BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/GOVECS
Make report · 2005–2025

GOVECS

86.5%
first-time pass rate
9.6%
failed outright
104
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a GOVECS

failure defects across all GOVECS models · advisories excluded

suspension is GOVECS's most common failure — 4.8% of all GOVECS tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
suspension
4.8 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
1.9 see ranking
brakes
2.9 see ranking
lighting and signalling
1 see ranking
steering and suspension
1 see ranking

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

GOVECS 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.