3,442 tests in 2025
Iveco Daily reliability and MOT pass rate
71.7% passed first time. The 28.3% fail rate is 5.7 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 17 years old with 108,818 miles.
Pass rate
71.7%
22.6% of all cars failed; 28.3% of these did.
Fixed on the day
5.4%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
108,818 mi
17 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 413 | 8.7% |
| 6-9 years | 331 | 17.2% |
| 10-13 years | 344 | 24.1% |
| 14+ years | 2,344 | 34.1% |
What the Daily 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.
- Brakes169 dangerous57.6%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17 dangerous57.2%
- Suspension69 dangerous30.4%
- Body, chassis, structure44 dangerous29.2%
- Visibility4 dangerous17.5%
- Tyres90 dangerous9.5%
- Noise, emissions and leaks4 dangerous8.7%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1 dangerous7.9%
Is the Daily getting worse?
The fail rate fell 3.1 points to 28.2% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year. Ageing alone would predict about 0.9 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,806 | 16 | 31.3% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 2,895 | 16 | 28.8% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 2,677 | 16 | 30.4% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 2,670 | 17 | 28.2% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Daily 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 Daily in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements223 tests
- 2Service brake performance: excessively binding114 tests
- 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively109 tests
- 4Rear fog lamp: not working103 tests
- 5Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps96 tests
- 6Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements95 tests
- 7Position lamp: not working87 tests
- 8Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side77 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Daily collects 3.22 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.
- 1Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine321 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened279 tests
- 3Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn277 tests
- 4Chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced246 tests
- 5Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded243 tests
- 6Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm234 tests
- 7Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure212 tests
- 8Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced207 tests
Questions
What is the Iveco Daily MOT pass rate?
71.7% of the 3,442 Iveco Daily first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 28.3% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 5.4% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Iveco Daily usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements", recorded on 223 failed tests, followed by "Service brake performance: excessively binding" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, brakes appears in 57.6% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 57.2% of failures, suspension appears in 30.4% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 8.7%; at 14+ years it was 34.1%. The median Iveco Daily tested in 2025 was 17 years old with 108,818 miles.
Is the Iveco Daily getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 3.1 points to 28.2% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year. Ageing alone would predict about 0.9 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
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 Daily trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 33 safety recalls naming the Iveco Daily: Iveco Daily recalls.
Checking a particular Daily?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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