Aeon Cobra MOT reliability

Aeon Cobras passed their MOT first time 91% of the time across 86 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 86 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

91%

MOTs analysed

86

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2018 petrol

16 MOTs

These figures come from only 16 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 88%. Typical mileage 2,147 (most between 974 and 3,164).

2020: 100% → 2021: 82% → 2022: 92% → 2023: 94% → 2024: 92% → 2025: 88%

Most common failures

Hand lever: not releasing correctly and functionality of brakes affected (6.3%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (6.3%)
Stop lamp: all not working (6.3%)
Brake performance not tested: unable to be tested (6.3%)
Hand lever: pivot excessively tight (6.3%)

Where 2018 Cobras fail

Brakes

12.5%

Wheels & tyres

6.3%

Lights & electrics

6.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.