BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Husqvarna TE610E: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TE610E years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.2% average, from 1,180 DVSA tests.

1999
highest-passing year · 84.6%
2000
lowest-passing year · 70.2%
14.4pp
spread across 6 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: 1999 (84.6% of 104 tests). Lowest: 2000 (70.2% of 393). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2005.

67%77%87%1998: 79.0% pass (62 tests)1999: 84.6% pass (104 tests)2000: 70.2% pass (393 tests)2001: 77.2% pass (324 tests)2002: 77.6% pass (67 tests)2005: 70.4% pass (54 tests)199820012005
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (75.2%)
1998 62 79.0% +3.8 pp
1999 104 84.6% +9.4 pp
2000 393 70.2% -5.0 pp
2001 324 77.2% +2.0 pp
2002 67 77.6% +2.4 pp
2005 54 70.4% -4.8 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 · 2006–2021
51%69%88%2006: 81.5% pass (135 tests)2007: 81.3% pass (107 tests)2008: 76.0% pass (104 tests)2009: 57.3% pass (82 tests)2010: 72.7% pass (88 tests)2011: 77.1% pass (83 tests)2012: 75.7% pass (70 tests)2013: 74.2% pass (66 tests)2014: 75.0% pass (60 tests)2015: 67.9% pass (56 tests)2016: 69.6% pass (46 tests)2017: 78.0% pass (41 tests)2018: 73.5% pass (34 tests)2019: 80.6% pass (31 tests)2021: 70.3% pass (37 tests)20062021

Questions

Which TE610E years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Husqvarna TE610E overall (75.2%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 70.2% from 393 tests.
Which TE610E year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1999, at 84.6% of 104 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1998, 1999, 2002.
How much does the TE610E pass rate vary by year?
14.4 percentage points between the highest (1999, 84.6%) and lowest (2000, 70.2%) 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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