Pass rate
67.3%
Below average — 4.9 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 269 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £58–£149
2004 LDV Convoy MOT pass rate
- 2004
- 2 trims combined
- typical 66,984 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
21.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 73.8% pass
- Avoid 2000 61.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 12.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.8%
- Typical mileage
- 67k mi
The 2004 LDV Convoy MOT pass rate is 67.3% of its MOT tests — 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.2× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 12.0% of everything recorded on the 2004 LDV Convoy, against 5.6% nationally — 6.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 21.0%, 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 72.2%; this one manages 67.3% — 4.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 59% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 LDV Convoy first registered in 2004 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2004 LDV Convoy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.8%. The median 2004 LDV Convoy in this dataset had covered 66,984 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 65.4% of the time, April–September 68.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 13.75% of tests.
- 269 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.3% overall pass rate, 58.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the LDV Convoy, the average is 66.7% — best year 2006 (73.8%), worst 2000 (61.2%).
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
- 269
- Typical mileage (median)
- 66,984 mi
- Make and model
- LDV Convoy
- 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 Convoy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the LDV Convoy is most common
Across all Convoy model years on record (2000–2006): 855 LDV Convoy cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,040 tests. Bristol (BS) has the most, with 34 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) | 34 | 56.8% |
| 2 | Exeter (EX) | 25 | 57.4% |
| 3 | Doncaster (DN) | 21 | 75.5% |
| 4 | Yeovil (BA) | 20 | 59.6% |
| 5 | Wrexham (LL) | 18 | 57.8% |
| 6 | Swindon (SN) | 17 | 64.0% |
| 7 | Brighton (BN) | 17 | 55.3% |
| 8 | Birmingham (B) | 16 | 69.7% |
| 9 | Portsmouth (PO) | 16 | 59.4% |
| 10 | Oxford (OX) | 15 | 65.0% |
| 11 | Preston (PR) | 15 | 71.0% |
| 12 | Gloucester (GL) | 14 | 60.9% |
| 13 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 14 | 75.0% |
| 14 | Truro (TR) | 14 | 56.3% |
| 15 | Shrewsbury (SY) | 14 | — |
| 16 | Nottingham (NG) | 13 | 63.6% |
| 17 | Peterborough (PE) | 13 | 70.3% |
| 18 | Leicester (LE) | 13 | 61.3% |
| 19 | Plymouth (PL) | 13 | — |
| 20 | Southampton (SO) | 13 | — |
The twenty areas with the most LDV Convoy 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 Convoy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 60 | 58.3% |
| South East | 45 | 68.9% |
| North West | 42 | 66.7% |
| East of England | 37 | 70.3% |
| Yorkshire | 24 | 70.8% |
| East Midlands | 22 | 68.2% |
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 2004 Convoy
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 2004 Convoy
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 13.8% 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 corrosion 7.1% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the battery 4.8% 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 2004 Convoy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £58–£149 — and 59% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £58–£149
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 59%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 269 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 Convoy, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 61.2% to 73.8% — a spread of 12.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 61.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 67.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 66.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 66.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 67.3%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 64.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 73.8% 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 2004 LDV Convoy 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Meriva 67.4%
- Suzuki Alto 67.4%
- Volvo V40 67.0%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.8%
- Fiat Panda 67.8%
- Ford Ka 66.7%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 LDV Convoy 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 1,027 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 | 217 | 21.00% | 20.89% | +0.11 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 179 | 17.30% | 12.21% | +5.09 |
| Suspension | 174 | 16.80% | 20.98% | −4.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 124 | 12.00% | 5.57% | +6.43 |
| Tyres | 98 | 9.50% | 19.76% | −10.26 |
| Steering | 87 | 8.40% | 2.57% | +5.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 71 | 6.90% | 5.52% | +1.38 |
| Visibility | 48 | 4.60% | 4.97% | −0.37 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 21 | 2.00% | 0.82% | +1.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 0.80% | 4.18% | −3.38 |
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 | 13.8% | £5–20 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 7.8% | £3–15 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 7.1% | £180–450 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.8% | £60–140 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.5% | £8–22 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.1% | £180–450 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area is excessively corroded Steering | Major | 3.0% | £180–450 |
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 | 21.9% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 21.2% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.4% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–95 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 12.3% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 9 | 66.7% | 21,405 mi |
| 30-60k | 99 | 67.7% | 44,398 mi |
| 60-90k | 86 | 68.6% | 74,498 mi |
| 90-120k | 39 | 69.2% | 102,224 mi |
| 120k+ | 36 | 61.1% | 161,766 mi |
Source: 269 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.
2004 Convoy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 LDV Convoy?
67.3% of the 269 2004 LDV Convoy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 58.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 LDV Convoy?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (13.75%), rear fog lamp not working (7.81%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (7.06%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 LDV Convoy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 61.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 LDV Convoy in this dataset had covered 66,984 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 LDV Convoy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 65.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.