Great Wall Steed MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Great Wall Steed MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Great Wall Steed passed on its first attempt in 65.7%, and its overall record sits −8.7 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Great Wall Steed in the 2023–2025 data: 4,168 tests across 6 model years (2012–2017). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Great Wall Steed MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Great Wall Steed, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Great Wall Steed's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Great Wall Steed DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Great Wall Steed, each with how many of the model's 4,168 tests it was noted on.

• "Ball joint excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 223 Great Wall Steed tests, 5.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded" (Major) — noted on about 217 Great Wall Steed tests, 5.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 215 Great Wall Steed tests, 5.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 203 Great Wall Steed tests, 4.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 182 Great Wall Steed tests, 4.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect" (Major) — noted on about 152 Great Wall Steed tests, 3.6% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Great Wall Steed Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Great Wall Steed model year on record is 2015 (75.7% across 911 tests), and the weakest is 2012 (69.8%). The gap between them is 5.9 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Great Wall Steed reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.1 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Great Wall Steed Owners

These checks follow this Great Wall Steed's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Great Wall Steed.

• the suspension joints — “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.

• the brake pipes — “rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”

  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.

• the lights — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Great Wall Steed. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Great Wall Steed is most common

Across every Steed model year on record (2012–2017): 1,804 Great Wall Steed cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 4,168 tests. Peterborough (PE) has the most, with 71 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Great Wall Steed cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: Great Wall Steed MOT & Reliability