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Common Skoda Octavia Se Tech Tsi Iv S A MOT failures

Based on 3,888 Skoda Octavia Se Tech Tsi Iv S A tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Skoda Octavia Se Tech Tsi Iv S A

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 1,550 tests (39.9%)
Brakes 231 tests (5.9%)
Visibility 128 tests (3.3%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 71 tests (1.8%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 33 tests (0.8%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 20 tests (0.5%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 3,888 classifiable tests for Skoda Octavia Se Tech Tsi Iv S A.

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What Skoda Octavia Se Tech Tsi Iv S A failures look like

3,888 Skoda Octavia Se Tech Tsi Iv S A tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 1,550 tests (39.9%), with brakes on 231 tests (5.9%) and with visibility on 128 tests (3.3%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 1,013 of the 3,888 tests: 226 failures and 787 advisories or minors.

  • Shock absorbers has light misting of oil

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 350 of the 3,888 tests: 58 failures and 292 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 210 of the 3,888 tests: 6 failures and 204 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Skoda Fabia (2,448,956 tests), Skoda Octavia (2,001,486 tests), Skoda Yeti (745,212 tests), Skoda Superb (552,055 tests), every Skoda model (7,536,561 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.