Skoda Scala MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Skoda Scala in Great Britain in 2025 — 10,179 tests. Figures cover every Scala first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Scala ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
86.9%
14.6 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
10,179
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.6%
of Scala first tests; national 7.3%

How many Skoda Scala cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 21,537 Skoda Scala cars that were taxed or on SORN: 21,322 taxed and 215 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 Scala vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
21,322
99.0% of the 21,537 Scala cars taxed or on SORN; 19 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
215
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Scala cars is still rising: 21,322 at the end of 2025, up 3,734 (21.2%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 40 at the end of 2019 to 215 at the end of 2025, up 437.5%. 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 Scala 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 Scala cars, year 2014: 0Taxed Scala cars, year 2015: 0Taxed Scala cars, year 2016: 0Taxed Scala cars, year 2017: 0Taxed Scala cars, year 2018: 0Taxed Scala cars, year 2019: 2kTaxed Scala cars, year 2020: 4kTaxed Scala cars, year 2021: 8kTaxed Scala cars, year 2022: 10kTaxed Scala cars, year 2023: 14kTaxed Scala cars, year 2024: 18kTaxed Scala cars, year 2025: 21k21k
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YearTaxed Scala cars
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20191,562
20204,470
20217,666
20229,826
202314,169
202417,588
202521,322

Scala 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.

01002003004002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Scala cars on SORN, year 2014: 0Scala cars on SORN, year 2015: 0Scala cars on SORN, year 2016: 0Scala cars on SORN, year 2017: 0Scala cars on SORN, year 2018: 0Scala cars on SORN, year 2019: 40Scala cars on SORN, year 2020: 304Scala cars on SORN, year 2021: 53Scala cars on SORN, year 2022: 59Scala cars on SORN, year 2023: 97Scala cars on SORN, year 2024: 117Scala cars on SORN, year 2025: 215215
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YearScala cars on SORN
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
201940
2020304
202153
202259
202397
2024117
2025215

Which model years survive

Taxed Scala cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 21,322 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 Scala cars
20253,75217.6%
20243,35915.8%
20234,50021.1%
20222,18710.3%
20212,73712.8%
20203,23015.1%
20191,5577.3%

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 SCALA 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 Scala ages

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

Skoda ScalaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Skoda Scala, vehicle age 3: 88.5%Skoda Scala, vehicle age 4: 87.7%Skoda Scala, vehicle age 5: 87.3%Skoda Scala, vehicle age 6: 81.8%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%Skoda Scala 81.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Scala testsScala pass rateAll cars
32,27088.5%88.5%
42,80587.7%87.2%
53,26687.3%86.0%
61,58481.8%83.5%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Scala aheadScala behind
-2-1+0+1+2Age 3: +0.0 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.5 points vs the average carAge 5: +1.3 points vs the average car5Age 6: -1.7 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.0
4+0.5
5+1.3
6-1.7

The Scala fleet on the road, by age

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

01k2k3k4kAge 3: 2k3Age 4: 2kAge 5: 3k5Age 6: 1k6Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
32,270
42,805
53,266
61,584

What a Scala fails on

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

Brakes31.2%
Tyres30.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.5%
Visibility7.7%
Steering7.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.8%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.9%
Suspension1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 48.3% of advisories48.3%Brakes: 39.2% of advisories39.2%Non-component advisories: 7.5% of advisories7.5%Suspension: 3.3% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 0.8% of advisoriesRoad Wheels: 0.4% of advisories
TyresBrakesNon-component advisoriesSuspensionIdentification of the vehicleRoad Wheels
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres48.3%
Brakes39.2%
Non-component advisories7.5%
Suspension3.3%
Identification of the vehicle0.8%
Road Wheels0.4%

What mileage is normal for a Scala?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Scala; 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 Scala (median)
0k25k50k75k356Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–33,750)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–46,250)Age 6: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 28,750–53,750)41k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25033,750
423,75031,25041,250
526,25036,25046,250
628,75041,25053,750

What fails at each age

The Scala'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.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres36.4%
3-5 yrsBrakes35.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility5.7%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks3.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else10.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes33.4%
6-9 yrsSteering26.0%
6-9 yrsTyres23.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility5.2%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks4.2%
6-9 yrsEverything else7.4%

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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.