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

VMOTO

86.1%
first-time pass rate
10.0%
failed outright
2,969
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a VMOTO

failure defects across all VMOTO models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is VMOTO's most common failure — 4.9% of all VMOTO tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
4.9 see ranking
brakes
3 see ranking
suspension
2.6 see ranking
steering
2 see ranking
tyres
1.4 see ranking

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

VMOTO models, ranked by test volume

6 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
CPA
93.2 5.7 19,545 1,271
TCM
78.1 16.1 3,535 621
TC1
83.9 12.4 2,500 436
CUX
85.3 8.2 1,479 319
SOCO TS 1200 R
78.7 12.3 2,466 155
TS1
71.1 16.5 1,799 121

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