MOT pass rate · 2025 data
DS DS7 MOT pass rate
The DS DS7 passed 83.85% of its 1,814 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 6.6 percentage points better than average.
How the DS DS7 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 DS DS7 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 329 | 88.15% |
| 6–10 years | 1,484 | 82.88% |
| 11 years and over | 1 | 100% |
Older DS DS7 examples test at least as well as younger ones in this data, which is uncommon and usually reflects how these cars are used and maintained rather than the age itself.
Why the DS DS7 fails its MOT
Across every DS DS7 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was tyres, accounting for 31.26% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 31.26% | 326 |
| Brakes | 19.08% | 199 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14.77% | 154 |
| Suspension | 11.12% | 116 |
| Visibility | 7.19% | 75 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5.75% | 60 |
How the DS DS7 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the DS DS7 sits 251st of 651 models in this data , and 1st of the 3 DS models covered . DS as a whole averaged 72.45%, so this model runs 11.4 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used DS DS7
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average DS DS7 came to its 2025 test at 48,621 miles and 6 years old. Most examples tested were petrol, though 15.44% 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 DS DS7
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
Other DS models
Models with a similar pass rate
- Land Rover Range 83.61% pass rate
- Ford Kuga 83.58% pass rate
- Volkswagen Tiguan 83.85% pass rate
- BMW 118 83.02% pass rate
- Audi Q3 84.17% pass rate
- Volkswagen UP 84.36% pass rate
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.