Pass rate
67.8%
Below average — 5.1 pts behind the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 59 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£121
2002 Isuzu Rodeo MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 113,146 mi
Only 59 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.
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Most common fault
Brakes
21.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 73.4% pass
- Avoid 2002 67.8% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 5.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 54.8%
- Typical mileage
- 113k mi
The 2002 Isuzu Rodeo MOT pass rate is 67.8% of its MOT tests — 5.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 3.3× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 18.4% of everything recorded on the 2002 Isuzu Rodeo, against 5.6% nationally — 12.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 21.3%, but at 20.9% 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 67.8% — 5.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% 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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How does the 2002 Isuzu Rodeo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 5.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 54.8%. The median 2002 Isuzu Rodeo in this dataset had covered 113,146 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 11.86% of tests.
- 59 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.8% overall pass rate, 54.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Isuzu Rodeo, the average is 71.3% — best year 2011 (73.4%), worst 2002 (67.8%).
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
- 59
- Typical mileage (median)
- 113,146 mi
- Make and model
- Isuzu Rodeo
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Rodeo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 0% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Isuzu Rodeo is most common
Across all Rodeo model years on record (2002–2012): 6,685 Isuzu Rodeo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 18,818 tests. Swansea (SA) has the most, with 224 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.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea (SA) | 224 | 68.2% |
| 2 | Shrewsbury (SY) | 211 | 70.5% |
| 3 | Ipswich (IP) | 183 | 71.1% |
| 4 | Peterborough (PE) | 176 | 68.5% |
| 5 | Wrexham (LL) | 174 | 76.0% |
| 6 | Ashford (TN) | 168 | 75.6% |
| 7 | Exeter (EX) | 167 | 65.9% |
| 8 | Norwich (NR) | 157 | 70.7% |
| 9 | Hereford (HR) | 143 | 68.4% |
| 10 | Derby (DE) | 143 | 77.6% |
| 11 | Gloucester (GL) | 139 | 70.9% |
| 12 | Leicester (LE) | 136 | 73.3% |
| 13 | Nottingham (NG) | 132 | 67.0% |
| 14 | Plymouth (PL) | 129 | 64.1% |
| 15 | York (YO) | 120 | 67.2% |
| 16 | Southampton (SO) | 112 | 70.9% |
| 17 | Coventry (CV) | 112 | 70.6% |
| 18 | Cardiff (CF) | 111 | 74.4% |
| 19 | Newport (NP) | 109 | 70.6% |
| 20 | Newton Abbot (TQ) | 94 | 63.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Isuzu Rodeo 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 →
Regional pass rates for the Rodeo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 15 | 66.7% |
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 Rodeo
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 Rodeo
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 exhaust and emissions 10.2% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
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 lights 10.2% of tests
“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.
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Check the windscreen 10.2% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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 Rodeo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£121 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£121
- 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
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 59 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 Rodeo, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2002 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.8% to 73.4% — a spread of 5.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 67.8%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 73.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 71.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 70.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 70.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 69.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 73.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 72.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
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 Rodeo 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
- Ford Ka 67.2%
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.0%
- Citroen C3 68.6%
- Volkswagen Polo 68.7%
- Honda Accord 68.7%
- Vauxhall Corsa 68.8%
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 Rodeo 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 204 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 | 44 | 21.30% | 20.89% | +0.41 |
| Suspension | 38 | 18.40% | 20.98% | −2.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 38 | 18.40% | 5.57% | +12.83 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 35 | 16.90% | 12.21% | +4.69 |
| Tyres | 14 | 6.80% | 19.76% | −12.96 |
| Visibility | 12 | 5.80% | 4.97% | +0.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 6 | 2.90% | 0.82% | +2.08 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 1.90% | 4.18% | −2.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 11.9% | £80–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 10.2% | £45–120 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 10.2% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 10.2% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 8.5% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.8% | £3–15 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 6.8% | £45–110 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.1% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.1% | £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 | 22.0% | £80–180 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 16.9% | £45–120 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 15.3% | £20–55 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.2% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 0.0% | 12,774 mi |
| 30-60k | 6 | 83.3% | 51,219 mi |
| 60-90k | 10 | 70.0% | 74,926 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 63.6% | 105,539 mi |
| 120k+ | 20 | 70.0% | 140,596 mi |
Source: 59 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 Rodeo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Isuzu Rodeo?
67.8% of the 59 2002 Isuzu Rodeo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 54.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Isuzu Rodeo?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (11.86%), exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases (10.17%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Isuzu Rodeo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 0.0% of the time, falling to 70.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Isuzu Rodeo in this dataset had covered 113,146 mi.