BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Euro MX: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Euro MX years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.6% average, from 673 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 75.3%
2003
lowest-passing year · 66.1%
9.2pp
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: 2006 (75.3% of 73 tests). Lowest: 2003 (66.1% of 127). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003.

64%71%77%2003: 66.1% pass (127 tests)2004: 72.0% pass (257 tests)2005: 71.6% pass (190 tests)2006: 75.3% pass (73 tests)200320052006
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (71.6%)
2003 127 66.1% -5.5 pp
2004 257 72.0% +0.4 pp
2005 190 71.6% +0.0 pp
2006 73 75.3% +3.7 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 · 2007–2014
54%75%97%2007: 72.7% pass (55 tests)2008: 74.8% pass (103 tests)2009: 68.8% pass (96 tests)2010: 67.5% pass (77 tests)2011: 67.5% pass (83 tests)2012: 61.3% pass (62 tests)2013: 89.6% pass (48 tests)2014: 66.7% pass (36 tests)20072014

Questions

Which Euro MX years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Euro MX overall (71.6%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 66.1% from 127 tests.
Which Euro MX year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 75.3% of 73 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Euro MX pass rate vary by year?
9.2 percentage points between the highest (2006, 75.3%) and lowest (2003, 66.1%) 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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