Kawasaki Ej: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ej years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.7% average, from 2,368 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 94.8%

2015

lowest-passing year · 92.3%

2.5pp

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 (94.8% of 134 tests). Lowest: 2015 (92.3% of 661).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.7%)
2013	134	94.8%	+2.1 pp
2014	776	92.9%	+0.2 pp
2015	661	92.3%	-0.4 pp
2016	659	92.6%	-0.1 pp
2017	76	93.4%	+0.7 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

Questions

Which Ej years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Ej falls more than two points under the model's 92.7% overall pass rate.
Which Ej year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 94.8% of 134 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Ej pass rate vary by year?: 2.5 percentage points between the highest (2013, 94.8%) and lowest (2015, 92.3%) 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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