Skoda Fabia MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Skoda Fabia in Great Britain in 2025 — 228,996 tests. Figures cover every Fabia first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Fabia ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
70.6%
1.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
228,996
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.1%
of Fabia first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
61,250
middle half: 43,750–81,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Skoda Fabia cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 265,036 Skoda Fabia cars that were taxed or on SORN: 248,685 taxed and 16,351 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Skoda Fabia vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
248,685
93.8% of the 265,036 Fabia cars taxed or on SORN; 175 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
16,351
declared off the road by their keepers — 6.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Fabia cars peaked at 262,648 at the end of 2019 and has since fallen by 13,963 (5.3%) to 248,685 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 3,177 at the end of 2014 to 16,351 at the end of 2025, up 414.7%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Fabia cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

0100k200k300k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Fabia cars, year 2014: 232kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2015: 241kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2016: 252kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2017: 257kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2018: 261kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2019: 263kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2020: 259kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2021: 257kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2022: 255kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2023: 252kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2024: 250kTaxed Fabia cars, year 2025: 249k249k
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YearTaxed Fabia cars
2014232,360
2015241,134
2016252,021
2017256,722
2018260,602
2019262,648
2020258,919
2021257,472
2022255,146
2023251,876
2024250,181
2025248,685

Fabia cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Fabia cars on SORN, year 2014: 3kFabia cars on SORN, year 2015: 5kFabia cars on SORN, year 2016: 7kFabia cars on SORN, year 2017: 8kFabia cars on SORN, year 2018: 9kFabia cars on SORN, year 2019: 10kFabia cars on SORN, year 2020: 12kFabia cars on SORN, year 2021: 12kFabia cars on SORN, year 2022: 13kFabia cars on SORN, year 2023: 14kFabia cars on SORN, year 2024: 15kFabia cars on SORN, year 2025: 16k16k
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YearFabia cars on SORN
20143,177
20154,874
20166,701
20178,031
20189,012
201910,370
202012,087
202112,309
202212,647
202313,551
202414,923
202516,351

Which model years survive

Taxed Fabia cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 248,685 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Fabia cars
202510,3404.2%
20249,7443.9%
20237,4083.0%
20226,8952.8%
20218,4263.4%
20209,4203.8%
201914,5915.9%
201816,7576.7%
201717,7047.1%
201619,3967.8%
201517,5807.1%
201414,2775.7%
201317,8147.2%
201212,9905.2%
201110,7814.3%
20109,5753.9%
200911,8364.8%
20088,7443.5%
20077,1302.9%
20065,5532.2%
20054,4291.8%
20043,0971.2%
All other build years (four years, each under 1%)4,1981.7%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name FABIA under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Fabia ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Fabia vs all cars, 2025.

Skoda FabiaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 3: 90.8%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 4: 85.7%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 5: 84.8%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 6: 83.3%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 7: 77.8%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 8: 76.5%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 9: 75.3%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 10: 75%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 11: 72.4%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 12: 70.4%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 13: 67.7%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 14: 64.7%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 15: 62%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 16: 55.9%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 17: 52.4%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 18: 53.6%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 19: 54.3%Skoda Fabia, vehicle age 20: 53.5%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Skoda Fabia 53.5%
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Age (years)Fabia testsFabia pass rateAll cars
37,16690.8%88.5%
48,61985.7%87.2%
59,39684.8%86.0%
614,62283.3%83.5%
716,74977.8%80.9%
817,99776.5%78.2%
919,30775.3%74.9%
1017,73775.0%71.9%
1114,49772.4%68.6%
1218,28470.4%65.8%
1313,32267.7%63.5%
1411,28064.7%61.2%
1510,15362.0%59.3%
1612,55355.9%58.3%
179,49952.4%57.2%
187,81553.6%57.4%
196,26254.3%57.0%
205,02453.5%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Fabia's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Fabia beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Fabia aheadFabia behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: +2.3 points vs the average car3Age 4: -1.5 points vs the average carAge 5: -1.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: -0.2 points vs the average carAge 7: -3.1 points vs the average car7Age 8: -1.7 points vs the average carAge 9: +0.4 points vs the average car9Age 10: +3.1 points vs the average carAge 11: +3.8 points vs the average car11Age 12: +4.6 points vs the average carAge 13: +4.2 points vs the average car13Age 14: +3.5 points vs the average carAge 15: +2.7 points vs the average car15Age 16: -2.4 points vs the average carAge 17: -4.8 points vs the average car17Age 18: -3.8 points vs the average carAge 19: -2.7 points vs the average car19Age 20: -4.1 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+2.3
4-1.5
5-1.2
6-0.2
7-3.1
8-1.7
9+0.4
10+3.1
11+3.8
12+4.6
13+4.2
14+3.5
15+2.7
16-2.4
17-4.8
18-3.8
19-2.7
20-4.1

The Fabia fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Fabia fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 7k3Age 4: 8kAge 5: 9k5Age 6: 14kAge 7: 16k7Age 8: 17kAge 9: 19k9Age 10: 17kAge 11: 14k11Age 12: 18kAge 13: 13k13Age 14: 11kAge 15: 10k15Age 16: 12kAge 17: 9k17Age 18: 7kAge 19: 6k19Age 20: 5k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
37,166
48,619
59,396
614,622
716,749
817,997
919,307
1017,737
1114,497
1218,284
1313,322
1411,280
1510,153
1612,553
179,499
187,815
196,262
205,024

What a Fabia fails on

Where the failure items land when a Fabia fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.2%
Suspension21.1%
Brakes18.5%
Tyres12.2%
Body, chassis, structure7.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.7%
Visibility6.7%
Steering2.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Fabia, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 31.2% of advisories31.2%Suspension: 26.7% of advisories26.7%Brakes: 22.1% of advisories22.1%Non-component advisories: 5.5% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.4% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 3.3% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres31.2%
Suspension26.7%
Brakes22.1%
Non-component advisories5.5%
Body, chassis, structure3.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.3%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Fabia?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Fabia fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 73.0% of 188,156 tests73.0%Petrol188,156 testsDiesel: 59.8% of 40,828 tests59.8%Diesel40,828 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol188,15673.0%
Diesel40,82859.8%

What mileage is normal for a Fabia?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Fabia; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Fabia (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 13,750–26,250)Age 4: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 16,250–36,250)Age 5: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 6: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–48,750)Age 7: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–58,750)Age 8: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–68,750)Age 9: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 10: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–81,250)Age 11: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 48,750–91,250)Age 12: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 53,750–98,750)Age 13: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 61,250–108,750)Age 14: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 66,250–113,750)Age 15: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 63,750–116,250)Age 16: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 63,750–116,250)Age 17: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–126,250)Age 18: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–131,250)Age 19: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–136,250)Age 20: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 76,250–141,250)106k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75018,75026,250
416,25026,25036,250
523,75031,25041,250
626,25036,25048,750
731,25043,75058,750
836,25051,25068,750
941,25058,75076,250
1043,75061,25081,250
1148,75068,75091,250
1253,75076,25098,750
1361,25083,750108,750
1466,25088,750113,750
1563,75088,750116,250
1663,75088,750116,250
1773,75098,750126,250
1876,250101,250131,250
1976,250101,250136,250
2076,250106,250141,250

What fails at each age

The Fabia's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesVisibilitySuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres37.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes20.5%
3-5 yrsVisibility15.5%
3-5 yrsSuspension10.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.6%
6-9 yrsSuspension31.6%
6-9 yrsTyres21.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes20.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.6%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.0%
10-13 yrsSuspension24.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes23.4%
10-13 yrsTyres16.0%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.5%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure7.3%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.7%
14+ yrsSuspension21.2%
14+ yrsBrakes19.5%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure10.5%
14+ yrsTyres8.4%
14+ yrsEverything else18.7%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.