at each age, averaged over the row's ages by number of tests.
- Segments: from our checked list that puts each DVSA model family in one segment; this list covers family hatchbacks, estates, MPVs and family SUVs. Families that change body type between generations without a split in the data are left out.
- Vans, pickups, taxis, campers, van-based people carriers, motorhome and minibus bases, and models sold here mainly as used imports are left out of car lists.
- Years in brackets are the first-use years of a model generation.
The ranking
| # | Model | MOT fail rate | All cars, same ages | Difference | Ages | Tests (n) | Typical mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexus UXCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 5.9% | 12.1% | 51% lower | 3 to 5 | 36,319 | 25,100 miles |
| 2 | Porsche MacanCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 8.4% | 16.9% | 50% lower | 3 to 9 | 109,238 | 41,800 miles |
| 3 | Lexus NXCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 9.2% | 16.5% | 45% lower | 3 to 9 | 101,446 | 40,000 miles |
| 4 | Lexus CTCommon problems · ULEZ | 15.9% | 25.7% | 38% lower | 4 to 13 | 116,144 | 66,800 miles |
| 5 | Jaguar I-PaceCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 8.0% | 12.3% | 34% lower | 3 to 5 | 52,914 | 31,500 miles |
| 6 | Honda CR-VCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 18.6% | 27.3% | 32% lower | 3 to 15 | 584,993 | 74,000 miles |
| 7 | Audi Q5Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 15.8% | 22.0% | 28% lower | 3 to 15 | 418,941 | 65,600 miles |
| 8 | Skoda KaroqCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 10.2% | 13.7% | 25% lower | 3 to 7 | 184,189 | 33,300 miles |
| 9 | Toyota RAV4Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 17.1% | 22.7% | 25% lower | 3 to 15 | 346,191 | 60,500 miles |
| 10 | SEAT AtecaCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 11.4% | 15.0% | 24% lower | 3 to 8 | 169,279 | 39,900 miles |
| 11 | Volvo XC40Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 9.9% | 12.9% | 23% lower | 3 to 7 | 229,238 | 31,700 miles |
| 12 | Audi Q3Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 16.1% | 20.9% | 23% lower | 3 to 13 | 499,272 | 55,400 miles |
| 13 | Mercedes-Benz GLCCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 12.3% | 15.8% | 22% lower | 3 to 9 | 297,376 | 44,400 miles |
| 14 | BMW X1Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 16.8% | 21.5% | 22% lower | 3 to 14 | 409,182 | 56,400 miles |
| 15 | Land Rover Range Rover EvoqueCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 16.6% | 21.0% | 21% lower | 3 to 13 | 700,922 | 57,100 miles |
| 16 | Volvo XC70Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 26.4% | 33.5% | 21% lower | 9 to 14 | 36,042 | 107,700 miles |
| 17 | Toyota PriusCommon problems · Recalls | 19.6% | 24.8% | 21% lower | 3 to 15 | 547,101 | 116,600 miles |
| 18 | Land Rover FreelanderCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 28.4% | 35.2% | 19% lower | 8 to 15 | 318,478 | 104,700 miles |
| 19 | Honda Insight (from 2009)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 30.6% | 37.8% | 19% lower | 12 to 14 | 20,887 | 103,300 miles |
| 20 | Skoda YetiCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 21.9% | 26.8% | 18% lower | 5 to 14 | 299,910 | 65,700 miles |
What stands out
- Lexus UX comes first: 5.9% against 12.1% for all cars at the same ages, 51% lower (n=36,319).
- 54 of the 106 ranked family cars fail less often than all cars at the same ages.
- In the 20 shown, the difference from all cars runs from 51% lower to 18% lower.
- One other row is within 5% of the first on the difference, so read close positions as level rather than as a strict order.
Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.
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Source
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.
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