Pass rate
69.3%
Below average — 3.6 pts behind the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 140 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£93
2002 Isuzu Pick-Up MOT pass rate
- 2002
- 6 trims combined
- typical 113,432 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
22.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 77.9% pass
- Avoid 2002 69.3% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 8.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.7%
- Typical mileage
- 113k mi
The 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up MOT pass rate is 69.3% of its MOT tests — 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 3.2× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 17.7% of everything recorded on the 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up, against 5.6% nationally — 12.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.6%, but at 21.0% 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, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.9%; this one manages 69.3% — 3.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 20% 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 Isuzu Pick-Up first registered in 2002 is combined here — 6 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.7%. The median 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up in this dataset had covered 113,432 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 60.8% of the time, April–September 80.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 20.00% of tests.
- 140 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.3% overall pass rate, 58.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Isuzu Pick-Up, the average is 73.0% — best year 2003 (77.9%), worst 2002 (69.3%).
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
- 140
- Typical mileage (median)
- 113,432 mi
- Make and model
- Isuzu Pick-Up
- 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 Pick-Up MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Pick-Up
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 47 | 55.3% |
| South East | 44 | 63.6% |
| East of England | 21 | 81.0% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 89.5% |
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 2002 Pick-Up
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 2002 Pick-Up
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 20.0% 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 8.6% 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 battery 5.0% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 2002 Pick-Up through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£93 — and 20% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£93
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 20%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 140 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 Pick-Up, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2002 to 2003. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.3% to 77.9% — a spread of 8.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 69.3%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 77.9% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up 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 2002 cars with a similar record
- Volvo V40 69.4%
- Peugeot 206 69.1%
- Honda Cr-V 69.5%
- Citroen Xsara 69.1%
- Fiat Punto 69.5%
- Peugeot 307 68.9%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up 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 545 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 | 125 | 22.60% | 20.98% | +1.62 |
| Brakes | 103 | 18.60% | 20.89% | −2.29 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 98 | 17.70% | 5.57% | +12.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 85 | 15.40% | 12.21% | +3.19 |
| Steering | 41 | 7.40% | 2.57% | +4.83 |
| Tyres | 27 | 4.90% | 19.76% | −14.86 |
| Visibility | 20 | 3.60% | 4.97% | −1.37 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 18 | 3.30% | 5.52% | −2.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 17 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 11 | 2.00% | 0.82% | +1.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 20.0% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 8.6% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.4% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.7% | £80–250 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.0% | £60–140 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from outside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £30–80 |
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 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 13.6% | £180–450 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 11.4% | £20–80 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 11.4% | £20–55 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Advisory | 9.3% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 22,203 mi |
| 30-60k | 7 | 71.4% | 52,778 mi |
| 60-90k | 35 | 80.0% | 78,937 mi |
| 90-120k | 36 | 66.7% | 106,867 mi |
| 120k+ | 59 | 62.7% | 140,956 mi |
Source: 140 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.
2002 Pick-Up MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up?
69.3% of the 140 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 58.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (20.00%), rear fog lamp not working (8.57%), ball joint excessively worn (6.43%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 62.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up in this dataset had covered 113,432 mi.
Does the season affect the 2002 Isuzu Pick-Up MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 60.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.