Tesla Model X MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Tesla Model X in Great Britain in 2025 — 6,214 tests. Figures cover every Model X first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Model X ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
79.0%
6.7 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
6,214
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
11.1%
of Model X first tests; national 7.3%

How many Tesla Model X cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 6,152 Tesla Model X cars that were taxed or on SORN: 5,984 taxed and 168 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. Tesla Model X vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
5,984
97.3% of the 6,152 Model X cars taxed or on SORN; 11 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
168
declared off the road by their keepers — 2.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Model X cars peaked at 6,065 at the end of 2020 and has since fallen by 81 (1.3%) to 5,984 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 7 at the end of 2017 to 168 at the end of 2025, up 2300.0%. 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 Model X cars, year by year

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

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Model X cars, year 2014: 0Taxed Model X cars, year 2015: 0Taxed Model X cars, year 2016: 42Taxed Model X cars, year 2017: 2kTaxed Model X cars, year 2018: 4kTaxed Model X cars, year 2019: 5kTaxed Model X cars, year 2020: 6kTaxed Model X cars, year 2021: 6kTaxed Model X cars, year 2022: 6kTaxed Model X cars, year 2023: 6kTaxed Model X cars, year 2024: 6kTaxed Model X cars, year 2025: 6k6k
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YearTaxed Model X cars
20140
20150
201642
20172,114
20183,538
20194,733
20206,065
20216,015
20225,901
20235,986
20245,953
20255,984

Model X 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.

0501001502002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Model X cars on SORN, year 2014: 0Model X cars on SORN, year 2015: 0Model X cars on SORN, year 2016: 0Model X cars on SORN, year 2017: 7Model X cars on SORN, year 2018: 25Model X cars on SORN, year 2019: 50Model X cars on SORN, year 2020: 83Model X cars on SORN, year 2021: 94Model X cars on SORN, year 2022: 105Model X cars on SORN, year 2023: 121Model X cars on SORN, year 2024: 142Model X cars on SORN, year 2025: 168168
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YearModel X cars on SORN
20140
20150
20160
20177
201825
201950
202083
202194
2022105
2023121
2024142
2025168

Which model years survive

Taxed Model X cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 5,984 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 Model X cars
20201,37022.9%
20191,15119.2%
20181,33922.4%
20171,94832.6%
All other build years (five years, each under 1%)1762.9%

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 MODEL X 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 Model X ages

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

Tesla Model XAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Tesla Model X, vehicle age 5: 79.2%Tesla Model X, vehicle age 6: 79.4%Tesla Model X, vehicle age 7: 79.2%Tesla Model X, vehicle age 8: 78.5%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%Tesla Model X 78.5%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Model X testsModel X pass rateAll cars
51,45979.2%86.0%
61,21279.4%83.5%
71,42179.2%80.9%
82,03278.5%78.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Model X aheadModel X behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 5: -6.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: -4.1 points vs the average carAge 7: -1.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: +0.3 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
5-6.8
6-4.1
7-1.7
8+0.3

The Model X fleet on the road, by age

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

07501k2k3kAge 5: 1k5Age 6: 1kAge 7: 1k7Age 8: 2k8Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
51,459
61,212
71,421
82,032

What a Model X fails on

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

Tyres50.0%
Suspension14.6%
Visibility12.6%
Brakes8.5%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.0%
Body, chassis, structure3.2%
Identification of the vehicle2.5%
Steering1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 48.9% of advisories48.9%Brakes: 28.6% of advisories28.6%Suspension: 13.6% of advisories13.6%Non-component advisories: 6.0% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.2% of advisoriesSteering: 0.9% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres48.9%
Brakes28.6%
Suspension13.6%
Non-component advisories6.0%
Identification of the vehicle1.2%
Steering0.9%

What mileage is normal for a Model X?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Model X; 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 Model X (median)
0k25k50k75k100k578Vehicle age (years)Age 5: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–63,750)Age 6: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 7: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–83,750)Age 8: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–93,750)73k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
536,25048,75063,750
641,25056,25073,750
746,25063,75083,750
853,75073,75093,750

What fails at each age

The Model X'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.

TyresSuspensionVisibilityBrakesBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres55.3%
3-5 yrsSuspension17.3%
3-5 yrsVisibility8.0%
3-5 yrsBrakes7.3%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure4.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.6%
6-9 yrsTyres49.9%
6-9 yrsSuspension14.6%
6-9 yrsVisibility12.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes9.6%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else9.5%

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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.