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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Harley-Davidson Fxcwc: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Fxcwc years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.0% average, from 2,746 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 89.3%
2010
lowest-passing year · 87.9%
1.4pp
spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2009 (89.3% of 1,070 tests). Lowest: 2010 (87.9% of 239).

87%89%90%2008: 88.8% pass (1,378 tests)2009: 89.3% pass (1,070 tests)2010: 87.9% pass (239 tests)200820092010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.0%)
2008 1,378 88.8% -0.2 pp
2009 1,070 89.3% +0.3 pp
2010 239 87.9% -1.1 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2011–2025
82%89%96%2011: 85.0% pass (127 tests)2012: 87.3% pass (221 tests)2013: 83.9% pass (249 tests)2014: 88.5% pass (244 tests)2015: 91.5% pass (224 tests)2016: 84.8% pass (223 tests)2017: 89.9% pass (199 tests)2018: 90.4% pass (157 tests)2019: 87.5% pass (160 tests)2020: 88.5% pass (122 tests)2021: 93.5% pass (186 tests)2022: 89.9% pass (178 tests)2023: 91.9% pass (173 tests)2024: 92.0% pass (138 tests)2025: 92.4% pass (145 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Fxcwc years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Harley-Davidson Fxcwc falls more than two points under the model's 89.0% overall pass rate.
Which Fxcwc year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 89.3% of 1,070 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Fxcwc pass rate vary by year?
1.4 percentage points between the highest (2009, 89.3%) and lowest (2010, 87.9%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

Full report: Harley-Davidson Fxcwc reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #1269 of 5428 models· other Harley-Davidson models: XLH 883, Flstf, Flstc, XL, XL1200C, XL883