Leyland Daf Fa MOT reliability

Leyland Daf Fas passed their MOT first time 62% of the time across 66 tests in 2025. 6 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 66 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

62%

MOTs analysed

66

Still licensed (GB)

6

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

1998 diesel

10 MOTs

These figures come from only 10 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 70%. Typical mileage 123,167 (most between 92,147 and 161,846).

2005: 100% → 2006: 87% → 2007: 86% → 2008: 92% → 2009: 56% → 2010: 75% → 2011: 67% → 2012: 60% → 2013: 40% → 2014: 75% → 2015: 80% → 2016: 71% → 2017: 71% → 2018: 63% → 2019: 78% → 2020: 33% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 70% → 2023: 38% → 2024: 86% → 2025: 70%

Most common failures

Parking brake efficiency (Trikes, quads and pre-68 vehicles): efficiency below requirements (10.0%)
Steps: in such a condition that it is likely to cause injury (10.0%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (10.0%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (10.0%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (10.0%)

Where 1998 Fas fail

Body, structure & corrosion

30.0%

Brakes

20.0%

Visibility & wipers

20.0%

Lights & electrics

10.0%

Steering

10.0%

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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.