Triumph Acclaim MOT reliability

Triumph Acclaims passed their MOT first time 81% of the time across 32 tests in 2025. 154 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 32 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

81%

MOTs analysed

32

Still licensed (GB)

154

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

1981 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 0%. Typical mileage 35,482 (most between 35,482 and 35,482).

2005: 56% → 2006: 74% → 2007: 56% → 2008: 71% → 2009: 59% → 2010: 58% → 2011: 75% → 2012: 72% → 2013: 75% → 2014: 67% → 2015: 54% → 2016: 71% → 2017: 69% → 2018: 78% → 2019: 73% → 2020: 73% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 83% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (100.0%)

Where 1981 Acclaims fail

Body, structure & corrosion

100.0%

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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.