BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Make report · 2005–2025

DKW

92.4%
first-time pass rate
3.6%
failed outright
249
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a DKW

failure defects across all DKW models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is DKW's most common failure — 2% of all DKW tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
2 see ranking
steering and suspension
1.2 see ranking
brakes
0.8 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
0.8 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
0.4 see ranking

Top failure groups aggregated across every DKW model, 2005–2025. "% of tests" = share of the make's tests recording at least one defect in that group.

DKW models, ranked by test volume

0 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests

Normal tests only. Median miles is odometer reading at test where recorded. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results, 2005–2025.