Daihatsu Cuore MOT reliability

Daihatsu Cuores passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 178 tests in 2025. 136 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

50%

MOTs analysed

178

Still licensed (GB)

136

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

29 MOTs

These figures come from 29 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 41%. Typical mileage 48,693 (most between 42,401 and 64,725).

2005: 84% → 2006: 79% → 2007: 73% → 2008: 69% → 2009: 68% → 2010: 63% → 2011: 59% → 2012: 59% → 2013: 54% → 2014: 52% → 2015: 51% → 2016: 46% → 2017: 49% → 2018: 47% → 2019: 56% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 53% → 2022: 58% → 2023: 58% → 2024: 42% → 2025: 41%

Most common failures

Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (20.7%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (17.2%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (10.3%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (10.3%)
Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (6.9%)

Where 2000 Cuores fail

Body, structure & corrosion

31.0%

Suspension & axles

27.6%

Lights & electrics

24.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

20.7%

Brakes

10.3%

Visibility & wipers

10.3%

Wheels & tyres

6.9%

Seat belts & other equipment

6.9%

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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.