L D V Cub MOT reliability

L D V Cubs passed their MOT first time 52% of the time across 50 tests in 2025. 35 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 50 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

52%

MOTs analysed

50

Still licensed (GB)

35

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

1999 diesel

4 MOTs

These figures come from only 4 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 25%. Typical mileage 88,331 (most between 73,415 and 108,031).

2005: 63% → 2006: 56% → 2007: 49% → 2008: 45% → 2009: 39% → 2010: 38% → 2011: 35% → 2012: 32% → 2013: 36% → 2014: 34% → 2015: 37% → 2016: 39% → 2017: 34% → 2018: 49% → 2019: 44% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 32% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 25%

Most common failures

Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (50.0%)
Brake performance not tested: unable to be tested (25.0%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (25.0%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (25.0%)
Battery(ies): insecure and likely to fall from carrier (25.0%)

Where 1999 Cubs fail

Suspension & axles

75.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

50.0%

Brakes

50.0%

Wheels & tyres

25.0%

Lights & electrics

25.0%

Visibility & wipers

25.0%

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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.