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Skoda Fabia CV boot replacement: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Skoda Fabia fails on items fixed by CV boot replacement at least 1.5 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 937,544 MOT tests at 22 ages (3 to 24 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

Skoda Fabia, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=937,544)2.01

Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs1.33

Times as often≥ 1.5

Ages compared22

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that CV boot replacement fixes, as testers found them on the day of the test. Repairs done between MOTs never show up in MOT data, and mileage is not taken into account, so this is not how often owners pay for the repair.

By age

Fail items fixed by CV boot replacement, per 100 MOT tests, against cars of the same age and the same fuel mix. The model figure is a floor: DVSA data lists each model’s 25 most recorded items per age, and an item outside that list is counted as zero. The comparison figure is a ceiling: an item too rare to be listed for a fuel is counted at its highest possible value.

Skoda Fabia: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
Age	Skoda Fabia per 100	Same age and fuel per 100	Tests (n)
3 years	0	0.051	40,679
4 years	0	0.073	49,898
5 years	0	0.15	59,520
6 years	0	0.29	69,349
7 years	0	0.41	72,605
8 years	0	0.56	70,609
9 years	0	0.76	71,820
10 years	0.87	1.01	66,738
11 years	1.53	1.31	60,969
12 years	2.26	1.62	57,465
13 years	2.60	1.89	52,677
14 years	3.43	2.22	49,769
15 years	4.84	2.51	46,956
16 years	6.24	2.85	43,506
17 years	7.19	3.17	35,795
18 years	7.11	3.24	28,988
19 years	6.25	3.23	22,173
20 years	5.51	3.14	16,114
21 years	5.06	3.02	10,980
22 years	4.42	2.90	6,385
23 years	4.01	2.74	3,191
24 years	5.08	2.46	1,358

How we decide: a page exists only when the main generation’s rate, weighted to its own mix of ages and fuels, is at least 1.5 times the rate of cars of the same ages and fuel, from at least 50,000 tests at 3 or more ages, with at least 100 expected items.

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.

What garages charge

Prices are national. They are not specific to the Skoda Fabia.

No public source records the price of this whole job, and the time it takes varies from car to car, so we do not publish a single figure. Garages charge by the hour, so ask for a quote that lists labour time and parts. The rates below are what UK garages charge per hour.

Local garage labour, per hour (65 shops)£78

Local garage, middle half£70 to £96

Main dealer labour, per hour (62 shops)£156

Main dealer, middle half£144 to £174

Median hourly rate charged for car repairs, from 1,058 local garage and 953 main dealer price quotes collected by the ONS, September 2025 to August 2026. The same shops are priced each month, so the number of shops is the real sample.

CV boot replacement: garage rates and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

Drive shaft constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt1.35 per 100, all cars

Other models that fail on these items more often

Model	Times as often	Tests (n)
Citroen C3 Aircross	at least 11.9	110,010
Vauxhall Crossland	at least 11.6	229,410
Peugeot 2008	at least 9.6	496,383
Dacia Sandero	at least 7.5	415,804
DS DS3	at least 7.5	425,461
Citroen C4 Cactus	at least 7.1	82,843
Mercedes-Benz Citan	at least 6.0	80,122
Peugeot 208	at least 5.6	809,087
DS DS4first used before 2021	at least 5.1	58,336
Citroen Dispatch	at least 5.0	189,276

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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, and the MOT inspection manual published on GOV.UK. Prices: ONS consumer price inflation price quotes, September 2025 to August 2026, UK.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026. Prices updated 22 September 2026.

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