Daewoo Matiz MOT reliability

Daewoo Matizs passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 646 tests in 2025. 422 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

50%

MOTs analysed

646

Still licensed (GB)

422

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

2002 petrol

95 MOTs

These figures come from 95 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 43%. Typical mileage 48,819 (most between 36,171 and 68,007).

2005: 81% → 2006: 76% → 2007: 68% → 2008: 61% → 2009: 54% → 2010: 51% → 2011: 48% → 2012: 43% → 2013: 40% → 2014: 38% → 2015: 40% → 2016: 41% → 2017: 39% → 2018: 42% → 2019: 43% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 44% → 2022: 46% → 2023: 54% → 2024: 48% → 2025: 43%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (9.5%)
Stop lamp: not working (9.5%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (9.5%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (7.4%)
Position lamp: not working (6.3%)

Where 2002 Matizs fail

Lights & electrics

30.5%

Suspension & axles

21.1%

Brakes

17.9%

Seat belts & other equipment

14.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

13.7%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

13.7%

Wheels & tyres

6.3%

Visibility & wipers

5.3%

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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.