BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Husqvarna Te: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Te years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.5% average, from 2,058 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 84.0%
2012
lowest-passing year · 72.5%
11.5pp
spread across 5 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: 2013 (84.0% of 212 tests). Lowest: 2012 (72.5% of 51). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012.

70%78%86%2012: 72.5% pass (51 tests)2013: 84.0% pass (212 tests)2014: 80.9% pass (564 tests)2015: 79.8% pass (580 tests)2016: 78.6% pass (416 tests)201220142016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.5%)
2012 51 72.5% -7.0 pp
2013 212 84.0% +4.5 pp
2014 564 80.9% +1.4 pp
2015 580 79.8% +0.3 pp
2016 416 78.6% -0.9 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 · 2017–2025
71%81%90%2017: 75.4% pass (126 tests)2018: 80.3% pass (188 tests)2019: 80.4% pass (271 tests)2020: 74.4% pass (254 tests)2021: 80.2% pass (293 tests)2022: 82.5% pass (251 tests)2023: 81.9% pass (237 tests)2024: 77.2% pass (171 tests)2025: 86.7% pass (165 tests)20172025

Questions

Which Te years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Husqvarna Te overall (79.5%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 72.5% from 51 tests.
Which Te year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 84.0% of 212 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Te pass rate vary by year?
11.5 percentage points between the highest (2013, 84.0%) and lowest (2012, 72.5%) 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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