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Maxus E Deliver reliability and MOT pass rate

79.2% passed first time. The 20.8% fail rate is 1.8 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 29,999 miles.

MOT pass rates / Maxus

Pass rate

79.2%

22.6% of all cars failed; 20.8% of these did.

Fixed on the day

6.5%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

29,999 mi

4 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years1,69221%
6-9 years0—
10-13 years0—
14+ years0—

What the E Deliver 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. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5 dangerous43.9%
  2. Tyres67 dangerous31.3%
  3. Brakes29 dangerous28.3%
  4. Suspension5 dangerous24.3%
  5. Visibility22.1%
  6. Steering10 dangerous19.3%
  7. Body, chassis, structure3 dangerous8.2%
  8. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.2%

Is the E Deliver getting worse?

The fail rate rose 0.9 points to 21.4% from 2024 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (1 point). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
2024735320.5%23.2%
20251,586421.4%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical E Deliver 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 E Deliver in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Stop lamp: not working52 tests
  2. 2Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements51 tests
  3. 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively51 tests
  4. 4Headlamp: not working on dipped beam40 tests
  5. 5Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play39 tests
  6. 6Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative38 tests
  7. 7Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm37 tests
  8. 8Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn32 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical E Deliver 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.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm171 tests
  2. 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure101 tests
  3. 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened97 tests
  4. 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick59 tests
  5. 5Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre56 tests
  6. 6Condition: badly distorted51 tests
  7. 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords31 tests
  8. 8Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn26 tests

Questions

What is the Maxus E Deliver MOT pass rate?

79.2% of the 1,764 Maxus E Deliver first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 20.8% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 6.5% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Maxus E Deliver usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Stop lamp: not working", recorded on 52 failed tests, followed by "Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 43.9% of failures, tyres appears in 31.3% of failures, brakes appears in 28.3% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 21%; at 3-5 years it was 21%. The median Maxus E Deliver tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 29,999 miles.

Is the Maxus E Deliver getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 0.9 points to 21.4% from 2024 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (1 point). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.

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 E Deliver 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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