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Royal Enfield reliability and common MOT problems by model

Royal Enfield shows a 4.1% combined MOT failure rate across 4,886 tests in Motintel data. Interceptor Int 650 has one of the lower high-confidence rates at 3.2%. Bullet 500 deserves extra checking at 5.6%.

Data sources: DVSA MOT records, official recall records, and MOT fault wording snapshots (2026-04-27, 2026-04-29, rfr_codes_2025-05-12, failure items 2023). Search-indexed model pages must clear 20,000 MOT tests and 10,000 vehicles.

Most reliable Royal Enfield models in MOT data

#	Model	MOT failure rate	Tests	Vehicles
Not enough high-confidence model reports are available yet.

Royal Enfield models with the highest MOT failure rates

#	Model	MOT failure rate	Tests	Vehicles
Not enough high-confidence model reports are available yet.

Common Royal Enfield MOT problem areas

#	Problem area	MOT notes	Models affected	What to check	High-rate examples
Not enough high-confidence problem-area data is available yet.

All Royal Enfield model reports

Model	MOT tests	Vehicles	Failure rate
Interceptor Int 650 limited data	2,272	2,165	3.2%
Himalayan limited data	1,606	1,515	4.5%
Bullet 500 limited data	1,008	929	5.6%

Models with limited data (fewer than 20,000 tests or 10,000 vehicles) have full reports but are not indexed in search engines until the evidence threshold is met.