Bedford Midi MOT reliability

Bedford Midis passed their MOT first time 72% of the time across 43 tests in 2025. 7 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 43 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

72%

MOTs analysed

43

Still licensed (GB)

7

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

8 MOTs

These figures come from only 8 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 38%. Typical mileage 75,399 (most between 63,969 and 84,523).

2005: 73% → 2006: 46% → 2007: 44% → 2008: 59% → 2009: 62% → 2010: 56% → 2011: 56% → 2012: 42% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 67% → 2015: 58% → 2016: 41% → 2017: 82% → 2018: 46% → 2019: 60% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 70% → 2023: 43% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 38%

Most common failures

Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (25.0%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (25.0%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (25.0%)
Non catalyst emissions: emissions hydrocarbon content excessive (12.5%)
Flexible brake hoses: excessively deteriorated (12.5%)

1987 diesel

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 100%. Typical mileage 170,327 (most between 170,327 and 170,327).

2005: 100% → 2006: 86% → 2007: 71% → 2008: 83% → 2009: 75% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 67% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 1987 Midis fail

Brakes

37.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

37.5%

Visibility & wipers

37.5%

Body, structure & corrosion

12.5%

Lights & electrics

12.5%

Steering

12.5%

Seat belts & other equipment

12.5%

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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.