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

SILENCE

84.2%
first-time pass rate
13.9%
failed outright
165
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SILENCE

failure defects across all SILENCE models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is SILENCE's most common failure — 5.5% of all SILENCE tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
5.5 see ranking
suspension
5.5 see ranking
brakes
2.4 see ranking
steering
3 see ranking
structure and attachments
1.2 see ranking

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

SILENCE models, ranked by test volume

1 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
S01 A
84.4 13.3 1,388 128

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