Pass rate
64.2%
Below average — 8.7 pts behind the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 67 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £85–£212
2002 LDV Cub MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 85,358 mi
Only 67 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.
Most common fault
Brakes
29.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2001 74.4% pass
- Avoid 2000 62.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 11.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 53.8%
- Typical mileage
- 85k mi
The 2002 LDV Cub MOT pass rate is 64.2% of its MOT tests — 8.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how LDV Cub does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 29.5% of everything recorded on the 2002 LDV Cub, against 20.9% nationally — 8.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.9%; this one manages 64.2% — 8.7 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 19% 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 LDV Cub compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 8.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 53.8%. The median 2002 LDV Cub in this dataset had covered 85,358 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 62.9% of the time, April–September 65.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 20.90% of tests.
- 67 recorded tests behind this page.
- 64.2% overall pass rate, 53.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the LDV Cub, the average is 67.9% — best year 2001 (74.4%), worst 2000 (62.5%).
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
- 67
- Typical mileage (median)
- 85,358 mi
- Make and model
- LDV Cub
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Cub MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Cub
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 24 | 54.2% |
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 2002 Cub
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 Cub
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 corrosion 20.9% 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 lights 6.0% of tests
“headlamp reflector slightly defective”
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 brake pipes 6.0% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 Cub through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £85–£212 — and 19% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £85–£212
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 19%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 67 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 Cub, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2000 to 2002. Across them the pass rate runs from 62.5% to 74.4% — a spread of 11.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 62.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 74.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2002 64.2%component mounting prescribed…
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 LDV Cub 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
- Vauxhall Combo 66.5%
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.0%
- Ford Ka 67.2%
- Citroen C3 68.6%
- Volkswagen Polo 68.7%
- Honda Accord 68.7%
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 LDV Cub 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 294 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 | 87 | 29.50% | 20.89% | +8.61 |
| Suspension | 68 | 23.10% | 20.98% | +2.12 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 35 | 11.90% | 5.57% | +6.33 |
| Tyres | 31 | 10.50% | 19.76% | −9.26 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 7.80% | 12.21% | −4.41 |
| Non-component advisories | 15 | 5.10% | 4.18% | +0.92 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 4.70% | 5.52% | −0.82 |
| Steering | 10 | 3.40% | 2.57% | +0.83 |
| Visibility | 9 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 20.9% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 9.0% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp reflector slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.0% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 6.0% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 6.0% | £80–180 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 6.0% | £45–110 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.0% | £80–200 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.5% | £45–120 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.5% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 34.3% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 28.4% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.4% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.4% | £200–700 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated Brakes | Advisory | 16.4% | £25–70 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 16.4% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 60.0% | 24,886 mi |
| 30-60k | 12 | 66.7% | 50,887 mi |
| 60-90k | 24 | 62.5% | 75,985 mi |
| 90-120k | 12 | 50.0% | 100,000 mi |
| 120k+ | 14 | 78.6% | 133,683 mi |
Source: 67 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 Cub MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 LDV Cub?
64.2% of the 67 2002 LDV Cub tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 53.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 LDV Cub?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (20.90%), service brake performance excessively binding (8.96%), headlamp reflector slightly defective (5.97%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 LDV Cub MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 60.0% of the time, falling to 78.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 LDV Cub in this dataset had covered 85,358 mi.
Does the season affect the 2002 LDV Cub MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 62.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 65.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.