Tvr S3 MOT reliability

Tvr S3s passed their MOT first time 90% of the time across 50 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 50 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

90%

MOTs analysed

50

Still licensed (GB)

–

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

1990 petrol

21 MOTs

Passed first time 91%. Typical mileage 85,725 (most between 61,065 and 98,661).

2005: 67% → 2006: 56% → 2007: 78% → 2008: 65% → 2009: 68% → 2010: 56% → 2011: 74% → 2012: 67% → 2013: 68% → 2014: 64% → 2015: 89% → 2016: 85% → 2017: 87% → 2018: 71% → 2019: 81% → 2020: 83% → 2021: 69% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 86% → 2024: 73% → 2025: 90%

Most common failures

Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (4.8%)
Headlamp: not working on main beam (4.8%)
Registration plate lamp(s): does not illuminate simultaneously with the position lamps (4.8%)
Switch: inoperative (4.8%)

Where 1990 S3s fail

Lights & electrics

9.5%

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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.