Kawasaki Mule MOT reliability

Kawasaki Mules passed their MOT first time 71% of the time across 14 tests in 2025. 40 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from only 14 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

71%

MOTs analysed

14

Still licensed (GB)

40

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

2018 diesel

3 MOTs

Passed first time 33%. Typical mileage 9,318 (most between 9,036 and 13,051).

2021: 0% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (33.3%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (33.3%)
Mirrors: insecure (33.3%)
Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm (33.3%)

2018 petrol

1 MOT

Passed first time 100%. Typical mileage 0 (most between 0 and 0).

2021: 100% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 2018 Mules fail

Wheels & tyres

33.3%

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Visibility & wipers

33.3%

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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.