Talbot Unclassified MOT reliability

Talbot Unclassifieds passed their MOT first time 53% of the time across 99 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 99 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

53%

MOTs analysed

99

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

1993 diesel

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 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 40%. Typical mileage 87,962 (most between 59,875 and 98,715).

2005: 43% → 2006: 47% → 2007: 60% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 35% → 2010: 50% → 2011: 63% → 2012: 43% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 60% → 2016: 63% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 75% → 2019: 67% → 2020: 57% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 33% → 2025: 40%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (40.0%)
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (20.0%)
All outline marker lamps: not working (20.0%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (20.0%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (20.0%)

Where 1993 Unclassifieds fail

Body, structure & corrosion

40.0%

Lights & electrics

40.0%

Suspension & axles

40.0%

Steering

20.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

20.0%

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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.