Noble M400 MOT reliability

Noble M400s passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 77 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 77 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

86%

MOTs analysed

77

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

2003 petrol

24 MOTs

Passed first time 92%. Typical mileage 33,180 (most between 24,143 and 40,679).

2005: 100% → 2006: 77% → 2007: 65% → 2008: 79% → 2009: 81% → 2010: 79% → 2011: 81% → 2012: 86% → 2013: 74% → 2014: 82% → 2015: 85% → 2016: 83% → 2017: 90% → 2018: 80% → 2019: 76% → 2020: 79% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 85% → 2023: 91% → 2024: 88% → 2025: 92%

Most common failures

Shock absorbers: has an excessively worn bush (4.2%)
Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements (4.2%)
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (4.2%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (4.2%)

Where 2003 M400s fail

Suspension & axles

8.3%

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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.