Pass rate
84.0%
Around average — 10.9 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 75 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£55
2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) MOT pass rate
- 2008
- 2 trims combined
- typical 6,008 mi
Only 75 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
39.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 91.7% pass
- Avoid 2008 84.0% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.9%
- Typical mileage
- 6k mi
The 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) MOT pass rate is 84.0% of its MOT tests — 10.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.9× the national share
Suspension accounts for 39.0% of everything recorded on the 2008 Dinli Dl801 (Quad Bike), against 21.0% nationally — 18.0 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 73.1% and this one manages 84.0% — 10.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 26% 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 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) first registered in 2008 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 10.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.9%. The median 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) in this dataset had covered 6,008 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 5.33% of tests.
- 75 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.0% overall pass rate, 82.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dinli DL801 (quad Bike), the average is 88.6% — best year 2010 (91.7%), worst 2008 (84.0%).
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
- 75
- Typical mileage (median)
- 6,008 mi
- Make and model
- Dinli DL801 (quad Bike)
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the DL801 (quad Bike) MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the DL801 (quad Bike)
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 24 | 83.3% |
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 2008 DL801 (quad Bike)
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 2008 DL801 (quad Bike)
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 suspension joints 5.3% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the brakes 2.7% 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 horn 2.7% of tests
“horn not working”
Press it. That is the whole check, and a surprising number of cars fail on it.
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 2008 DL801 (quad Bike) through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£55 — and 26% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£55
- Cheapest common item: all direction indicators not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: axle insecure such that functionality is…
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 26%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 75 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 DL801 (quad Bike), side by side
3 model years on record, from 2008 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.0% to 91.7% — a spread of 7.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 84.0%ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 91.4% ball joint excessively worn
- 2010 91.7% individual direction indicators…
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 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Alphard 83.8%
- Porsche Cayenne 83.4%
- Lexus IS250 83.3%
- Toyota Estima 84.8%
- Porsche Cayman 84.8%
- Lexus RX400H 82.4%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) 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 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 30 | 39.00% | 20.98% | +18.02 |
| Brakes | 12 | 15.60% | 20.89% | −5.29 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | 14.30% | 12.21% | +2.09 |
| Tyres | 10 | 13.00% | 19.76% | −6.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 6.50% | 5.57% | +0.93 |
| Steering | 5 | 6.50% | 2.57% | +3.93 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 5.20% | 1.76% | +3.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 2.7% | £45–110 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £8–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 2.7% | £20–80 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| All direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Axle insecure such that functionality is affected Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.3% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 10.7% | £20–55 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.3% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in… Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–120 |
| Chains excessively worn Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 1.3% | £80–250 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 69 | 82.6% | 6,085 mi |
| 30-60k | 1 | 100.0% | 32,307 mi |
Source: 75 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.
2008 DL801 (quad Bike) MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike)?
84.0% of the 75 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 82.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike)?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (5.33%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.67%), decelerometer (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value (2.67%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 82.6% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Dinli DL801 (quad Bike) in this dataset had covered 6,008 mi.