Pass rate
86.8%
Above average — 1.1 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 189 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£91
2018 Iveco Daily MOT pass rate
- 2018
- Van
- 4 trims combined
- typical 52,290 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
24.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 94.6% pass
- Avoid 2000 62.9% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 31.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.8%
- Typical mileage
- 52k mi
The 2018 Iveco Daily MOT pass rate is 86.8% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.8% of everything recorded on the 2018 Iveco Daily, against 12.2% nationally — 6.6 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 24.9%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Based on a small sample. 189 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 Iveco Daily first registered in 2018 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2018 Iveco Daily compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.8%. The median 2018 Iveco Daily in this dataset had covered 52,290 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.3% of the time, April–September 83.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 4.23% of tests.
- 189 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.8% overall pass rate, 84.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Iveco Daily, the average is 75.9% — best year 2020 (94.6%), worst 2000 (62.9%).
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
- 189
- Typical mileage (median)
- 52,290 mi
- Make and model
- Iveco Daily
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Daily MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Iveco Daily is most common
Across all Daily model years on record (2000–2022): 5,929 Iveco Daily cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 12,963 tests. Bristol (BS) has the most, with 177 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 | Bristol (BS) | 177 | 72.5% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 172 | 82.3% |
| 3 | Exeter (EX) | 162 | 71.1% |
| 4 | Peterborough (PE) | 149 | 80.0% |
| 5 | Birmingham (B) | 130 | 80.6% |
| 6 | Swansea (SA) | 120 | 68.1% |
| 7 | Gloucester (GL) | 115 | 68.1% |
| 8 | Doncaster (DN) | 115 | 86.8% |
| 9 | Portsmouth (PO) | 114 | 70.9% |
| 10 | Cardiff (CF) | 112 | 73.3% |
| 11 | Chelmsford (CM) | 112 | 93.3% |
| 12 | Derby (DE) | 108 | 86.5% |
| 13 | Brighton (BN) | 104 | 70.9% |
| 14 | Southampton (SO) | 100 | 80.3% |
| 15 | Nottingham (NG) | 97 | 77.8% |
| 16 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 92 | 78.3% |
| 17 | Newport (NP) | 90 | 76.1% |
| 18 | Plymouth (PL) | 89 | 65.6% |
| 19 | Ashford (TN) | 87 | 74.3% |
| 20 | Poole (BH) | 85 | 73.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Iveco Daily 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 Daily
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 37 | 83.8% |
| East Midlands | 34 | 97.1% |
| South West | 32 | 81.3% |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 93.8% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 lights 4.2% 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 4.2% 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.6% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the 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 2018 Daily through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£91 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£91
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 189 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
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 62.9% to 94.6% — a spread of 31.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 62.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2001 68.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 68.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 67.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 72.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 69.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 72.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 72.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2008 72.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 76.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2010 75.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2011 76.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2012 79.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 73.5% service brake performance…
- 2014 82.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 81.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 84.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 85.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 86.8%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 89.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 94.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 88.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 88.8% 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 2018 Iveco 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 2018 vans with a similar record
- Renault Master 87.0%
- Volkswagen Crafter 86.6%
- Volkswagen Caddy 86.1%
- Ford Transit Custom 85.4%
- Volkswagen Transporter 85.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 88.6%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Iveco 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 197 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 | 49 | 24.90% | 20.89% | +4.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 37 | 18.80% | 12.21% | +6.59 |
| Tyres | 33 | 16.80% | 19.76% | −2.96 |
| Suspension | 30 | 15.20% | 20.98% | −5.78 |
| Visibility | 20 | 10.20% | 4.97% | +5.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 15 | 7.60% | 5.52% | +2.08 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 3.60% | 4.18% | −0.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 1.50% | 5.57% | −4.07 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 1.00% | 0.75% | +0.25 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.50% | 2.57% | −2.07 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.2% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.2% | £80–200 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.6% | £60–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.6% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.1% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £30–80 |
| Outline marker lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £3–15 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £60–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.2% | £200–700 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 3.7% | £60–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.2% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 94.6% | 18,786 mi |
| 30-60k | 65 | 86.2% | 41,394 mi |
| 60-90k | 30 | 80.0% | 71,513 mi |
| 90-120k | 33 | 87.9% | 108,182 mi |
| 120k+ | 24 | 83.3% | 149,502 mi |
Source: 189 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.
2018 Daily MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Iveco Daily?
86.8% of the 189 2018 Iveco Daily tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 84.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Iveco Daily?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.23%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.23%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Iveco Daily MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.6% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Iveco Daily in this dataset had covered 52,290 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Iveco Daily MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.