Daimler MOT data

From the national MOT record: 173,245 tests across 71,891 vehicles on record.

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Vehicles on record

71,891

Average engine

N/A

MOT pass rate

50.7%

How Daimler compares

Daimler has an MOT pass rate of 50.7%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 173,245 tests and 21,607 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what Daimler vehicles fail on.

Common Daimler defects

From 21,607 Daimler tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 10,944 (50.7%)

Brakes 4,841 (22.4%)

Nuisance (emissions and noise) 3,036 (14.1%)

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 2,796 (12.9%)

Body, structure and attachments 2,462 (11.4%)

Steering 2,129 (9.9%)

Visibility 1,717 (7.9%)

Other equipment 636 (2.9%)

Registration plates and vehicle identification 309 (1.4%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common Daimler MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.

Daimler models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model	On record	Engine	Pass rate
Sovereign	23,518	-	19%
Unknown	12,885	-	2%
4 2 Sovereign Auto	5,709	-	10%
V8	4,773	-	72%
Limousine	3,012	-	64%
3	2,882	-	36%
4 2 Sovereign	2,729	-	16%
Double Six Auto	1,981	-	53%
4	1,920	-	58%
5 3 Double Six Auto	1,655	-	10%
	1,204	-	77%
Double Six Vdp Auto	1,031	-	17%
2 8 Sovereign	873	-	14%
Super	798	-	78%
Sp	766	-	81%
Conquest Century	719	-	39%
Six	381	-	76%
Double Six	273	-	76%
250	123	-	79%
Dart	120	-	85%
Ds420	91	-	74%
Hearse	83	-	77%

Check a specific Daimler

These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.

Figures cover every Daimler in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.