Reliant Robin MOT reliability

Reliant Robins passed their MOT first time 62% of the time across 87 tests in 2025. 11 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 87 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

87

Still licensed (GB)

11

Body type

Hatchback

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 petrol

21 MOTs

Passed first time 57%. Typical mileage 48,432 (most between 32,188 and 58,215).

2005: 69% → 2006: 74% → 2007: 72% → 2008: 67% → 2009: 71% → 2010: 63% → 2011: 71% → 2012: 71% → 2013: 64% → 2014: 69% → 2015: 81% → 2016: 66% → 2017: 52% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 68% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 56% → 2022: 74% → 2023: 59% → 2024: 52% → 2025: 57%

Most common failures

Rear fog lamp: not working (14.3%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (9.5%)
Stop lamp: not working (9.5%)
Exhaust system: system insecure (9.5%)
Brake fluid : significantly below minimum mark (4.8%)

Where 1999 Robins fail

Lights & electrics

42.9%

Brakes

14.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

9.5%

Visibility & wipers

9.5%

Steering

4.8%

Suspension & axles

4.8%

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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.