Caterham 1600 MOT reliability

Caterham 1600s passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 2 tests in 2025.

These figures come from only 2 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

50%

MOTs analysed

2

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

2001 petrol

1 MOT

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 20,890 (most between 20,890 and 20,890).

2006: 100% → 2007: 100% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 100% → 2010: 0% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (100.0%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (100.0%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (100.0%)
Side repeaters: not working (100.0%)
Service brake performance: excessively fluctuating (100.0%)

Where 2001 1600s fail

Wheels & tyres

100.0%

Brakes

100.0%

Lights & electrics

100.0%

Suspension & axles

100.0%

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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.