BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Husqvarna TE250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TE250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.9% average, from 1,442 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 83.8%
2011
lowest-passing year · 65.7%
18.1pp
spread across 10 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: 2012 (83.8% of 111 tests). Lowest: 2011 (65.7% of 108). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011.

62%75%87%2003: 83.1% pass (124 tests)2004: 69.3% pass (140 tests)2005: 74.8% pass (206 tests)2006: 74.9% pass (171 tests)2007: 72.6% pass (164 tests)2008: 78.4% pass (134 tests)2009: 75.6% pass (86 tests)2010: 72.3% pass (130 tests)2011: 65.7% pass (108 tests)2012: 83.8% pass (111 tests)200320082012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (74.9%)
2003 124 83.1% +8.2 pp
2004 140 69.3% -5.6 pp
2005 206 74.8% -0.1 pp
2006 171 74.9% +0.0 pp
2007 164 72.6% -2.3 pp
2008 134 78.4% +3.5 pp
2009 86 75.6% +0.7 pp
2010 130 72.3% -2.6 pp
2011 108 65.7% -9.2 pp
2012 111 83.8% +8.9 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 · 2008–2025
62%74%86%2008: 66.0% pass (50 tests)2009: 66.1% pass (62 tests)2010: 79.7% pass (69 tests)2011: 68.7% pass (83 tests)2012: 67.8% pass (87 tests)2013: 79.0% pass (105 tests)2014: 68.0% pass (103 tests)2015: 73.2% pass (123 tests)2016: 81.8% pass (121 tests)2017: 74.3% pass (101 tests)2018: 70.2% pass (57 tests)2019: 77.9% pass (77 tests)2020: 76.8% pass (69 tests)2021: 79.1% pass (86 tests)2022: 78.7% pass (75 tests)2023: 77.2% pass (57 tests)2024: 78.9% pass (38 tests)2025: 77.5% pass (40 tests)20082025

Questions

Which TE250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004, 2007, 2010, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Husqvarna TE250 overall (74.9%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 65.7% from 108 tests.
Which TE250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 83.8% of 111 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2003, 2008, 2012.
How much does the TE250 pass rate vary by year?
18.1 percentage points between the highest (2012, 83.8%) and lowest (2011, 65.7%) 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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