Skoda Fabia MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 220,655 Skoda Fabia cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Skoda Fabia pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 70.3% of the 220,655 Skoda Fabia cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 70.6% of the time, so the Skoda Fabia was about level with them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Skoda Fabia did best for 2013 registrations (4.3 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2001 registrations (8.7 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Skoda Fabia | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 90.2% | 89.1% | 6,002 |
| 2021 | 85.4% | 88.2% | 8,342 |
| 2020 | 84.6% | 86.8% | 9,117 |
| 2019 | 83.2% | 84.2% | 14,181 |
| 2018 | 77.7% | 81.7% | 16,266 |
| 2017 | 76.5% | 78.9% | 17,486 |
| 2016 | 75.2% | 75.5% | 18,758 |
| 2015 | 74.8% | 72.4% | 17,247 |
| 2014 | 72.3% | 68.9% | 14,144 |
| 2013 | 70.2% | 65.9% | 17,741 |
| 2012 | 67.5% | 63.5% | 12,926 |
| 2011 | 64.3% | 61.3% | 10,893 |
| 2010 | 61.7% | 59.1% | 9,798 |
| 2009 | 55.4% | 57.9% | 12,154 |
| 2008 | 51.8% | 56.7% | 9,148 |
| 2007 | 53.1% | 56.9% | 7,523 |
| 2006 | 53.7% | 56.6% | 6,023 |
| 2005 | 52.8% | 57.3% | 4,816 |
| 2004 | 52.2% | 57.4% | 3,340 |
| 2003 | 51.5% | 58.4% | 2,137 |
| 2002 | 55.4% | 59.2% | 1,339 |
| 2001 | 52.3% | 61.0% | 1,003 |
What the Skoda Fabia failed on most
Of the 65,606 Skoda Fabia cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Worn suspension joint or bush17.6%
- 2.Headlight aim out of line10.0%
- 3.Sidelight or rear light not working9.7%
- 4.Badly damaged tyre9.2%
- 5.Split driveshaft (CV joint) boot7.5%
By area of the car: suspension 35.3%, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 34.4%, brakes 26.1%, tyres 21.5%, body, chassis, structure 15.1%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Skoda Fabia | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 19,300 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 25,400 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 31,400 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 36,500 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 44,000 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 51,700 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 58,300 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 62,400 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 68,600 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 75,500 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 83,300 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 88,100 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 88,800 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 88,800 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 98,100 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 101,000 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 102,600 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 105,100 | 103,100 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).