Rover 111 MOT reliability

Rover 111s passed their MOT first time 67% of the time across 167 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

67%

MOTs analysed

167

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

1995 petrol

60 MOTs

These figures come from 60 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 68%. Typical mileage 43,840 (most between 28,072 and 65,201).

2005: 49% → 2006: 47% → 2007: 44% → 2008: 45% → 2009: 44% → 2010: 45% → 2011: 46% → 2012: 46% → 2013: 51% → 2014: 55% → 2015: 52% → 2016: 60% → 2017: 56% → 2018: 61% → 2019: 63% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 61% → 2022: 59% → 2023: 61% → 2024: 56% → 2025: 68%

Most common failures

Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (10.0%)
Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.3%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.7%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.7%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (5.0%)

Where 1995 111s fail

Body, structure & corrosion

16.7%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

16.7%

Brakes

15.0%

Lights & electrics

15.0%

Suspension & axles

11.7%

Visibility & wipers

6.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

3.3%

Wheels & tyres

1.7%

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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.