Pass rate
70.2%
Below average — 2.9 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,141 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £61–£159
2008 LDV Maxus MOT pass rate
- 2008
- 17 trims combined
- typical 97,709 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
29.2% 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 2009 76.6% pass
- Avoid 2005 68.8% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 7.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 61.0%
- Typical mileage
- 98k mi
The 2008 LDV Maxus MOT pass rate is 70.2% of its MOT tests — 2.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how LDV Maxus does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 29.2% of everything recorded on the 2008 LDV Maxus, against 20.9% nationally — 8.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% 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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Every LDV Maxus first registered in 2008 is combined here — 17 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2008 LDV Maxus compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 2.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 61.0%. The median 2008 LDV Maxus in this dataset had covered 97,709 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 70.1% of the time, April–September 70.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 7.33% of tests.
- 2,141 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.2% overall pass rate, 61.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the LDV Maxus, the average is 70.3% — best year 2009 (76.6%), worst 2005 (68.8%).
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
- 2,141
- Typical mileage (median)
- 97,709 mi
- Make and model
- LDV Maxus
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Maxus MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 61% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Maxus
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 319 | 71.2% |
| North West | 316 | 69.3% |
| South West | 276 | 66.3% |
| West Midlands | 234 | 72.6% |
| Yorkshire | 221 | 73.8% |
| East Midlands | 194 | 69.6% |
| East of England | 194 | 72.2% |
| Wales | 142 | 69.0% |
| Scotland | 139 | 68.3% |
| North East | 96 | 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 2008 Maxus
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 2008 Maxus
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 windscreen 5.8% 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 battery 5.7% 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.
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Check the lights 5.4% of tests
“headlamp lens 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.
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 2008 Maxus through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £61–£159 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £61–£159
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- 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
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,141 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 Maxus, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2005 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.8% to 76.6% — a spread of 7.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 68.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 69.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 70.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 70.2%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 76.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 68.9% battery(ies) insecure but not…
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 2008 LDV Maxus 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Zafira 70.2%
- Vauxhall Agila 70.2%
- Fiat Panda 70.3%
- Kia Ceed 70.1%
- Citroen C-Crosser 70.1%
- Volkswagen Polo 70.4%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 LDV Maxus 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 7,520 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 | 2,232 | 29.20% | 20.89% | +8.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,174 | 15.30% | 12.21% | +3.09 |
| Suspension | 1,169 | 15.30% | 20.98% | −5.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 721 | 9.40% | 5.57% | +3.83 |
| Tyres | 652 | 8.50% | 19.76% | −11.26 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 571 | 7.50% | 5.52% | +1.98 |
| Visibility | 454 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 238 | 3.10% | 0.82% | +2.28 |
| Steering | 167 | 2.20% | 2.57% | −0.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 142 | 1.90% | 1.76% | +0.14 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 7.3% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.8% | £80–200 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.7% | £60–140 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.4% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 5.4% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.7% | £60–150 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.3% | £3–12 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £180–450 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.9% | £5–20 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £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 | 35.0% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 17.3% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.3% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.6% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 9.9% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 96 | 76.0% | 9,740 mi |
| 30-60k | 197 | 73.6% | 48,233 mi |
| 60-90k | 384 | 72.9% | 76,504 mi |
| 90-120k | 364 | 72.0% | 103,550 mi |
| 120k+ | 525 | 69.0% | 176,331 mi |
Source: 2,141 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.
2008 Maxus MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 LDV Maxus?
70.2% of the 2,141 2008 LDV Maxus tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 61.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 LDV Maxus?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (7.33%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.79%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (5.74%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 LDV Maxus MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 76.0% of the time, falling to 69.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 LDV Maxus in this dataset had covered 97,709 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 LDV Maxus MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 70.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.