MOT fail rates

Skoda Karoq MOT fail rate by age

How often the Skoda Karoq fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 184,189 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 4 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 4 (n=52,504)9.7%

All cars at 4 years (n=8,699,937)13.4%

Median mileage at test29,409

All cars, median mileage29,800

64 of 348 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 4 years.

What stands out

At 3 years the Skoda Karoq fails 9.3% of MOTs (47,948 tests), 2.7 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 7 years it fails 11.5% (14,084 tests), 9.1 points below the 20.6% average.
The gap is widest at 7 years: 9.1 points below all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 4 years: Shock absorber leaking, at 1.5 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Skoda Karoq: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
3 years	9.3%	47,948	12.1%	−2.7 pts	22,515 miles
4 years	9.7%	52,504	13.4%	−3.6 pts	29,409 miles
5 years	10.6%	41,087	15.3%	−4.7 pts	36,744 miles
6 years	11.5%	28,566	17.8%	−6.3 pts	44,501 miles
7 years	11.5%	14,084	20.6%	−9.1 pts	51,627 miles

Most common fail items at 4 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Shock absorber leaking Major	1.5
Suspension arm bush worn Major	0.4

Out of 52,504 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	2.2
Wipers not clearing screen Major	1.2
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	1.2
Headlight aimed too high Major	1
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	1
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	0.7
Headlamp aim: too low Major	0.6
Tyre condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous	0.4

Out of 52,504 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 4 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Skoda Octavia	12.1%	59,271	13.4%
Skoda Fabia	13.8%	49,898	13.4%
Skoda Kodiaq	10.5%	30,854	13.4%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2018	7 years in 2025	11.5%	14,000	20.6%
2019	6 years in 2025	11.8%	14,461	17.8%
2020	5 years in 2025	12.0%	12,371	15.3%
2021	4 years in 2025	11.0%	11,230	13.4%
2022	3 years in 2025	7.8%	8,726	12.1%

More on the Skoda Karoq

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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