BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ PEUGEOT/METAL X 100
Model report · 2005–2025
63.5%
first-time pass rate
27.0%
failed outright
6,257
median miles at test
244
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2006–2008

The METAL X 100's first-time pass rate has fallen 43.4 points since 2006, 87.2% to 43.8%.

33%66%98%2006: 87.2% pass (47 tests)2007: 65.1% pass (43 tests)2008: 43.8% pass (32 tests)20062008

What fails on a METAL X 100

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lighting and signalling
76 36.9
brakes
44 21.4
steering and suspension
39 18.9
tyres and wheels
26 12.6
fuel and exhaust
9 4.4
reg plates and vin
6 2.9
body and structure
3 1.5
Items Not Tested
2 1
lamps and reflectors
1 0.5

Defects recorded against failed normal tests, 2005–2025, grouped by DVSA inspection section. One test can record multiple defects.

How rivals compare

same type, similar capacity, high test volume

On first-time pass rate the METAL X 100 beats 0 of its 4 closest rivals (PIAGGIO VESPA, HONDA PCX 125, HONDA Vision 110).

Rivals share this bike's type and sit within ±30% of its engine capacity, ≥ 5,000 tests. Card colour = better/worse first-time pass rate than the METAL X 100.

Pass rate by registration year

how each model-year cohort fares · registration year from first use date

Best year to buy used: 2003 (66.3% pass). Weakest: 2003 (66.3%).

First-time pass rate by the year each bike was first registered (cohorts with ≥ 50 tests). Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.