Talbot Motor MOT reliability

Talbot Motors passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 48 tests in 2025.

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.

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

48

Still licensed (GB)

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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

1992 diesel

6 MOTs

These figures come from only 6 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 67%. Typical mileage 76,157 (most between 75,567 and 96,016).

2005: 0% → 2006: 25% → 2007: 75% → 2008: 33% → 2009: 33% → 2010: 60% → 2011: 67% → 2012: 60% → 2013: 83% → 2014: 0% → 2015: 33% → 2016: 60% → 2017: 40% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 20% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 43% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (16.7%)
Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (16.7%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (16.7%)
Headlamp: insecure (16.7%)
Individual direction indicators: not working (16.7%)

1992 petrol

4 MOTs

These figures come from only 4 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 25%. Typical mileage 104,049 (most between 74,529 and 125,377).

2005: 0% → 2006: 33% → 2007: 67% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 80% → 2010: 50% → 2011: 33% → 2012: 43% → 2013: 33% → 2014: 43% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 80% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 40% → 2019: 60% → 2020: 33% → 2021: 40% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 40% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 25%

Most common failures

Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (50.0%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (50.0%)
Position lamp: not working (50.0%)
Exhaust system: system insecure (25.0%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (25.0%)

Where 1992 Motors fail

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

16.7%

Brakes

16.7%

Steering

16.7%

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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.