MOT fail rates

Skoda Kodiaq MOT fail rate by age

How often the Skoda Kodiaq fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 134,246 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 3 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 3 (n=30,924)9.8%

All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)12.1%

Median mileage at test26,886

All cars, median mileage22,806

111 of 343 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 3 years.

What stands out

At 3 years the Skoda Kodiaq fails 9.8% of MOTs (30,924 tests), 2.2 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 8 years it fails 13.8% (6,188 tests), 9.9 points below the 23.8% average.
The gap is widest at 8 years: 9.9 points below all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 3 years: Suspension arm bush worn, at 0.7 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

Skoda Kodiaq: 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	9.8%	30,924	12.1%	−2.2 pts	26,886 miles
4 years	10.5%	30,854	13.4%	−2.8 pts	35,482 miles
5 years	11.4%	29,994	15.3%	−3.9 pts	44,162 miles
6 years	13.3%	22,562	17.8%	−4.5 pts	53,561 miles
7 years	13.7%	13,724	20.6%	−6.9 pts	62,849 miles
8 years	13.8%	6,188	23.8%	−9.9 pts	70,496 miles

Most common fail items at 3 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
Suspension arm bush worn Major	0.7

Out of 30,924 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	2.1
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	1.6
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	1.6
Wipers not clearing screen Major	0.8
Brake pads: worn down to wear indicator Major	0.7
Headlight aimed too high Major	0.6
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	0.5
Tyre condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous	0.4
Headlamp aim: too low Major	0.4

Out of 30,924 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 3 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Skoda Octavia	10.8%	48,780	12.1%
Skoda Karoq	9.3%	47,948	12.1%
Skoda Fabia	11.9%	40,679	12.1%

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
2017	8 years in 2025	13.8%	6,187	23.8%
2018	7 years in 2025	13.6%	7,571	20.6%
2019	6 years in 2025	15.4%	8,701	17.8%
2020	5 years in 2025	11.9%	7,296	15.3%
2021	4 years in 2025	11.1%	6,850	13.4%
2022	3 years in 2025	10.1%	7,503	12.1%

More on the Skoda Kodiaq

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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