Skoda Roomster MOT reliability

Skoda Roomsters passed their MOT first time 64% of the time across 17,432 tests in 2025. 15,714 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

64%

MOTs analysed

17,432

Still licensed (GB)

15,714

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

2013 petrol

1,859 MOTs

Passed first time 73%. Typical mileage 68,413 (most between 49,140 and 89,230).

2015: 96% → 2016: 84% → 2017: 85% → 2018: 87% → 2019: 87% → 2020: 84% → 2021: 81% → 2022: 81% → 2023: 78% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 73%

Most common failures

Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.0%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (3.0%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (2.7%)
Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour (2.0%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.7%)

2013 diesel

735 MOTs

Passed first time 62%. Typical mileage 91,453 (most between 69,326 and 115,986).

2014: 0% → 2015: 83% → 2016: 82% → 2017: 83% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 77% → 2020: 78% → 2021: 77% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 70% → 2024: 69% → 2025: 62%

Most common failures

Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (5.4%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (4.5%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.2%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.5%)
Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour (3.3%)

Where 2013 Roomsters fail

Lights & electrics

9.1%

Suspension & axles

8.0%

Wheels & tyres

5.8%

Body, structure & corrosion

5.6%

Brakes

4.7%

Visibility & wipers

2.7%

Steering

1.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.4%

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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.