Tvr 290 MOT reliability

Tvr 290s passed their MOT first time 83% of the time across 144 tests in 2025. 228 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

83%

MOTs analysed

144

Still licensed (GB)

228

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

1992 petrol

34 MOTs

These figures come from 34 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 79%. Typical mileage 50,977 (most between 28,948 and 71,060).

2005: 100% → 2006: 76% → 2007: 81% → 2008: 64% → 2009: 76% → 2010: 78% → 2011: 60% → 2012: 85% → 2013: 82% → 2014: 79% → 2015: 66% → 2016: 79% → 2017: 86% → 2018: 74% → 2019: 83% → 2020: 83% → 2021: 77% → 2022: 88% → 2023: 82% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 79%

Most common failures

Individual direction indicators: not working (5.9%)
Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (5.9%)
Stop lamp: adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (5.9%)
Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (2.9%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.9%)

Where 1992 290s fail

Lights & electrics

14.7%

Brakes

8.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

8.8%

Steering

2.9%

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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.