Bedford Bambi MOT reliability

Bedford Bambis passed their MOT first time 59% of the time across 44 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 44 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

59%

MOTs analysed

44

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

1987 petrol

11 MOTs

These figures come from only 11 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 46%. Typical mileage 67,185 (most between 51,071 and 82,874).

2005: 56% → 2006: 66% → 2007: 54% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 58% → 2010: 60% → 2011: 65% → 2012: 58% → 2013: 41% → 2014: 37% → 2015: 52% → 2016: 32% → 2017: 71% → 2018: 55% → 2019: 83% → 2020: 68% → 2021: 54% → 2022: 57% → 2023: 39% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 46%

Most common failures

Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (18.2%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (18.2%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (18.2%)
Position lamp: adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (18.2%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (18.2%)

Where 1987 Bambis fail

Body, structure & corrosion

27.3%

Brakes

27.3%

Lights & electrics

27.3%

Visibility & wipers

18.2%

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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.