Skoda Yeti MOT reliability

Skoda Yetis passed their MOT first time 74% of the time across 74,816 tests in 2025. 71,393 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

74%

MOTs analysed

74,816

Still licensed (GB)

71,393

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.

In detail:

First registered

2015 diesel

7,116 MOTs

Passed first time 73%. Typical mileage 78,921 (most between 59,999 and 100,476).

2017: 88% → 2018: 86% → 2019: 88% → 2020: 87% → 2021: 84% → 2022: 83% → 2023: 79% → 2024: 76% → 2025: 73%

Most common failures

Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (4.6%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (4.0%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.7%)
Suspension arm: corroded and seriously weakened (2.6%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.5%)

2015 petrol

5,469 MOTs

Passed first time 78%. Typical mileage 57,215 (most between 42,734 and 74,799).

2016: 100% → 2017: 90% → 2018: 86% → 2019: 90% → 2020: 88% → 2021: 87% → 2022: 85% → 2023: 83% → 2024: 82% → 2025: 78%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.6%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (2.0%)
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (2.0%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.9%)
Position lamp: not working (1.8%)

Where 2015 Yetis fail

Suspension & axles

13.8%

Lights & electrics

7.3%

Brakes

5.9%

Wheels & tyres

5.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.0%

Visibility & wipers

1.6%

Steering

0.6%

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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.