Pass rate
86.6%
Above average — 5.4 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 67 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£66
2022 Levc VN5 MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 34,055 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
Tyres
39.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 89.7% pass
- Avoid 2022 86.6% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 3.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.5%
- Typical mileage
- 34k mi
The 2022 Levc VN5 MOT pass rate is 86.6% of its MOT tests — 5.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Levc VN5 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 39.0% of everything recorded on the 2022 Levc Vn5, against 19.8% nationally — 19.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 92.0%; this one manages 86.6% — 5.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 56% 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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How does the 2022 Levc VN5 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 5.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.5%. The median 2022 Levc VN5 in this dataset had covered 34,055 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 4.48% of tests.
- 67 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.6% overall pass rate, 84.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Levc VN5, the average is 88.8% — best year 2021 (89.7%), worst 2022 (86.6%).
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)
- 34,055 mi
- Make and model
- Levc VN5
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the VN5 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the VN5
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 26 | 96.2% |
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 2022 VN5
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 2022 VN5
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 wipers and washers 4.5% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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.
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Check the windscreen 3.0% 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 1.5% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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 2022 VN5 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£66 — and 56% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£66
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 56%
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 VN5, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.6% to 89.7% — a spread of 3.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 89.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 86.6%wipers blade defective
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 2022 Levc VN5 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- BMW 330E 86.9%
- Vauxhall Corsa E 86.2%
- Tesla Model Y 87.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqc 85.9%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE45E 85.9%
- Toyota Hilux 87.6%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Levc VN5 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 23 | 39.00% | 19.76% | +19.24 |
| Visibility | 12 | 20.30% | 4.97% | +15.33 |
| Suspension | 11 | 18.60% | 20.98% | −2.38 |
| Brakes | 8 | 13.60% | 20.89% | −7.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 1.70% | 12.21% | −10.51 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 4.5% | £8–22 |
| Pedal anti-slip provision missing Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £45–110 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 3.0% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.0% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.0% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 1.5% | £3–12 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.5% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 22.4% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 9.0% | £30–75 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.5% | £40–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 4.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 28 | 92.9% | 16,234 mi |
| 30-60k | 32 | 84.4% | 42,810 mi |
| 60-90k | 7 | 71.4% | 66,780 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.
2022 VN5 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Levc VN5?
86.6% of the 67 2022 Levc VN5 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 84.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Levc VN5?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (4.48%), pedal anti-slip provision missing (2.99%), washers provides insufficient washer liquid (2.99%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Levc VN5 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.9% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Levc VN5 in this dataset had covered 34,055 mi.