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

LML

81.7%
first-time pass rate
11.0%
failed outright
22.8k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a LML

failure defects across all LML models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is LML's most common failure — 3.8% of all LML tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
3.8 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
3.4 see ranking
brakes
3 see ranking
steering and suspension
1.3 see ranking
tyres and wheels
1 see ranking

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

LML models, ranked by test volume

9 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
STAR DELUXE
80.8 11.5 5,248 12,785
STAR
83.5 9.9 3,326 6,599
STAR 125 AUTO
84.9 9.0 5,084 431
STAR DELUXE 125 2T
83.3 9.1 6,118 384
STAR DELUXE 125 4T
80.7 9.8 6,917 264
STAR DELUXE 200 4T
86.4 8.5 5,982 199
125
75.7 16.9 6,392 189
STAR 125 2T
86.4 10.7 5,733 140
STAR DELUX
79.6 13.9 6,198 108

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