L D V 400 MOT reliability

L D V 400s passed their MOT first time 55% of the time across 467 tests in 2025. 883 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

55%

MOTs analysed

467

Still licensed (GB)

883

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

2003 diesel

64 MOTs

These figures come from 64 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 58%. Typical mileage 75,232 (most between 54,389 and 120,105).

2005: 77% → 2006: 68% → 2007: 61% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 54% → 2010: 51% → 2011: 46% → 2012: 42% → 2013: 42% → 2014: 39% → 2015: 41% → 2016: 44% → 2017: 48% → 2018: 45% → 2019: 49% → 2020: 49% → 2021: 58% → 2022: 54% → 2023: 42% → 2024: 40% → 2025: 58%

Most common failures

Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (7.8%)
Chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (6.3%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (6.3%)
Battery(ies): insecure and likely to fall from carrier (6.3%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.7%)

2003 petrol

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 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 33%. Typical mileage 50,664 (most between 47,510 and 55,451).

2005: 75% → 2006: 92% → 2007: 86% → 2008: 80% → 2009: 68% → 2010: 52% → 2011: 59% → 2012: 70% → 2013: 33% → 2014: 46% → 2015: 43% → 2016: 47% → 2017: 53% → 2018: 30% → 2019: 33% → 2020: 25% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (66.7%)
Rear fog lamp: not working (66.7%)
Catch insecure (33.3%)
Stop lamp: all not working (33.3%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (33.3%)

2003 lpg

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 100%. Typical mileage 116,910 (most between 110,007 and 123,812).

2005: 80% → 2006: 78% → 2007: 67% → 2008: 71% → 2009: 48% → 2010: 45% → 2011: 43% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 47% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 43% → 2016: 25% → 2017: 33% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 80% → 2020: 40% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 60% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 2003 400s fail

Lights & electrics

25.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

23.4%

Brakes

21.9%

Suspension & axles

15.6%

Visibility & wipers

10.9%

Wheels & tyres

7.8%

Steering

7.8%

Seat belts & other equipment

6.3%

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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.