BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/HERALD MOTOR COMPANY
Make report · 2005–2025

HERALD MOTOR COMPANY

70.7%
first-time pass rate
16.5%
failed outright
3,914
MOT tests, 2005–2025

HERALD MOTOR COMPANY at a glance

Among HERALD MOTOR COMPANY models with ≥ 100 tests.

What fails a HERALD MOTOR COMPANY

failure defects across all HERALD MOTOR COMPANY models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is HERALD MOTOR COMPANY's most common failure — 9.8% of all HERALD MOTOR COMPANY tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
9.8 see ranking
structure and attachments
5.8 see ranking
brakes
4.9 see ranking
suspension
2.7 see ranking
lighting and signalling
1.2 see ranking

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

HERALD MOTOR COMPANY models, ranked by test volume

6 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
XF
66.1 18.8 5,213 1,923
CLASSIC
79.6 10.0 3,584 1,285
SM 125-25B CLASSIC
69.4 22.5 3,297 173
VOGUE
65.6 24.5 2,767 151
XF 125 GY-2D
60.0 22.2 5,605 135
HAZE
62.0 28.1 5,085 121

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