Rover 2000 MOT reliability

Rover 2000s passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 70 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 70 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

70

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

1973 petrol

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 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 80%. Typical mileage 67,633 (most between 65,326 and 71,656).

2005: 58% → 2006: 71% → 2007: 63% → 2008: 70% → 2009: 47% → 2010: 71% → 2011: 56% → 2012: 74% → 2013: 85% → 2014: 72% → 2015: 87% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 82% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 67% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 92% → 2024: 78% → 2025: 80%

Most common failures

Attachment: anchorage loose (20.0%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (20.0%)
Stop lamp: all not working (20.0%)

Where 1973 2000s fail

Lights & electrics

20.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

20.0%

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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 (CC BY 4.0, adapted).