Pass rate
80.6%
Around average — 10.1 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 175 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£59
2020 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 26,716 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
51.9% 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 · this year
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 9.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.1%
- Typical mileage
- 27k mi
The 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate is 80.6% of its MOT tests — 10.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 51.9% 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: 2.6× the national share
Tyres make up 51.9% of everything recorded on the 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood, against 19.8% nationally — 32.1 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 90.7%; this one manages 80.6% — 10.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 175 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 10.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.1%. The median 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood in this dataset had covered 26,716 mi.
46% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 81.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.5% of the time, April–September 83.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 6.86% of tests.
- 175 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.6% overall pass rate, 76.1% 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
- 175
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,716 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
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Norwood MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (46% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Norwood
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 58 | 82.8% |
| North West | 23 | 65.2% |
| West Midlands | 21 | 81.0% |
| South West | 16 | 75.0% |
| Scotland | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2020 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 2020 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 lights 4.6% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.3% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the coil springs 1.7% 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.
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 2020 Norwood through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£59 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£59
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: has ply or cords exposed
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 175 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 2020 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 81.6%
- Toyota Estima 81.6%
- Vauxhall Combo 83.1%
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 83.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 83.3%
- Tesla Model X 84.6%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 135 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 | 70 | 51.90% | 19.76% | +32.14 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 22 | 16.30% | 12.21% | +4.09 |
| Brakes | 14 | 10.40% | 20.89% | −10.49 |
| Suspension | 10 | 7.40% | 20.98% | −13.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 8 | 5.90% | 5.57% | +0.33 |
| Visibility | 7 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 3.00% | 0.82% | +2.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.6% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £5–20 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.3% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–20 |
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 | 21.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.6% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–120 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 106 | 84.9% | 19,972 mi |
| 30-60k | 67 | 73.1% | 38,461 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 60,669 mi |
Source: 175 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.
2020 Norwood MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood?
80.6% of the 175 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 76.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (6.86%), headlamp aim too low (4.57%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.43%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.9% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood in this dataset had covered 26,716 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood?
Hybrid: 81.3% pass rate across 80 tests. Petrol: 83.3% pass rate across 48 tests. Diesel: 76.6% pass rate across 47 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 Coleman Milne Norwood MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.