London Taxis Int Tx MOT reliability

London Taxis Int Txs passed their MOT first time 60% of the time across 188 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

60%

MOTs analysed

188

Still licensed (GB)

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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

2008 diesel

7 MOTs

These figures come from only 7 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 57%. Typical mileage 336,832 (most between 314,632 and 343,658).

2008: 100% → 2009: 73% → 2010: 75% → 2011: 75% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 70% → 2014: 47% → 2015: 85% → 2016: 74% → 2017: 79% → 2018: 71% → 2019: 74% → 2020: 83% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 70% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 57%

Most common failures

Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (14.3%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (14.3%)
Chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (14.3%)
Prescribed areas: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a cab mounting (14.3%)
Wheel bearings: has excessive play (14.3%)

Where 2008 Txs fail

Body, structure & corrosion

28.6%

Suspension & axles

28.6%

Brakes

14.3%

Steering

14.3%

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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.