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14,310 tests in 2025

CUPRA Formentor reliability and MOT pass rate

90.7% passed first time. The 9.3% fail rate is 13.3 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 28,533 miles.

MOT pass rates / CUPRA

Pass rate

90.7%

22.6% of all cars failed; 9.3% of these did.

Fixed on the day

1.4%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

28,533 mi

3 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years13,9629.4%
6-9 years0—
10-13 years0—
14+ years0—

What the Formentor fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Tyres643 dangerous53.9%
  2. Suspension9 dangerous25%
  3. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment1 dangerous14.8%
  4. Brakes109 dangerous12.2%
  5. Visibility11.9%
  6. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems8.4%
  7. Noise, emissions and leaks6.5%
  8. Identification of the vehicle1.9%

Is the Formentor getting worse?

The fail rate rose 0.3 points to 9.2% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
20243,205—8.9%23.2%
20259,387—9.2%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Formentor at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Formentor in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm301 tests
  2. 2Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak277 tests
  3. 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords252 tests
  4. 4Condition: has ply or cords exposed87 tests
  5. 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick81 tests
  6. 6SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault78 tests
  7. 7Washers: not working60 tests
  8. 8Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction58 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Formentor collects 2.15 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2,122 tests
  2. 2Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak1,286 tests
  3. 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick809 tests
  4. 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure804 tests
  5. 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened620 tests
  6. 6Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre364 tests
  7. 7Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt357 tests
  8. 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm339 tests

Questions

What is the CUPRA Formentor MOT pass rate?

90.7% of the 14,310 CUPRA Formentor first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 9.3% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 1.4% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a CUPRA Formentor usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", recorded on 301 failed tests, followed by "Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak" and "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords". By section, tyres appears in 53.9% of failures, suspension appears in 25% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 14.8% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 9.4%; at 3-5 years it was 9.4%. The median CUPRA Formentor tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 28,533 miles.

Is the CUPRA Formentor getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 0.3 points to 9.2% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Formentor trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

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