Bedford Rascal MOT reliability

Bedford Rascals passed their MOT first time 58% of the time across 230 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

58%

MOTs analysed

230

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

1990 petrol

40 MOTs

These figures come from 40 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 57%. Typical mileage 56,280 (most between 39,902 and 69,386).

2005: 49% → 2006: 50% → 2007: 53% → 2008: 55% → 2009: 58% → 2010: 49% → 2011: 57% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 51% → 2014: 45% → 2015: 48% → 2016: 60% → 2017: 66% → 2018: 60% → 2019: 51% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 58% → 2023: 58% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 57%

Most common failures

Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (12.5%)
Position lamp: not working (10.0%)
Horn: not working (7.5%)
Stop lamp: not working (5.0%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (5.0%)

Where 1990 Rascals fail

Lights & electrics

35.0%

Brakes

17.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

12.5%

Visibility & wipers

10.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

7.5%

Steering

5.0%

Suspension & axles

5.0%

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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.