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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki RV 125 K6: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RV 125 K6 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.1% average, from 1,910 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 79.7%
2005
lowest-passing year · 75.2%
4.5pp
spread across 3 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: 2006 (79.7% of 1,322 tests). Lowest: 2005 (75.2% of 161). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005.

74%77%81%2005: 75.2% pass (161 tests)2006: 79.7% pass (1,322 tests)2007: 78.8% pass (416 tests)200520062007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.1%)
2005 161 75.2% -3.9 pp
2006 1,322 79.7% +0.6 pp
2007 416 78.8% -0.3 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 · 2009–2025
72%82%93%2009: 75.4% pass (130 tests)2010: 89.7% pass (155 tests)2011: 79.2% pass (168 tests)2012: 79.7% pass (158 tests)2013: 81.0% pass (147 tests)2014: 76.4% pass (140 tests)2015: 75.2% pass (129 tests)2016: 75.4% pass (126 tests)2017: 81.5% pass (119 tests)2018: 81.3% pass (80 tests)2019: 76.2% pass (84 tests)2020: 80.0% pass (70 tests)2021: 76.3% pass (97 tests)2022: 75.6% pass (90 tests)2023: 79.5% pass (83 tests)2024: 75.4% pass (65 tests)2025: 84.5% pass (58 tests)20092025

Questions

Which RV 125 K6 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki RV 125 K6 overall (79.1%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 75.2% from 161 tests.
Which RV 125 K6 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 79.7% of 1,322 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RV 125 K6 pass rate vary by year?
4.5 percentage points between the highest (2006, 79.7%) and lowest (2005, 75.2%) 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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