Honda Pes 125-9: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Pes 125-9 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.0% average, from 3,231 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 82.7%

2009

lowest-passing year · 77.6%

5.1pp

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: 2008 (82.7% of 133 tests). Lowest: 2009 (77.6% of 2,390).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.0%)
2008	133	82.7%	+4.7 pp
2009	2,390	77.6%	-0.4 pp
2010	669	79.4%	+1.4 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

Questions

Which Pes 125-9 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Pes 125-9 falls more than two points under the model's 78.0% overall pass rate.
Which Pes 125-9 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 82.7% of 133 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Pes 125-9 pass rate vary by year?: 5.1 percentage points between the highest (2008, 82.7%) and lowest (2009, 77.6%) 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.

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