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

EPC

81.8%
first-time pass rate
10.1%
failed outright
148
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a EPC

failure defects across all EPC models · advisories excluded

steering and suspension is EPC's most common failure — 6.1% of all EPC tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
steering and suspension
6.1 see ranking
tyres and wheels
4.7 see ranking
lighting and signalling
4.1 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
2 see ranking
brakes
1.4 see ranking

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

EPC 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.