Dethleffs Advantage MOT reliability

Dethleffs Advantages passed their MOT first time 80% of the time across 25 tests in 2025. 15 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 25 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

80%

MOTs analysed

25

Still licensed (GB)

15

Body type

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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

2016 diesel

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 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 60%. Typical mileage 20,359 (most between 20,340 and 25,647).

2019: 80% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (20.0%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (20.0%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (20.0%)

Where 2016 Advantages fail

Brakes

20.0%

Lights & electrics

20.0%

Visibility & wipers

20.0%

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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.