Daewoo Lacetti MOT reliability

Daewoo Lacettis passed their MOT first time 48% of the time across 62 tests in 2025. 48 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 62 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

48%

MOTs analysed

62

Still licensed (GB)

48

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age.

In detail:

First registered

2004 petrol

32 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 59,039 (most between 44,818 and 84,025).

2006: 83% → 2007: 79% → 2008: 72% → 2009: 65% → 2010: 63% → 2011: 60% → 2012: 54% → 2013: 49% → 2014: 44% → 2015: 45% → 2016: 47% → 2017: 42% → 2018: 46% → 2019: 44% → 2020: 49% → 2021: 42% → 2022: 45% → 2023: 54% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (9.4%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (9.4%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (6.3%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (6.3%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (6.3%)

Where 2004 Lacettis fail

Lights & electrics

18.8%

Body, structure & corrosion

15.6%

Brakes

15.6%

Suspension & axles

15.6%

Seat belts & other equipment

9.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.1%

Visibility & wipers

3.1%

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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.