Rover 825 MOT reliability

Rover 825s passed their MOT first time 67% of the time across 83 tests in 2025.

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.

First-time pass rate

67%

MOTs analysed

83

Still licensed (GB)

–

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

1996 petrol

7 MOTs

These figures come from only 7 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 86%. Typical mileage 97,516 (most between 78,481 and 98,965).

2005: 59% → 2006: 52% → 2007: 54% → 2008: 50% → 2009: 43% → 2010: 43% → 2011: 46% → 2012: 64% → 2013: 42% → 2014: 55% → 2015: 68% → 2016: 48% → 2017: 65% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 54% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 64% → 2023: 64% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 86%

Most common failures

Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side (14.3%)
Washers: not working (14.3%)
Brake performance not tested: unable to be tested (14.3%)

Where 1996 825s fail

Brakes

14.3%

Visibility & wipers

14.3%

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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.