2016 Skoda Yeti: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 77.9% to 79.3% (±0.8 points).
That is 3.7 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2016 (74.9%). These cars were about 9 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2016 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2016, less common in lights and electrics (0.9×), tyres (0.7×), noise, emissions, leaks (0.7×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.4×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Suspension7.4 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
- Lights and electrics6.4 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
- Brakes4.8 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
- Tyres4.5 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 6.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
- Body, chassis, structure1.8 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2016
- Noise, emissions, leaks1.6 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 2.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors1.5 in 100 tests0.4× compared with 3.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
- Steering0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2016
All vehicles first used in 2016: the 245 models in our data, 2,632,483 tests (98.1% of all 2,684,065 tests on vehicles first used in 2016). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2016 Skoda Yeti cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 6.7% failed on tyres, against 3.5% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,580 and 6,914 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 5.0% of those with a tyre advisory and 5.2% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2016 Skoda Yeti cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.0% failed on brakes, against 3.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,282 and 7,211 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 4.4% of those with a brake advisory and 5.3% of the others.
Suspension
Of 2016 Skoda Yeti cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 11.3% failed on suspension, against 6.2% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,259 and 7,231 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 4.8% of those with a suspension advisory and 5.3% of the others.
Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.
Skoda Yeti, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2016 Skoda Yeti
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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