Corvette C6 MOT reliability

Corvette C6s passed their MOT first time 90% of the time across 48 tests in 2025. 25 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 48 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

90%

MOTs analysed

48

Still licensed (GB)

25

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

2008 petrol

5 MOTs

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.

Passed first time 60%. Typical mileage 45,615 (most between 39,546 and 57,343).

2011: 75% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 75% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 80% → 2019: 60% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 80% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (20.0%)
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side (20.0%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (20.0%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (20.0%)

Where 2008 C6s fail

Brakes

20.0%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

20.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

20.0%

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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.