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MOT reliability rankings

Used cars with the highest MOT failure rates

These high-confidence models have the highest MOT failure rates in Motintel's used-car data. Treat the list as a caution signal, then look for clean repair history on any individual car. This page includes 40 models and 3,867,962 MOT tests.

#ModelMOT failure rateTestsVehicles
1 Peugeot 307 30.6% 53,568 tests 38,098 vehicles
2 Citroen Xsara 30.4% 46,898 tests 33,506 vehicles
3 Ford Focus C Max 29.5% 25,159 tests 18,032 vehicles
4 Peugeot 206 28.8% 77,695 tests 55,953 vehicles
5 Vauxhall Vectra 28.8% 52,400 tests 37,428 vehicles
6 Peugeot 207 28.7% 215,706 tests 152,687 vehicles
7 Jaguar X Type 28.5% 39,279 tests 28,882 vehicles
8 Volvo V50 28.5% 46,001 tests 32,528 vehicles
9 Volkswagen Fox 28.5% 38,598 tests 27,365 vehicles
10 Renault Megane 28.3% 157,610 tests 111,621 vehicles
11 Renault Grand Scenic 28.2% 33,255 tests 23,538 vehicles
12 Renault Kangoo 28.1% 78,950 tests 55,346 vehicles
13 Citroen Ds3 28.0% 102,347 tests 70,983 vehicles
14 Hyundai Getz 27.8% 30,422 tests 21,987 vehicles
15 Vauxhall Vivaro 27.7% 275,861 tests 194,599 vehicles
16 Renault Clio 27.7% 442,016 tests 315,503 vehicles
17 Renault Trafic 27.4% 157,258 tests 113,204 vehicles
18 Renault Scenic 27.4% 57,894 tests 41,663 vehicles
19 Volvo S40 27.2% 28,007 tests 20,231 vehicles
20 Fiat Punto 27.1% 90,259 tests 65,101 vehicles
21 Volkswagen Beetle 27.0% 63,580 tests 46,587 vehicles
22 Citroen Nemo 26.8% 20,680 tests 14,772 vehicles
23 Peugeot Bipper 26.7% 29,376 tests 21,390 vehicles
24 Nissan Almera 26.3% 23,447 tests 17,322 vehicles
25 Chevrolet Spark 26.2% 20,894 tests 15,066 vehicles
26 Mitsubishi Colt 26.2% 33,643 tests 24,793 vehicles
27 Volvo C30 26.0% 32,393 tests 23,537 vehicles
28 Vauxhall Antara 26.0% 29,577 tests 21,190 vehicles
29 SEAT Altea 25.9% 20,213 tests 14,733 vehicles
30 Vauxhall Combo 25.7% 131,611 tests 95,217 vehicles
31 Renault Master 25.4% 86,765 tests 63,460 vehicles
32 Saab 9 3 25.3% 55,374 tests 41,606 vehicles
33 Vauxhall Movano 25.3% 65,540 tests 47,575 vehicles
34 Mercedes-Benz Clk 25.3% 41,597 tests 30,571 vehicles
35 Nissan Nv200 25.2% 34,515 tests 25,042 vehicles
36 Alfa Romeo Mito 25.1% 27,004 tests 19,841 vehicles
37 Ford Transit 24.6% 786,518 tests 581,940 vehicles
38 Citroen Dispatch 24.6% 60,627 tests 44,668 vehicles
39 Citroen Relay 24.6% 72,987 tests 53,986 vehicles
40 Citroen C4 24.4% 182,438 tests 132,917 vehicles