Dethleffs Trend MOT reliability

Dethleffs Trends passed their MOT first time 87% of the time across 237 tests in 2025. 167 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

87%

MOTs analysed

237

Still licensed (GB)

167

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

2019 diesel

50 MOTs

These figures come from 50 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 88%. Typical mileage 19,771 (most between 14,105 and 30,577).

2021: 100% → 2022: 81% → 2023: 91% → 2024: 86% → 2025: 88%

Most common failures

Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements (4.0%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (4.0%)
Side repeaters: not working (2.0%)
Washers: not working (2.0%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.0%)

Where 2019 Trends fail

Seat belts & other equipment

4.0%

Visibility & wipers

4.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.0%

Lights & electrics

2.0%

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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.