Pass rate
67.0%
Below average — 10.2 pts behind the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 103 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£129
2012 DFSK Loadhopper MOT pass rate
- 2012
- 2 trims combined
- typical 42,749 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
25.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 76.9% pass
- Avoid 2012 67.0% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 9.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.0%
- Typical mileage
- 43k mi
The 2012 DFSK Loadhopper MOT pass rate is 67.0% of its MOT tests — 10.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how DFSK Loadhopper does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 11.2% of everything recorded on the 2012 DFSK Loadhopper, against 5.5% nationally — 5.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 25.1%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 77.2%; this one manages 67.0% — 10.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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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Every DFSK Loadhopper first registered in 2012 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2012 DFSK Loadhopper compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 10.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.0%. The median 2012 DFSK Loadhopper in this dataset had covered 42,749 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 63.8% of the time, April–September 71.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 5.83% of tests.
- 103 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.0% overall pass rate, 58.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the DFSK Loadhopper, the average is 72.6% — best year 2015 (76.9%), worst 2012 (67.0%).
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
- 103
- Typical mileage (median)
- 42,749 mi
- Make and model
- DFSK Loadhopper
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Loadhopper MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Loadhopper
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 44 | 68.2% |
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 2012 Loadhopper
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 2012 Loadhopper
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 5.8% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 exhaust and emissions 4.8% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the brake pipes 4.8% of tests
“flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 2012 Loadhopper through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£129 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£129
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 103 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 Loadhopper, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2012 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.0% to 76.9% — a spread of 9.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 67.0%position lamp not working
- 2013 76.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2014 71.0% service brake performance…
- 2015 76.9% steering rack gaiter missing or…
- 2016 69.1% service brake imbalance across an…
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 2012 DFSK Loadhopper 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Renault Clio 68.7%
- Renault Grand Scenic 69.9%
- Vauxhall Combo 70.0%
- Nissan Qashqai 70.1%
- Renault Megane 70.2%
- Citroen DS3 70.4%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 DFSK Loadhopper 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 264 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 67 | 25.10% | 20.89% | +4.21 |
| Suspension | 46 | 17.20% | 20.98% | −3.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 38 | 14.20% | 12.21% | +1.99 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 30 | 11.20% | 5.52% | +5.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 29 | 10.90% | 5.57% | +5.33 |
| Tyres | 17 | 6.40% | 19.76% | −13.36 |
| Visibility | 14 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Steering | 13 | 4.90% | 2.57% | +2.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 2.60% | 4.18% | −1.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.8% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.8% | £60–250 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated Brakes | Major | 4.8% | £25–70 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.8% | £5–20 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 4.8% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.8% | £60–150 |
| Shackle pins and bushes shackle pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.8% | £40–150 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.9% | £60–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.9% | £45–120 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £45–110 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 21.4% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.8% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–95 |
| Anchor pins and bushes anchor pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.8% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.8% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 18 | 55.6% | 19,420 mi |
| 30-60k | 61 | 72.1% | 42,616 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 65.0% | 70,189 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 50.0% | 117,528 mi |
Source: 103 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.
2012 Loadhopper MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 DFSK Loadhopper?
67.0% of the 103 2012 DFSK Loadhopper tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 58.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 DFSK Loadhopper?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (5.83%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (4.85%), flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated (4.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 DFSK Loadhopper MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 55.6% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 DFSK Loadhopper in this dataset had covered 42,749 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 DFSK Loadhopper MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 63.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.