Alvis TE21 MOT reliability

Alvis TE21s passed their MOT first time 70% of the time across 23 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 23 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

70%

MOTs analysed

23

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

1965 petrol

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 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 60%. Typical mileage 70,528 (most between 36,574 and 81,394).

2005: 100% → 2006: 81% → 2007: 80% → 2008: 67% → 2009: 80% → 2010: 90% → 2011: 85% → 2012: 71% → 2013: 81% → 2014: 67% → 2015: 87% → 2016: 75% → 2017: 93% → 2018: 78% → 2019: 71% → 2020: 33% → 2021: 73% → 2022: 80% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 56% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Attachment: fixing loose (40.0%)
Headlamp: not working on main beam (20.0%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (20.0%)
All direction indicators: not working (20.0%)
Stop lamp: adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (20.0%)

Where 1965 TE21s fail

Wheels & tyres

40.0%

Lights & electrics

20.0%

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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.