BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Peugeot Vivacity 3: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vivacity 3 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.1% average, from 655 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 74.4%
2009
lowest-passing year · 68.8%
5.6pp
spread across 4 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: 2011 (74.4% of 90 tests). Lowest: 2009 (68.8% of 237). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

68%72%76%2008: 71.5% pass (172 tests)2009: 68.8% pass (237 tests)2010: 71.4% pass (133 tests)2011: 74.4% pass (90 tests)200820102011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (71.1%)
2008 172 71.5% +0.4 pp
2009 237 68.8% -2.3 pp
2010 133 71.4% +0.3 pp
2011 90 74.4% +3.3 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 · 2012–2019
52%69%85%2012: 71.8% pass (71 tests)2013: 73.3% pass (101 tests)2014: 79.6% pass (108 tests)2015: 72.3% pass (119 tests)2016: 72.9% pass (85 tests)2017: 57.4% pass (68 tests)2018: 65.9% pass (44 tests)2019: 68.8% pass (32 tests)20122019

Questions

Which Vivacity 3 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Peugeot Vivacity 3 overall (71.1%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 68.8% from 237 tests.
Which Vivacity 3 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 74.4% of 90 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vivacity 3 pass rate vary by year?
5.6 percentage points between the highest (2011, 74.4%) and lowest (2009, 68.8%) 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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