Pass rate
83.3%
Around average — 4.6 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 228 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£63
2018 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 37,545 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
40.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 90.0% pass
- Avoid 2020 80.6% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 9.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.2%
- Typical mileage
- 38k mi
The 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate is 83.3% of its MOT tests — 4.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 40.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Coleman Milne Norwood does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 40.7% of everything recorded on the 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood, against 19.8% nationally — 20.9 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 83.3% — 4.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 35% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 4.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.2%. The median 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood in this dataset had covered 37,545 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.7% of the time, April–September 84.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 6.14% of tests.
- 228 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.3% overall pass rate, 80.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Coleman Milne Norwood, the average is 84.1% — best year 2016 (90.0%), worst 2020 (80.6%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 228
- Typical mileage (median)
- 37,545 mi
- Make and model
- Coleman Milne Norwood
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Norwood MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Norwood
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 48 | 79.2% |
| Scotland | 46 | 87.0% |
| North East | 38 | 84.2% |
| North West | 22 | 81.8% |
| South East | 21 | 85.7% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 80.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2018 Norwood
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2018 Norwood
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the coil springs 6.1% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the brakes 1.8% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 1.8% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2018 Norwood through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£63 — and 35% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£63
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 35%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 228 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Norwood, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2016 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.6% to 90.0% — a spread of 9.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 90.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 82.7% has ply or cords exposed
- 2018 83.3%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 83.3% has ply or cords exposed
- 2020 80.6% has ply or cords exposed
- 2021 89.5% has ply or cords exposed
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2018 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Polo 83.3%
- Ford Grand C-Max 83.3%
- Citroen C4 Cactus 83.4%
- Kia Carens 83.4%
- Ford Ranger 83.0%
- Suzuki Baleno 83.0%
Closest pass rates among 2018 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 204 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 83 | 40.70% | 19.76% | +20.94 |
| Brakes | 40 | 19.60% | 20.89% | −1.29 |
| Suspension | 37 | 18.10% | 20.98% | −2.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 21 | 10.30% | 12.21% | −1.91 |
| Visibility | 12 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.50% | 4.18% | −1.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 2.00% | 5.57% | −3.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.1% | £25–65 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £8–22 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 22.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.5% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.0% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 4.8% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 71 | 91.5% | 23,391 mi |
| 30-60k | 138 | 79.0% | 42,879 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 84.2% | 69,308 mi |
Source: 228 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2018 Norwood MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood?
83.3% of the 228 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 80.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (6.14%), has ply or cords exposed (3.95%), side repeaters not working (2.19%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.5% of the time, falling to 84.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood in this dataset had covered 37,545 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.