Daimler Six MOT reliability

Daimler Sixs passed their MOT first time 74% of the time across 58 tests in 2025. 60 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 58 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

74%

MOTs analysed

58

Still licensed (GB)

60

Body type

Sedan

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

1994 petrol

9 MOTs

These figures come from only 9 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 44%. Typical mileage 100,244 (most between 82,538 and 106,675).

2005: 58% → 2006: 67% → 2007: 80% → 2008: 72% → 2009: 87% → 2010: 75% → 2011: 79% → 2012: 71% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 78% → 2015: 81% → 2016: 46% → 2017: 53% → 2018: 89% → 2019: 46% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 89% → 2024: 90% → 2025: 44%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (22.2%)
Stop lamp: not working (22.2%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (22.2%)
Washers: not working (22.2%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (22.2%)

Where 1994 Sixs fail

Lights & electrics

44.4%

Brakes

33.3%

Visibility & wipers

33.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

22.2%

Seat belts & other equipment

22.2%

Suspension & axles

11.1%

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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.