Isuzu Rodeo MOT reliability

Isuzu Rodeos passed their MOT first time 55% of the time across 4,304 tests in 2025. 4,757 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

55%

MOTs analysed

4,304

Still licensed (GB)

4,757

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

2012 diesel

208 MOTs

Passed first time 54%. Typical mileage 110,849 (most between 87,329 and 142,765).

2013: 100% → 2014: 69% → 2015: 76% → 2016: 76% → 2017: 67% → 2018: 64% → 2019: 65% → 2020: 64% → 2021: 62% → 2022: 55% → 2023: 55% → 2024: 56% → 2025: 54%

Most common failures

Rear fog lamp: not working (9.6%)
Position lamp: not working (9.1%)
Stop lamp: not working (7.2%)
Ball joint excessively worn (6.3%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (5.3%)

Where 2012 Rodeos fail

Lights & electrics

28.4%

Suspension & axles

19.7%

Brakes

16.8%

Body, structure & corrosion

12.5%

Visibility & wipers

8.7%

Wheels & tyres

3.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.4%

Steering

2.4%

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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.