Microcar M MOT reliability

Microcar Ms passed their MOT first time 80% of the time across 256 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

80%

MOTs analysed

256

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

2015 petrol

55 MOTs

These figures come from 55 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 73%. Typical mileage 18,451 (most between 11,811 and 27,464).

2017: 100% → 2018: 81% → 2019: 82% → 2020: 74% → 2021: 87% → 2022: 73% → 2023: 85% → 2024: 70% → 2025: 73%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (7.3%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (7.3%)
Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.6%)
Position lamp: not working (3.6%)
Switch: inoperative (1.8%)

Where 2015 Ms fail

Brakes

12.7%

Lights & electrics

10.9%

Steering

3.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.6%

Suspension & axles

3.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

1.8%

Wheels & tyres

1.8%

Visibility & wipers

1.8%

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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.