MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Chevrolet Orlando MOT pass rate
The Chevrolet Orlando passed 68.22% of its 3,392 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 9.1 percentage points worse than average.
How the Chevrolet Orlando holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Chevrolet Orlando grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6–10 years | 2 | 100% |
| 11 years and over | 3,390 | 68.2% |
Why the Chevrolet Orlando fails its MOT
Across every Chevrolet Orlando that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, accounting for 26.97% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 26.97% | 867 |
| Brakes | 17.95% | 577 |
| Suspension | 16.49% | 530 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12.04% | 387 |
| Tyres | 11.98% | 385 |
| Visibility | 6.94% | 223 |
How the Chevrolet Orlando compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Chevrolet Orlando sits 550th of 651 models in this data , and 1st of the 8 Chevrolet models covered . Chevrolet as a whole averaged 62.07%, so this model runs 6.2 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Chevrolet Orlando
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Chevrolet Orlando came to its 2025 test at 97,958 miles and 13 years old. Most examples tested were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Chevrolet Orlando
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
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Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.