BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kymco Miler: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Miler years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.2% average, from 1,396 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 79.7%
2007
lowest-passing year · 70.6%
9.1pp
spread across 7 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: 2009 (79.7% of 79 tests). Lowest: 2007 (70.6% of 197). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

69%75%82%2003: 73.7% pass (236 tests)2004: 75.5% pass (249 tests)2005: 77.1% pass (293 tests)2006: 75.9% pass (191 tests)2007: 70.6% pass (197 tests)2008: 79.3% pass (111 tests)2009: 79.7% pass (79 tests)200320062009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (75.2%)
2003 236 73.7% -1.5 pp
2004 249 75.5% +0.3 pp
2005 293 77.1% +1.9 pp
2006 191 75.9% +0.7 pp
2007 197 70.6% -4.6 pp
2008 111 79.3% +4.1 pp
2009 79 79.7% +4.5 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
67%78%89%2006: 85.3% pass (34 tests)2007: 70.6% pass (51 tests)2008: 80.0% pass (90 tests)2009: 76.6% pass (111 tests)2010: 73.8% pass (126 tests)2011: 73.0% pass (141 tests)2012: 75.7% pass (140 tests)2013: 72.4% pass (123 tests)2014: 72.0% pass (118 tests)2015: 75.0% pass (104 tests)2016: 72.7% pass (77 tests)2017: 80.0% pass (65 tests)2018: 75.6% pass (41 tests)2019: 70.7% pass (41 tests)2020: 85.7% pass (35 tests)2021: 78.8% pass (33 tests)20062021

Questions

Which Miler years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Miler overall (75.2%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 70.6% from 197 tests.
Which Miler year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 79.7% of 79 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2009.
How much does the Miler pass rate vary by year?
9.1 percentage points between the highest (2009, 79.7%) and lowest (2007, 70.6%) 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.

Full report: Kymco Miler reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4276 of 5428 models· other Kymco models: Agility, Zing, Super 9, Pulsar, ZX, CK