Maxus Deliver MOT pass rate and common problems

The Maxus Deliver passed 72.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, in line with the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.

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How the Deliver compares

Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.

72.5%

Maxus Deliver

72.8%

Maxus average

72.3%

UK average, all cars

The Deliver is level with the Maxus average. The average Deliver arrived at its test 3.5 years old with 32,736 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.

Deliver MOT pass rate by age

The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.

Age at testTestsPass ratevs UK average
3 to 5 years 1,237 70.7% 1.6 pts below

Every Maxus Deliver 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 Deliver failures cluster

Every failure item recorded on Maxus Deliver cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment37.7%
  • Visibility14.5%
  • Brakes13.7%
  • Tyres11.4%
  • Suspension10.2%
  • Steering7.3%

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and visibility together account for 52.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.

The 10 most common Deliver MOT failures

Specific items recorded on Maxus Deliver cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.

  1. 1Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectivelyVisibility 8.5%
  2. 2Stop lamp not workingLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 7.1%
  3. 3Headlamp not working on dipped beamLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 5.9%
  4. 4Headlamp aim too lowLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.3%
  5. 5Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.1%
  6. 6Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirementsBrakes 4.1%
  7. 7Track rod end ball joint has excessive playSteering 3.8%
  8. 8Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mmTyres 3.7%
  9. 9Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively wornSuspension 3.6%
  10. 10Washers provides insufficient washer liquidVisibility 3.5%

Together these 10 items make up 48.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Maxus Deliver cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.

What to look at on a Deliver

The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.

1

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

Recorded most often: stop lamp not working, headlamp not working on dipped beam, headlamp aim too low and headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect. 21.4% of failure items.

2

Visibility

Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 12% of failure items.

3

Brakes

Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 4.1% of failure items.

4

Steering

Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 3.8% of failure items.

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Maxus Deliver MOT FAQs

What is the Maxus Deliver MOT pass rate?

72.5% of Maxus Deliver cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 1,928 tests. That is in line with the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 304th of 575 models.

What does a Maxus Deliver most commonly fail its MOT on?

The item testers recorded most often on Maxus Deliver cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 8.5% of failure items. Next were stop lamp not working (7.1%) and headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.9%).

Which area causes the most Maxus Deliver MOT failures?

Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 37.7%, followed by visibility at 14.5%.

Does this mean every Maxus Deliver has these problems?

No. These are the items testers recorded across every Maxus Deliver 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 Maxus Deliver'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.