Skoda Roomster MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Skoda Roomster in Great Britain in 2025 — 17,432 tests. Figures cover every Roomster first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Roomster ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
63.7%
8.6 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
17,432
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.6%
of Roomster first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
61,250
middle half: 43,750–83,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Skoda Roomster cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 17,535 Skoda Roomster cars that were taxed or on SORN: 16,531 taxed and 1,004 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 Roomster vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
16,531
94.3% of the 17,535 Roomster cars taxed or on SORN; 49 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,004
declared off the road by their keepers — 5.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Roomster cars peaked at 22,043 at the end of 2015 and has since fallen by 5,512 (25.0%) to 16,531 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 70 at the end of 2014 to 1,004 at the end of 2025, up 1334.3%. 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 Roomster cars, year by year

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

05k10k15k20k25k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Roomster cars, year 2014: 21kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2015: 22kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2016: 22kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2017: 22kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2018: 21kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2019: 21kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2020: 20kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2021: 20kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2022: 19kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2023: 19kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2024: 18kTaxed Roomster cars, year 2025: 17k17k
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YearTaxed Roomster cars
201420,540
201522,043
201621,879
201721,583
201821,340
201920,883
202020,407
202119,966
202219,424
202318,590
202417,522
202516,531

Roomster 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.

05001k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Roomster cars on SORN, year 2014: 70Roomster cars on SORN, year 2015: 106Roomster cars on SORN, year 2016: 149Roomster cars on SORN, year 2017: 189Roomster cars on SORN, year 2018: 254Roomster cars on SORN, year 2019: 347Roomster cars on SORN, year 2020: 468Roomster cars on SORN, year 2021: 522Roomster cars on SORN, year 2022: 564Roomster cars on SORN, year 2023: 704Roomster cars on SORN, year 2024: 888Roomster cars on SORN, year 2025: 1k1k
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YearRoomster cars on SORN
201470
2015106
2016149
2017189
2018254
2019347
2020468
2021522
2022564
2023704
2024888
20251,004

Which model years survive

Taxed Roomster cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 16,531 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 Roomster cars
20151,6439.9%
20142,67416.2%
20132,52615.3%
20122,21013.4%
20111,3918.4%
20101,1276.8%
20099876.0%
20081,73010.5%
20071,91811.6%
20063211.9%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)40.0%

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 ROOMSTER 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 Roomster ages

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

Skoda RoomsterAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 10: 78.4%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 11: 73.6%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 12: 69.7%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 13: 66.5%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 14: 65.6%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 15: 58.6%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 16: 52.8%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 17: 51.5%Skoda Roomster, vehicle age 18: 49.5%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 Roomster 49.5%
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Age (years)Roomster testsRoomster pass rateAll cars
101,67078.4%71.9%
112,72573.6%68.6%
122,59469.7%65.8%
132,31866.5%63.5%
141,48765.6%61.2%
151,21358.6%59.3%
161,06652.8%58.3%
171,89551.5%57.2%
182,12349.5%57.4%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Roomster aheadRoomster behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 10: +6.5 points vs the average carAge 11: +5.0 points vs the average car11Age 12: +3.9 points vs the average carAge 13: +3.0 points vs the average car13Age 14: +4.4 points vs the average carAge 15: -0.7 points vs the average car15Age 16: -5.5 points vs the average carAge 17: -5.7 points vs the average car17Age 18: -7.9 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
10+6.5
11+5.0
12+3.9
13+3.0
14+4.4
15-0.7
16-5.5
17-5.7
18-7.9

The Roomster fleet on the road, by age

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

07501k2k3kAge 10: 1k10Age 11: 2kAge 12: 2k12Age 13: 2kAge 14: 1k14Age 15: 1kAge 16: 1k16Age 17: 1kAge 18: 2k18Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
101,670
112,725
122,594
132,318
141,487
151,213
161,066
171,895
182,123

What a Roomster fails on

Where the failure items land when a Roomster 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 equipment26.0%
Suspension21.4%
Brakes16.2%
Tyres10.7%
Body, chassis, structure9.9%
Visibility5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%
Steering3.6%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 27.1% of advisories27.1%Tyres: 26.0% of advisories26.0%Suspension: 22.0% of advisories22.0%Non-component advisories: 6.8% of advisories6.8%Noise, emissions and leaks: 5.2% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.8% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes27.1%
Tyres26.0%
Suspension22.0%
Non-component advisories6.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Roomster?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Roomster 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: 67.8% of 11,043 tests67.8%Petrol11,043 testsDiesel: 56.5% of 6,385 tests56.5%Diesel6,385 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol11,04367.8%
Diesel6,38556.5%

What mileage is normal for a Roomster?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Roomster; 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 Roomster (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k1012141618Vehicle age (years)Age 10: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–83,750)Age 11: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 46,250–86,250)Age 12: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–98,750)Age 13: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 61,250–106,250)Age 14: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 63,750–111,250)Age 15: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 71,250–123,750)Age 16: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 71,250–128,750)Age 17: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–133,750)Age 18: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 83,750–141,250)111k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1043,75061,25083,750
1146,25066,25086,250
1253,75073,75098,750
1361,25083,750106,250
1463,75086,250111,250
1571,25096,250123,750
1671,25098,750128,750
1783,750106,250133,750
1883,750111,250141,250

What fails at each age

The Roomster'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.

SuspensionBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
10-13 yrsSuspension24.4%
10-13 yrsBrakes18.2%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.4%
10-13 yrsTyres15.1%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure10.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else14.2%
14+ yrsSuspension23.4%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.0%
14+ yrsBrakes17.7%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure10.8%
14+ yrsTyres9.8%
14+ yrsEverything else16.3%

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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.