Used car rankings from MOT data
Most reliable pickups against pickups the same age
We ranked 11 pickups by how often they failed their MOT at 3 to 15 years old, each against all pickups at the same ages. From 1,402,830 DVSA MOT tests in Great Britain, 2022 to 2025.
MOT data updated
First in this list: Fiat Fullback.
- 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 pickups at the same ages.
- Order: by the fail rate divided by the rate for all pickups 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 pickups means every MOT test of the pickup families in this list, weighted to each row's own mix of ages.
- Thresholds: every age behind a row here has at least 1,000 tests (we use 5,000 when a list stays long enough, and it would not here). 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 pickup trucks (class 4 MOT). Families that change body type between generations without a split in the data are left out.
- Years in brackets are the first-use years of a model generation.
The ranking
| # | Model | MOT fail rate | All pickups, same ages | Difference | Ages | Tests (n) | Typical mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiat FullbackCommon problems · Recalls | 17.9% | 23.4% | 24% lower | 4 to 8 | 10,944 | 61,800 miles |
| 2 | Volkswagen AmarokCommon problems · Recalls | 22.5% | 27.4% | 18% lower | 3 to 13 | 82,102 | 82,600 miles |
| 3 | Mitsubishi L200Common problems · Recalls | 27.3% | 29.4% | 7% lower | 3 to 15 | 276,040 | 77,300 miles |
| 4 | Mercedes-Benz X-ClassCommon problems · Recalls | 19.4% | 20.6% | 6% lower | 3 to 7 | 14,314 | 51,200 miles |
| 5 | Toyota HiluxCommon problems · Recalls | 28.6% | 29.2% | 2% lower | 3 to 15 | 234,869 | 78,900 miles |
| 6 | Ford RangerCommon problems · Recalls | 25.7% | 25.3% | 2% higher | 3 to 15 | 371,062 | 67,300 miles |
| 7 | Isuzu RodeoCommon problems | 45.3% | 43.2% | 5% higher | 12 to 15 | 9,985 | 114,400 miles |
| 8 | Isuzu D-MaxCommon problems · Recalls | 28.3% | 26.5% | 6% higher | 3 to 13 | 134,777 | 70,200 miles |
| 9 | Isuzu TFCommon problems | 44.7% | 41.4% | 8% higher | 11 to 14 | 6,237 | 106,500 miles |
| 10 | Nissan NavaraCommon problems · Recalls | 30.8% | 28.3% | 9% higher | 3 to 15 | 254,978 | 80,200 miles |
| 11 | SsangYong MussoCommon problems | 35.5% | 19.4% | 83% higher | 3 to 6 | 7,522 | 43,200 miles |
What stands out
- Fiat Fullback comes first: 17.9% against 23.4% for all pickups at the same ages, 24% lower (n=10,944).
- 5 of the 11 ranked pickups fail less often than all pickups at the same ages.
- In the 11 shown, the difference from all pickups runs from 24% lower to 83% higher.
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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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