90.6%
Cupra Born
Cupra Born MOT pass rate and common problems
The Cupra Born passed 90.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 18.3 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was condition has ply or cords exposed.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Born compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
89.2%
Cupra average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Born runs 1.3 points ahead of the Cupra average. It is 1st of the 3 Cupra models in the data. The average Born arrived at its test 3 years old with 27,586 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Born MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 663 | 90.2% | 17.9 pts above |
Every Cupra Born tested in 2025 was aged 3 to 5 years, so there is no other age group to compare with. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Born failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Cupra Born cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 82.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Born MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Cupra Born cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 84.3% of everything testers recorded against failed Cupra Born cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Born
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. 64.8% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high and headlamp aim too low. 11.2% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: washers provides insufficient washer liquid, washers not working and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 6.5% of failure items.
4
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems
Recorded most often: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault. 1.7% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Born has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Cupra Born buying guide.
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Cupra Born MOT FAQs
What is the Cupra Born MOT pass rate?
90.6% of Cupra Born cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 4,645 tests. That is 18.3 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 32nd of 575 models.
What does a Cupra Born most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Cupra Born cars failing their 2025 MOT was condition has ply or cords exposed, on 31.3% of failure items. Next were condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (18.4%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (12.3%).
Which area causes the most Cupra Born MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 67.4%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 14.8%.
Does this mean every Cupra Born has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Cupra Born that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Cupra Born's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.