Rover 75 MOT reliability

Rover 75s passed their MOT first time 60% of the time across 6,199 tests in 2025. 5,048 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

60%

MOTs analysed

6,199

Still licensed (GB)

5,048

Body type

Sedan

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

2006 diesel

109 MOTs

Passed first time 57%. Typical mileage 108,128 (most between 83,205 and 134,003).

2006: 100% → 2007: 60% → 2008: 82% → 2009: 78% → 2010: 79% → 2011: 76% → 2012: 71% → 2013: 68% → 2014: 63% → 2015: 59% → 2016: 62% → 2017: 60% → 2018: 53% → 2019: 55% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 60% → 2022: 61% → 2023: 57% → 2024: 58% → 2025: 57%

Most common failures

Ball joint excessively worn (8.3%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (5.5%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.5%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (4.6%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (3.7%)

2006 petrol

48 MOTs

These figures come from 48 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 71%. Typical mileage 66,401 (most between 52,151 and 90,563).

2006: 100% → 2007: 100% → 2008: 77% → 2009: 81% → 2010: 82% → 2011: 79% → 2012: 69% → 2013: 65% → 2014: 65% → 2015: 71% → 2016: 61% → 2017: 63% → 2018: 64% → 2019: 60% → 2020: 61% → 2021: 63% → 2022: 55% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 65% → 2025: 71%

Most common failures

Ball joint excessively worn (6.3%)
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.3%)
Headlamp aim: too high (6.3%)
Headlamp: has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced (4.2%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.2%)

Where 2006 75s fail

Suspension & axles

21.1%

Lights & electrics

17.4%

Brakes

11.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

10.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

8.3%

Wheels & tyres

5.5%

Seat belts & other equipment

5.5%

Steering

3.7%

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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.