Tesla Roadster MOT reliability

Tesla Roadsters passed their MOT first time 85% of the time across 52 tests in 2025. 39 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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These figures come from 52 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

85%

MOTs analysed

52

Still licensed (GB)

39

Body type

Convertible

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

2012 electric

11 MOTs

These figures come from only 11 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 91%. Typical mileage 13,769 (most between 6,190 and 20,717).

2015: 86% → 2016: 89% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 89% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 88% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 91% → 2025: 91%

Most common failures

Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (9.1%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (9.1%)

Where 2012 Roadsters fail

Wheels & tyres

9.1%

Brakes

9.1%

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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.