Triumph 2000 MOT reliability

Triumph 2000s passed their MOT first time 84% of the time across 92 tests in 2025. 708 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 92 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

84%

MOTs analysed

92

Still licensed (GB)

708

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

1976 petrol

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 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 50%. Typical mileage 58,911 (most between 53,146 and 64,675).

2005: 57% → 2006: 40% → 2007: 63% → 2008: 50% → 2009: 64% → 2010: 50% → 2011: 89% → 2012: 67% → 2013: 57% → 2014: 87% → 2015: 73% → 2016: 59% → 2017: 63% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Parking (secondary brake performance): on a single line braking system imbalanced across an axle (50.0%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (50.0%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (50.0%)

Where 1976 2000s fail

Brakes

50.0%

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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.