Austin 1300 MOT reliability

Austin 1300s passed their MOT first time 92% of the time across 25 tests in 2025. 229 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 25 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

92%

MOTs analysed

25

Still licensed (GB)

229

Body type

Sedan

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

1971 petrol

6 MOTs

These figures come from only 6 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 67%. Typical mileage 35,236 (most between 19,636 and 59,844).

2005: 83% → 2006: 67% → 2007: 60% → 2008: 68% → 2009: 64% → 2010: 65% → 2011: 74% → 2012: 76% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 68% → 2015: 80% → 2016: 74% → 2017: 77% → 2018: 73% → 2019: 86% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 71% → 2022: 82% → 2023: 63% → 2024: 83% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (16.7%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (16.7%)
Horn: not working (16.7%)
Wheel bearings: has excessive play (16.7%)

Where 1971 1300s fail

Brakes

33.3%

Lights & electrics

16.7%

Suspension & axles

16.7%

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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.