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01/09/2010
A new study by a UK garage group has detailed the first-time MOT pass rates of the top selling vehicles of 2006.
The research by Nationwide Autocentres - which claims to carry out more MOTs than any other garage group - was produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the test. It suggested that three-year old Renault Meganes were most likely to fail their first MOT, with one-in-four failing to make the grade in 2009.
Vauxhall Corsas fared only slightly better with a failure rate of one-in-five.
Meanwhile, BMW's 3 series was found to be the best performer with a 7% MOT failure rate - twice as good as the average - while Volkswagen's Golf ranked second with 11% failing the test. The Ford Focus - Britain's top selling car in 2006 - had a failure rate of 13%.
The group, which is now owned by Halfords, also looked at the MOT pass rates of five-year-old cars, comparing the most popular models sold in 2004. It found that the Vauxhall Corsa was the most likely to fail, with 39% not making the grade. In comparison, the Ford Fiesta was the least likely to have problems, with 20% failing the test.
Among the most popular ten-year-old cars, the most likely to fail was the Renault Clio, while Vauxhall's Astra was the least likely to fail its MOT.
The study found that the average cost needed to remedy cars failing their MOT was £82, with Britons spending £920 million a year correcting faults identified in the test.
Bill Duffy, chief operations officer at Nationwide Autocentres said: "This report shows the importance of having the car regularly serviced and not relying on the MOT to show up faults.
"Motorists are spending money unnecessarily having repairs that could have been spotted and sorted much earlier in the life of a car," he added.
Despite recommendations that the UK adopt more relaxed European regulations - effectively requiring cars to take an MOT every two years - the Government announced at the end of 2008 that the road worthiness test was to remain unchanged, with cars requiring their first examination after three years, followed by annual testing.
Meanwhile, an investigation by consumer watchdog Which? in August found "shocking levels of incompetence" among UK car garages, reporting that 87% missed potentially dangerous faults.
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