Dongfeng L MOT reliability

Dongfeng Ls passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 2 tests in 2025.

These figures come from only 2 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.

First-time pass rate

50%

MOTs analysed

2

Still licensed (GB)

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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

2011 petrol

2 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 11,418 (most between 11,418 and 11,418).

2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Flexible brake hoses: excessively deteriorated (50.0%)
Flexible brake hoses: leaking on a hydraulic braking system (50.0%)

Where 2011 Ls fail

Brakes

50.0%

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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.