Austin Maxi MOT reliability

Austin Maxis passed their MOT first time 80% of the time across 5 tests in 2025. 99 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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.

First-time pass rate

80%

MOTs analysed

5

Still licensed (GB)

99

Body type

Hatchback

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

1970 petrol

2 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 83,930 (most between 78,344 and 89,517).

2005: 100% → 2006: 86% → 2007: 71% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 67% → 2010: 80% → 2011: 71% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 67% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 50% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: excessively binding (50.0%)
Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (50.0%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (50.0%)

Where 1970 Maxis fail

Body, structure & corrosion

50.0%

Brakes

50.0%

Steering

50.0%

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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.