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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Yamaha XV: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XV years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.3% average, from 2,862 DVSA tests.

2014
highest-passing year · 97.8%
1987
lowest-passing year · 66.7%
31.1pp
spread across 18 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: 2014 (97.8% of 91 tests). Lowest: 1987 (66.7% of 57). Years more than two points below the model average: 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993.

60%80%100%1981: 80.0% pass (70 tests)1983: 73.3% pass (60 tests)1987: 66.7% pass (57 tests)1989: 69.0% pass (58 tests)1990: 79.7% pass (128 tests)1991: 83.0% pass (94 tests)1992: 81.9% pass (254 tests)1993: 80.4% pass (179 tests)1994: 84.7% pass (150 tests)1995: 86.8% pass (258 tests)1996: 85.2% pass (318 tests)1997: 84.8% pass (269 tests)1998: 82.5% pass (57 tests)2007: 91.0% pass (78 tests)2008: 88.2% pass (102 tests)2009: 85.0% pass (60 tests)2013: 88.1% pass (59 tests)2014: 97.8% pass (91 tests)198119952014
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (84.3%)
1981 70 80.0% -4.3 pp
1983 60 73.3% -11.0 pp
1987 57 66.7% -17.6 pp
1989 58 69.0% -15.3 pp
1990 128 79.7% -4.6 pp
1991 94 83.0% -1.3 pp
1992 254 81.9% -2.4 pp
1993 179 80.4% -3.9 pp
1994 150 84.7% +0.4 pp
1995 258 86.8% +2.5 pp
1996 318 85.2% +0.9 pp
1997 269 84.8% +0.5 pp
1998 57 82.5% -1.8 pp
2007 78 91.0% +6.7 pp
2008 102 88.2% +3.9 pp
2009 60 85.0% +0.7 pp
2013 59 88.1% +3.8 pp
2014 91 97.8% +13.5 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 · 2005–2025
76%84%92%2005: 80.6% pass (31 tests)2006: 87.7% pass (154 tests)2007: 87.5% pass (144 tests)2008: 78.8% pass (137 tests)2009: 79.9% pass (154 tests)2010: 80.9% pass (136 tests)2011: 80.9% pass (141 tests)2012: 84.3% pass (134 tests)2013: 78.9% pass (152 tests)2014: 78.5% pass (144 tests)2015: 87.5% pass (136 tests)2016: 83.7% pass (129 tests)2017: 82.8% pass (134 tests)2018: 84.5% pass (103 tests)2019: 87.0% pass (131 tests)2020: 85.6% pass (104 tests)2021: 85.4% pass (164 tests)2022: 88.2% pass (170 tests)2023: 87.4% pass (182 tests)2024: 89.6% pass (134 tests)2025: 86.5% pass (148 tests)20052025

Questions

Which XV years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha XV overall (84.3%); the 1987 cohort is lowest at 66.7% from 57 tests.
Which XV year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2014, at 97.8% of 91 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1995, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014.
How much does the XV pass rate vary by year?
31.1 percentage points between the highest (2014, 97.8%) and lowest (1987, 66.7%) 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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