Iveco Daily MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Iveco Daily MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Iveco Daily passed on its first attempt in 70.9%, and its overall record sits −5.1 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Iveco Daily in the 2023–2025 data: 12,963 tests across 23 model years (2000–2022). 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 Iveco Daily MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Iveco Daily, 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 Iveco Daily's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Iveco Daily DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Iveco Daily, each with how many of the model's 12,963 tests it was noted on.

• "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements" (Major) — noted on about 692 Iveco Daily tests, 5.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 665 Iveco Daily tests, 5.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 628 Iveco Daily tests, 4.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier" (Minor) — noted on about 449 Iveco Daily tests, 3.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Service brake performance excessively binding" (Major) — noted on about 352 Iveco Daily tests, 2.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 274 Iveco Daily tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Iveco Daily Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Iveco Daily model year on record is 2020 (94.6% across 1,011 tests), and the weakest is 2000 (62.9%). The gap between them is 31.7 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Iveco Daily reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 0.8 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 Iveco Daily Owners

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

• 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.

• the windscreen — “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.

• the battery — “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.

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

Where the Iveco Daily is most common

Across every Daily model year 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.

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 →

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