Pass rate
75.4%
Around average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 142 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£102
2001 LDV Pilot MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 87,670 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.4% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 84.7% pass
- Avoid 2006 62.0% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 22.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.1%
- Typical mileage
- 88k mi
The 2001 LDV Pilot MOT pass rate is 75.4% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how LDV Pilot does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.5× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.8% of everything recorded on the 2001 LDV Pilot, against 5.6% nationally — 8.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.4%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Based on a small sample. 142 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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How does the 2001 LDV Pilot compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.1%. The median 2001 LDV Pilot in this dataset had covered 87,670 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.2% of the time, April–September 73.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Mirrors slightly damaged", noted on 8.45% of tests.
- 142 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.4% overall pass rate, 70.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the LDV Pilot, the average is 73.3% — best year 2000 (84.7%), worst 2006 (62.0%).
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
- 142
- Typical mileage (median)
- 87,670 mi
- Make and model
- LDV Pilot
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Pilot MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Pilot
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 29 | 65.5% |
| East of England | 25 | 88.0% |
| West Midlands | 23 | 82.6% |
| Wales | 16 | 81.3% |
| South East | 15 | 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 2001 Pilot
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 2001 Pilot
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 8.4% of tests
“mirrors slightly damaged”
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 3.5% 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 3.5% 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 2001 Pilot through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£102 — and 47% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£102
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly damaged
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: integral vehicle structure condition corroded…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 47%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 142 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 Pilot, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2000 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 62.0% to 84.7% — a spread of 22.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 84.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 75.4%mirrors slightly damaged
- 2002 71.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 73.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2006 62.0% 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 2001 LDV Pilot 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Avensis 75.4%
- Mazda Mx-5 75.5%
- Vauxhall Vectra 75.3%
- Toyota RAV4 75.6%
- Toyota Rav-4 75.1%
- Saab 9-3 75.8%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 LDV Pilot 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 430 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 97 | 22.40% | 20.98% | +1.42 |
| Brakes | 83 | 19.10% | 20.89% | −1.79 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 60 | 13.80% | 5.57% | +8.23 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 49 | 11.30% | 12.21% | −0.91 |
| Visibility | 35 | 8.10% | 4.97% | +3.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 30 | 6.90% | 5.52% | +1.38 |
| Tyres | 29 | 6.70% | 19.76% | −13.06 |
| Steering | 28 | 6.50% | 2.57% | +3.93 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 11 | 2.50% | 0.82% | +1.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 1.80% | 4.18% | −2.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 8.4% | £3–15 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.5% | £8–22 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.8% | £180–450 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.8% | £40–120 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 20.4% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.2% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £45–110 |
| Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.4% | £40–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 7.8% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 16 | 68.8% | 48,328 mi |
| 60-90k | 58 | 74.1% | 75,154 mi |
| 90-120k | 48 | 77.1% | 99,429 mi |
| 120k+ | 20 | 80.0% | 153,096 mi |
Source: 142 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.
2001 Pilot MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 LDV Pilot?
75.4% of the 142 2001 LDV Pilot tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 70.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 LDV Pilot?
The three most recorded items are mirrors slightly damaged (8.45%), service brake imbalance across an axle (5.63%), headlamp not working on main beam (3.52%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 LDV Pilot MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 68.8% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 LDV Pilot in this dataset had covered 87,670 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 LDV Pilot MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.