54.4%
Talbot Express
Talbot Express MOT pass rate and common problems
The Talbot Express passed 54.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 17.9 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength.
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How the Express compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
55.5%
Talbot average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Express runs 1.1 points behind the Talbot average. The average Express arrived at its test 33.6 years old with 82,353 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.
Express MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 4,854 | 54.4% | 17.9 pts below |
Every Talbot Express tested in 2025 was aged 11 years and over, 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 Express failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Talbot Express cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 54.8% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Express MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Talbot Express cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 32.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Talbot Express cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Express
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, headlamp not working on dipped beam and individual direction indicators not working. 13% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced. 7.2% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 5% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake imbalance across an axle and service brake performance excessively binding. 4.6% of failure items.
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Talbot Express MOT FAQs
What is the Talbot Express MOT pass rate?
54.4% of Talbot Express cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 4,854 tests. That is 17.9 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 545th of 575 models.
What does a Talbot Express most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Talbot Express cars failing their 2025 MOT was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, on 5% of failure items. Next were joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.5%) and position lamp not working (4%).
Which area causes the most Talbot Express MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 36%, followed by brakes at 18.9%.
Does this mean every Talbot Express has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Talbot Express 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 Talbot Express'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.