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Yamaha reliability and common MOT problems by model

Yamaha shows a 9.4% combined MOT failure rate across 93,804 tests in Motintel data. Mt has one of the lower high-confidence rates at 7.0%. Tdm900 deserves extra checking at 6.0%.

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 Yamaha models in MOT data

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

Yamaha models with the highest MOT failure rates

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

Common Yamaha 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 Yamaha model reports

Model	MOT tests	Vehicles	Failure rate
Mt limited data	11,046	10,153	7.0%
Yzf R1 limited data	7,086	6,557	6.3%
Gpd125 A Nmax 125 Abs limited data	5,689	4,971	11.3%
Unclassified limited data	5,229	4,708	9.0%
Yzf limited data	4,756	3,821	18.5%
Fzs600 limited data	4,468	4,034	9.1%
Xjr1300 limited data	4,221	4,006	4.6%
Fz6 limited data	3,114	2,826	8.8%
Yzf R6 limited data	3,113	2,830	8.5%
Ybr limited data	2,874	2,450	14.8%
Ybr 125 limited data	2,757	2,320	15.2%
Fzs1000 limited data	2,721	2,542	5.3%
Mt 07 Abs limited data	2,511	2,326	5.4%
Xsr limited data	2,473	2,288	5.3%
Ybr125 limited data	2,241	1,849	16.6%
Xvs650 limited data	1,867	1,707	8.3%
Ys 125 limited data	1,786	1,530	11.2%
Tracer 900 Gt limited data	1,768	1,679	1.9%
Wr limited data	1,749	1,502	13.0%
Mt 125 Abs limited data	1,729	1,426	15.2%
Tracer 700 Mt 07 Tracer limited data	1,724	1,633	3.1%
Xj600 limited data	1,658	1,483	11.6%
Mt 09 Abs limited data	1,621	1,529	4.3%
Xv535 limited data	1,611	1,478	8.6%
Yzf600 limited data	1,597	1,408	12.0%
Fjr1300a limited data	1,566	1,427	7.3%
R6 limited data	1,424	1,271	11.4%
Yzf R125 limited data	1,383	1,136	16.9%
Dt125 limited data	1,267	1,112	12.1%
Xc limited data	1,247	1,076	12.2%
Gpd limited data	1,194	1,030	11.4%
Xj900 limited data	1,170	1,054	10.0%
Fjr1300 limited data	1,084	1,007	6.6%
Xvs1100 limited data	1,043	964	6.7%
Tdm900 limited data	1,017	962	6.0%

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.