16,164 tests in 2025
LEVC Tx reliability and MOT pass rate
95.3% passed first time. The 4.7% fail rate is 17.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 89,172 miles.
Pass rate
95.3%
22.6% of all cars failed; 4.7% of these did.
Fixed on the day
4.6%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
89,172 mi
4 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 6,205 | 4.8% |
| 6-9 years | 5,394 | 5.9% |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Tx 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.
- Suspension31 dangerous47.7%
- Tyres229 dangerous31.8%
- Brakes84 dangerous18.5%
- Visibility15.9%
- Noise, emissions and leaks3 dangerous9.1%
- Steering6 dangerous5.8%
- Body, chassis, structure6 dangerous3.7%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.4%
Is the Tx getting worse?
The fail rate rose 0.5 points to 4.7% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,015 | — | 4.2% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 10,925 | — | 3.6% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 12,254 | — | 4.7% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 14,960 | — | 4.7% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Tx 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 Tx in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn299 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm104 tests
- 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively86 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick69 tests
- 5Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction62 tests
- 6Condition: has ply or cords exposed46 tests
- 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords42 tests
- 8Pedal: anti-slip provision missing30 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Tx collects 2.03 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.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,435 tests
- 2Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn1,312 tests
- 3Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak766 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick752 tests
- 5Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm564 tests
- 6Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre252 tests
- 7Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn246 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Play in steering rack inner joint(s)126 tests
Questions
What is the LEVC Tx MOT pass rate?
95.3% of the 16,164 LEVC Tx first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 4.7% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 4.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a LEVC Tx usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn", recorded on 299 failed tests, followed by "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, suspension appears in 47.7% of failures, tyres appears in 31.8% of failures, brakes appears in 18.5% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 4.8%; at 6-9 years it was 5.9%. The median LEVC Tx tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 89,172 miles.
Is the LEVC Tx getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 0.5 points to 4.7% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising 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 Tx trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Checking a particular Tx?
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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