Pass rate
62.0%
Below average — 10.5 pts behind the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 79 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £65–£172
2006 LDV Pilot MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 110,358 mi
Only 79 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
28.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 84.7% pass
- Avoid 2006 62.0% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 22.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 48.3%
- Typical mileage
- 110k mi
The 2006 LDV Pilot MOT pass rate is 62.0% of its MOT tests — 10.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.1% 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
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 28.1% of everything recorded on the 2006 LDV Pilot, against 20.9% nationally — 7.2 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 72.5%; this one manages 62.0% — 10.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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 2006 LDV Pilot compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 10.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 48.3%. The median 2006 LDV Pilot in this dataset had covered 110,358 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 11.39% of tests.
- 79 recorded tests behind this page.
- 62.0% overall pass rate, 48.3% 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
- 79
- Typical mileage (median)
- 110,358 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
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Pilot MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Pilot
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 22 | 59.1% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 68.8% |
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 2006 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 2006 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 corrosion 11.4% 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 windscreen 11.4% 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 lights 10.1% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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 2006 Pilot through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £65–£172 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £65–£172
- 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
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 79 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 2006 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Chevrolet Matiz 66.0%
- Mazda Bongo 66.3%
- Vauxhall Combo 66.7%
- Ford Ka 66.8%
- Volkswagen Sharan 67.0%
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.3%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 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 305 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 | 28.10% | 20.89% | +7.21 |
| Suspension | 55 | 17.70% | 20.98% | −3.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 43 | 13.90% | 12.21% | +1.69 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 32 | 10.30% | 5.57% | +4.73 |
| Visibility | 27 | 8.70% | 4.97% | +3.73 |
| Tyres | 18 | 5.80% | 19.76% | −13.96 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 3.90% | 4.18% | −0.28 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 9 | 2.90% | 0.82% | +2.08 |
| Steering | 8 | 2.60% | 2.57% | +0.03 |
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 | 11.4% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 11.4% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 10.1% | £80–250 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 10.1% | £3–15 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 10.1% | £45–110 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.6% | £60–140 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.3% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.1% | £80–250 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 5.1% | £3–15 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 5.1% | £5–15 |
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 | 50.6% | £80–180 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 19.0% | £30–75 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 11.4% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 7.6% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 50.0% | 29,344 mi |
| 30-60k | 10 | 80.0% | 47,491 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 63.6% | 75,429 mi |
| 90-120k | 12 | 75.0% | 103,794 mi |
| 120k+ | 29 | 58.6% | 142,183 mi |
Source: 79 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.
2006 Pilot MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 LDV Pilot?
62.0% of the 79 2006 LDV Pilot tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 48.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 LDV Pilot?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (11.39%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (11.39%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (10.13%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 LDV Pilot MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 58.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 LDV Pilot in this dataset had covered 110,358 mi.