Freight Rover Sherpa MOT reliability

Freight Rover Sherpas passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 31 tests in 2025. 43 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 31 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

77%

MOTs analysed

31

Still licensed (GB)

43

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

1986 diesel

2 MOTs

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.

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 130,842 (most between 127,916 and 133,768).

2005: 50% → 2006: 53% → 2007: 52% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 52% → 2010: 45% → 2011: 54% → 2012: 59% → 2013: 55% → 2014: 71% → 2015: 60% → 2016: 58% → 2017: 86% → 2018: 38% → 2019: 60% → 2020: 60% → 2021: 60% → 2022: 60% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: too low (100.0%)
Prop shaft: bearing likely to break up (50.0%)
Headlamp: insecure (50.0%)
Prop shaft: likely to become detached (50.0%)
Position lamp: not working (50.0%)

1986 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 100%. Typical mileage 120,009 (most between 120,009 and 120,009).

2005: 58% → 2006: 44% → 2007: 53% → 2008: 51% → 2009: 54% → 2010: 41% → 2011: 53% → 2012: 59% → 2013: 41% → 2014: 65% → 2015: 69% → 2016: 44% → 2017: 29% → 2018: 40% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 1986 Sherpas fail

Lights & electrics

100.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

50.0%

Brakes

50.0%

Steering

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.