Generic MOT data

From the national MOT record: 12,450 tests across 4,162 vehicles on record.

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Vehicles on record

4,162

Average engine

N/A

MOT pass rate

65.0%

How Generic compares

Generic has an MOT pass rate of 65.0%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 12,450 tests and 4,512 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 Generic vehicles fail on.

Common Generic defects

From 4,512 Generic tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 1,570 (34.8%)

Brakes 1,540 (34.1%)

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 1,116 (24.7%)

Body, structure and attachments 994 (22.0%)

Steering 583 (12.9%)

Nuisance (emissions and noise) 148 (3.3%)

Registration plates and vehicle identification 102 (2.3%)

Other equipment 69 (1.5%)

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

Generic models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model	On record	Engine	Pass rate
Xor	800	-	63%
Cracker	647	-	64%
Code	559	-	68%
Trigger Sm 50	357	-	57%

Check a specific Generic

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

Figures cover every Generic 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.