Daewoo Lanos MOT reliability

Daewoo Lanoss passed their MOT first time 54% of the time across 115 tests in 2025. 87 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

54%

MOTs analysed

115

Still licensed (GB)

87

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. 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

2000 petrol

36 MOTs

These figures come from 36 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 44%. Typical mileage 72,339 (most between 56,025 and 100,942).

2005: 73% → 2006: 68% → 2007: 61% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 52% → 2010: 51% → 2011: 49% → 2012: 48% → 2013: 47% → 2014: 47% → 2015: 48% → 2016: 49% → 2017: 51% → 2018: 48% → 2019: 59% → 2020: 56% → 2021: 56% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 65% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 44%

Most common failures

Washers: not working (11.1%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (11.1%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (8.3%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (8.3%)
Stop lamp: not working (5.6%)

Where 2000 Lanoss fail

Lights & electrics

22.2%

Suspension & axles

16.7%

Visibility & wipers

13.9%

Brakes

8.3%

Seat belts & other equipment

8.3%

Wheels & tyres

5.6%

Steering

5.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.8%

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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.