Rover 214 MOT reliability

Rover 214s passed their MOT first time 64% of the time across 517 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

64%

MOTs analysed

517

Still licensed (GB)

–

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

1997 petrol

42 MOTs

These figures come from 42 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 57%. Typical mileage 58,561 (most between 38,286 and 74,785).

2005: 66% → 2006: 62% → 2007: 56% → 2008: 52% → 2009: 48% → 2010: 47% → 2011: 46% → 2012: 46% → 2013: 44% → 2014: 46% → 2015: 47% → 2016: 51% → 2017: 48% → 2018: 54% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 58% → 2021: 59% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 57% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 57%

Most common failures

Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (7.1%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (7.1%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (4.8%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (4.8%)
Stop lamp: not working (4.8%)

Where 1997 214s fail

Lights & electrics

14.3%

Visibility & wipers

14.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

11.9%

Brakes

9.5%

Seat belts & other equipment

7.1%

Suspension & axles

7.1%

Wheels & tyres

4.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

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.