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

MV

84.6%
first-time pass rate
6.9%
failed outright
188
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a MV

failure defects across all MV models · advisories excluded

brakes is MV's most common failure — 3.2% of all MV tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
brakes
3.2 see ranking
lighting and signalling
2.7 see ranking
steering and suspension
2.1 see ranking
reg plates and vin
0.5
tyres and wheels
0.5 see ranking

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

MV 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.