Rover 216 MOT reliability

Rover 216s passed their MOT first time 67% of the time across 661 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

67%

MOTs analysed

661

Still licensed (GB)

–

Body type

Convertible

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

83 MOTs

These figures come from 83 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 65%. Typical mileage 70,524 (most between 51,045 and 96,909).

2005: 65% → 2006: 62% → 2007: 56% → 2008: 51% → 2009: 48% → 2010: 48% → 2011: 48% → 2012: 47% → 2013: 48% → 2014: 48% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 52% → 2017: 54% → 2018: 53% → 2019: 56% → 2020: 58% → 2021: 46% → 2022: 62% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 53% → 2025: 65%

Most common failures

Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (4.8%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.8%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (3.6%)
Stop lamp: not working (3.6%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (3.6%)

Where 1997 216s fail

Lights & electrics

13.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

12.0%

Suspension & axles

12.0%

Brakes

9.6%

Visibility & wipers

6.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

4.8%

Seat belts & other equipment

4.8%

Wheels & tyres

2.4%

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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.