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Škoda Roomster, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls

15,922 Škoda Roomsters are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 63.7% of initial MOT tests, 8.6 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Škoda Roomster at the MOT

63.7% of 17,432 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Roomster 448th of 575 models. Škoda Roomsters aged 6 to 10 years passed 76.6% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 60.7%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Škoda Roomster63.7%
  • All Škoda modelsThe Roomster is 12.7 pts behind76.4%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Škoda Roomster tests in 2025.

  • 6 to 10 years3,290 tests76.6%
  • 11 years and over14,142 tests60.7%

Where Roomsters fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Škoda Roomster tests in 2025.

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.9%
  • Suspension21.3%
  • Brakes16.2%
  • Tyres10.7%
  • Body, chassis, structure9.9%

The items testers recorded most often were position lamp not working (6%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.9%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (5.7%).

The MOT page lists every common Roomster MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Škoda Roomster MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Roomster's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

    Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting.25.9% of Roomster failure items

  2. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.21.3% of Roomster failure items

  3. Brakes

    Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing.16.2% of Roomster failure items

Škoda Roomsters in the UK

15,922 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 22% since the end of 2014, and 28% from its peak of 22,044 at the end of 2015.

Change since 2014
−22%from 20,541 licensed
Typical year of first use
2012half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2012 or earlier
Declared off the road
1,0396.1% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Škoda Roomsters since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 201420,541
End of 201522,044
End of 201621,880
End of 201721,584
End of 201821,341
End of 201920,884
End of 202020,408
End of 202119,966
End of 202219,424
End of 202318,591
End of 202417,522
End of 202516,531
End of June 202615,922

How old they are

Licensed Škoda Roomsters by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
20151,6431,774
20142,674
20132,520
20122,205
20111,384
20101,119
2009983
20081,721
20071,908
2006318

1,643 Roomsters first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 93% of the 1,774 first registered that year.

Roomster engines and fuel

1.2 litre engines made up 50% of Škoda Roomster MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.6 litre at 25%. Petrol accounts for 65% of licensed Roomsters and diesel for 35%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 17,427 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.2 litre50.2%
  • 1.6 litre24.8%
  • 1.4 litre15%
  • 1.9 litre10%

Fuel type, licensed Roomsters

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol10,27665%
Diesel5,64035%
Gas6<0.1%

Škoda Roomster recalls

3 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Škoda Roomster. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Roomster is affected.

  1. Jul 2025 R/2026/002

    Takata drivers side front airbag

    Roomsters built Oct 2013 · 108 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    On affected vehicles the propellant in the front airbag may deteriorate due to high humidity and temperature fluctuations. As a result in the event of an accident and airbag deployment fragments could detach from the generator housing and injure the vehicle occupants.
    Remedy
    Replace the front airbag on the driver's side.

  2. Dec 2014 R/2014/143

    Fuel may leak

    Roomsters built Apr 2011 to Oct 2014 · 4,306 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    On affected vehicles the fuel filter may crack around inlet connection. This will allow fuel to leak which may cause a smell within the vehicle interior and possibly contaminate the road environment. This may affect the handling of the vehicle and of other traffic.
    Remedy
    Check type of filter fitted. If not of improved type then replace with improved filter.

  3. Jul 2007 R/2007/095

    Incorrect curtain airbag may activate

    Roomsters built Jun 2006 to May 2007 · 5,142 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    It has been identified that some of the wires within airbag control unit block connector have been incorrectly installed. In the event of a collision this will result in the activation of the curtain airbag on the opposite side to the impact.
    Remedy
    Recalled vehicles will have the wiring to the control unit checked and rectified should this be necessary.
How to check a specific Roomster for recalls

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Škoda Roomster FAQs

How many Škoda Roomsters are there in the UK?

15,922 Škoda Roomsters were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 1,039 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Škoda Roomster reliable?

MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 63.7% first-time pass rate for the Škoda Roomster across 17,432 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

Has the Škoda Roomster had any recalls?

3 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Škoda Roomster. The most recent was published in July 2025. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.

What should I check before buying a used Škoda Roomster?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check a Škoda Roomster's history?

Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.

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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Škoda history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Skoda VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.