Vanden Plas 1300 MOT reliability

Vanden Plas 1300s passed their MOT first time 58% of the time across 12 tests in 2025. 163 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from only 12 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.

First-time pass rate

58%

MOTs analysed

12

Still licensed (GB)

163

Body type

–

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

1969 petrol

2 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 79,852 (most between 74,974 and 84,730).

2005: 0% → 2006: 75% → 2007: 67% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 57% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 57% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 0% → 2014: 75% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 67% → 2018: 75% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Track rod end: ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (50.0%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (50.0%)

Where 1969 1300s fail

Body, structure & corrosion

50.0%

Steering

50.0%

Looking at a particular car?

See its own MOT history, mileage and red flags, compared with these figures. Free.

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.