Skoda Rapid MOT reliability

Skoda Rapids passed their MOT first time 73% of the time across 21,491 tests in 2025. 20,036 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

73%

MOTs analysed

21,491

Still licensed (GB)

20,036

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

2016 petrol

2,500 MOTs

Passed first time 75%. Typical mileage 66,662 (most between 49,739 and 85,850).

2017: 73% → 2018: 84% → 2019: 88% → 2020: 84% → 2021: 83% → 2022: 82% → 2023: 78% → 2024: 76% → 2025: 75%

Most common failures

Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (5.6%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.2%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.0%)
Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn (1.6%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.6%)

2016 diesel

1,462 MOTs

Passed first time 72%. Typical mileage 93,271 (most between 70,561 and 128,734).

2016: 100% → 2017: 86% → 2018: 82% → 2019: 85% → 2020: 78% → 2021: 79% → 2022: 76% → 2023: 71% → 2024: 70% → 2025: 72%

Most common failures

Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (5.5%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.4%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.6%)
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (2.0%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.7%)

Where 2016 Rapids fail

Suspension & axles

10.1%

Wheels & tyres

8.7%

Brakes

5.0%

Lights & electrics

4.8%

Visibility & wipers

2.9%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

1.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

0.4%

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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.