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

SUN

90.8%
first-time pass rate
6.4%
failed outright
173
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SUN

failure defects across all SUN models · advisories excluded

brakes is SUN's most common failure — 5.8% of all SUN tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
brakes
5.8 see ranking
steering and suspension
2.3 see ranking
drive system
0.6 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
1.7 see ranking
tyres and wheels
1.2 see ranking

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

SUN 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.