Tesla MOT pass rates by model

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a class-4 Tesla in Great Britain in 2025 — 139,546 tests. How they age, and how each model compares, computed by SortedCars from the official DVSA record of every test.

Tesla pass rate 2025
83.8%
11.5 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); covers all Tesla class-4 vehicles; unadjusted for fleet age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
139,546
first tests, 2025
Models tracked
4
with 2,000+ tests in 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.5%
of Tesla first tests; national 7.3%

How many Tesla cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 276,609 Tesla cars that were taxed or on SORN: 274,876 taxed and 1,733 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper), so 99.4% of them were taxed. DVLA lists 5 named Tesla car models, counted across the whole United Kingdom. A further 50 taxed Tesla cars are on the register with no model name recorded; they are in the totals here and under no model below. These are counts of cars, not tests, and cars only: vans, pickups and motorhomes are recorded as goods vehicles or motor caravans in the licensing data and are not in these figures. The model table below carries the count for each model DVLA records under a name of its own.

Still taxed, end of 2025
274,876
99.4% of the 276,609 Tesla cars taxed or on SORN
On SORN, end of 2025
1,733
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.6% of that total

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; the make totals include cars recorded with no model name, the model figures exclude them. 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 Tesla cars age

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

TeslaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Tesla, vehicle age 3: 84.4%Tesla, vehicle age 4: 86%Tesla, vehicle age 5: 81.9%Tesla, vehicle age 6: 82.2%Tesla, vehicle age 7: 80.9%Tesla, vehicle age 8: 79.7%Tesla, vehicle age 9: 78%Tesla, vehicle age 10: 75.5%Tesla, vehicle age 11: 73.1%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%Tesla 73.1%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Tesla testsTesla pass rateAll cars
351,56784.4%88.5%
435,17686.0%87.2%
524,54181.9%86.0%
612,78082.2%83.5%
73,32080.9%80.9%
84,58179.7%78.2%
92,36178.0%74.9%
101,27875.5%71.9%
1159873.1%68.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Tesla aheadTesla behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: -4.1 points vs the average car3Age 4: -1.2 points vs the average carAge 5: -4.1 points vs the average car5Age 6: -1.3 points vs the average carAge 7: +0.0 points vs the average car7Age 8: +1.5 points vs the average carAge 9: +3.1 points vs the average car9Age 10: +3.6 points vs the average carAge 11: +4.5 points vs the average car11Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-4.1
4-1.2
5-4.1
6-1.3
7+0.0
8+1.5
9+3.1
10+3.6
11+4.5

The Tesla fleet on the road, by age

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

015k30k45k60kAge 3: 51k3Age 4: 35kAge 5: 24k5Age 6: 12kAge 7: 3k7Age 8: 4kAge 9: 2k9Age 10: 1kAge 11: 59811Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
351,567
435,176
524,541
612,780
73,320
84,581
92,361
101,278
11598

What a Tesla fails on

Where the failure items land when a Tesla fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Every make has a signature — this is Tesla's.

Tyres62.7%
Suspension14.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.9%
Visibility5.5%
Brakes4.2%
Identification of the vehicle1.6%
Road Wheels1.0%
Steering0.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 55.6% of advisories55.6%Brakes: 19.2% of advisories19.2%Suspension: 16.8% of advisories16.8%Non-component advisories: 6.1% of advisoriesRoad Wheels: 1.0% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 0.7% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesRoad WheelsIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres55.6%
Brakes19.2%
Suspension16.8%
Non-component advisories6.1%
Road Wheels1.0%
Identification of the vehicle0.7%

What mileage is normal for a Tesla?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, all Tesla class-4 vehicles, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Tesla; 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 Tesla (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k357911Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 4: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 5: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 38,750–68,750)Age 6: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 7: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 48,750–93,750)Age 8: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–101,250)Age 9: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 71,250–123,750)Age 10: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 76,250–136,250)Age 11: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 81,250–146,250)108k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75033,75046,250
431,25043,75061,250
538,75051,25068,750
641,25056,25076,250
748,75068,75093,750
858,75078,750101,250
971,25093,750123,750
1076,250103,750136,250
1181,250108,750146,250

Every Tesla model in the data

First-time pass rate per model, 2025. Every model with at least 2,000 tests is listed — all 4 of them, ordered by number of tests; models with 5,000+ tests link to their own page. All trims and variants are grouped under one model name. Pass rates are unadjusted for age: models with older fleets sit lower. The last three columns are the number of that model on DVLA's register at the end of 2025 — taxed, on SORN, and the taxed share — from the licensing statistics rather than the MOT record. They are left blank for vans, pickups and car-and-van models, which the licensing data counts as goods vehicles rather than cars, and for models DVLA does not record under a name of their own. DVLA's model groupings do not always draw the line where the MOT grouping does; each model page says what its count covers.

Model Tests 2025Pass rate Taxed, end 2025SORN, end 2025 Taxed share
Model 387,48484.5%132,95087399.3%
Model Y34,92884.4%125,76738199.7%
Model S10,83779.8%10,09029097.2%
Model X6,21479.0%5,98416897.3%

Tesla models ranked by pass rate

All four grouped Tesla car models with 5,000 or more first tests in 2025, highest first-time pass rate first — the full field at that floor. Pass rates are unadjusted for fleet age — a model whose fleet runs older sits lower for that reason alone. Neighbouring rows can be effectively level, and models sharing a published rate share a rank.

RankModelTests 2025Pass rate
1Tesla Model 387,48484.5%
2Tesla Model Y34,92884.4%
3Tesla Model S10,83779.8%
4Tesla Model X6,21479.0%

More vehicles we've checked

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.