Pass rate
64.5%
Below average — 7.9 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 107 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£53
2005 Iris Bus Daily MOT pass rate
- 2005
- Van
- 9 trims combined
- typical 138,642 mi
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Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
19.8% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 68.3% pass
- Avoid 2005 64.5% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 3.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 53.7%
- Typical mileage
- 139k mi
The 2005 Iris Bus Daily MOT pass rate is 64.5% of its MOT tests — 7.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.4× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.5% of everything recorded on the 2005 Iris Bus Daily, against 5.6% nationally — 7.9 points above. Lamps & electrics are still the single largest share at 19.8%, but at 12.2% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 72.4%; this one manages 64.5% — 7.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 107 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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Every Iris Bus Daily first registered in 2005 is combined here — 9 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 Iris Bus Daily compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 7.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 53.7%. The median 2005 Iris Bus Daily in this dataset had covered 138,642 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.4% of the time, April–September 62.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 6.54% of tests.
- 107 recorded tests behind this page.
- 64.5% overall pass rate, 53.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Iris Bus Daily, the average is 66.3% — best year 2006 (68.3%), worst 2005 (64.5%).
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
- 107
- Typical mileage (median)
- 138,642 mi
- Make and model
- Iris Bus Daily
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Daily MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 47% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Daily
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 21 | 61.9% |
| South West | 17 | 58.8% |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 75.0% |
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 2005 Daily
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 2005 Daily
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 6.5% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 lights 6.5% of tests
“rear fog 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 horn 4.7% 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 2005 Daily through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£53 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£53
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: battery(ies) insecure
- £60–£140
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 107 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 Daily, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2005 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 64.5% to 68.3% — a spread of 3.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 64.5%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2006 68.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2005 Iris Bus Daily 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 2005 vans with a similar record
- Citroen Relay 66.2%
- Peugeot Expert 66.3%
- Fiat Scudo 66.6%
- Ford Transit Connect 66.8%
- Citroen Dispatch 66.8%
- Nissan Primastar 67.5%
Closest pass rates among 2005 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2005 Iris Bus Daily 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 379 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 76 | 19.80% | 12.21% | +7.59 |
| Brakes | 74 | 19.30% | 20.89% | −1.59 |
| Suspension | 58 | 15.10% | 20.98% | −5.88 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 52 | 13.50% | 5.57% | +7.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 49 | 12.80% | 5.52% | +7.28 |
| Tyres | 32 | 8.30% | 19.76% | −11.46 |
| Visibility | 13 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 1.80% | 0.82% | +0.98 |
| Steering | 6 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.5% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.5% | £3–15 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.6% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 4.7% | £18–45 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.7% | £8–25 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.7% | £60–140 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.7% | £45–120 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 3.7% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 33.6% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.8% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.9% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.3% | £40–150 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.3% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 16,934 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 45,815 mi |
| 60-90k | 18 | 55.6% | 73,019 mi |
| 90-120k | 13 | 69.2% | 108,342 mi |
| 120k+ | 60 | 66.7% | 197,022 mi |
Source: 107 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.
2005 Daily MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Iris Bus Daily?
64.5% of the 107 2005 Iris Bus Daily tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 53.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Iris Bus Daily?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (6.54%), rear fog lamp not working (6.54%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.61%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Iris Bus Daily MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Iris Bus Daily in this dataset had covered 138,642 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Iris Bus Daily MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 62.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.