70.6%
Škoda Fabia
Škoda Fabia MOT pass rate and common problems
The Škoda Fabia passed 70.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 1.7 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Fabia compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
76.4%
Škoda average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Fabia runs 5.8 points behind the Škoda average. It is 11th of the 12 Škoda models in the data. The average Fabia arrived at its test 11.2 years old with 70,270 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.
Fabia MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Škoda Fabia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 61.2%, a drop of 23.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 29,536 | 85% | 12.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 84,677 | 76.2% | 3.9 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 108,562 | 61.2% | 11.1 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Fabia failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Škoda Fabia cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 43.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Fabia MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Škoda Fabia cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 35.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Škoda Fabia cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Fabia
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and coil spring fractured or broken. 9.9% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and condition has ply or cords exposed. 8.6% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 7.3% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3.6% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Fabia has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Škoda Fabia buying guide.
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Škoda Fabia MOT FAQs
What is the Škoda Fabia MOT pass rate?
70.6% of Škoda Fabia cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 228,995 tests. That is 1.7 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 342nd of 575 models.
What does a Škoda Fabia most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Škoda Fabia cars failing their 2025 MOT was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, on 7.2% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (4.5%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.7%).
Which area causes the most Škoda Fabia MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.2%, followed by suspension at 21.1%.
Do older Škoda Fabia cars fail their MOT more often?
Škoda Fabia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85% of MOT tests in 2025, against 61.2% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Škoda Fabia has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Škoda Fabia 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 Škoda Fabia'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.