Yamaha XV 250 S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XV 250 S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.5% average, from 913 DVSA tests.

1999

highest-passing year · 86.1%

1998

lowest-passing year · 76.9%

9.2pp

spread across 5 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: 1999 (86.1% of 216 tests). Lowest: 1998 (76.9% of 295). Years more than two points below the model average: 1998, 2001.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.5%)
1997	108	83.3%	+1.8 pp
1998	295	76.9%	-4.6 pp
1999	216	86.1%	+4.6 pp
2000	122	84.4%	+2.9 pp
2001	58	77.6%	-3.9 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 · 2006–2019

Questions

Which XV 250 S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1998, 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha XV 250 S overall (81.5%); the 1998 cohort is lowest at 76.9% from 295 tests.
Which XV 250 S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1999, at 86.1% of 216 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2000.
How much does the XV 250 S pass rate vary by year?: 9.2 percentage points between the highest (1999, 86.1%) and lowest (1998, 76.9%) 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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