Pass rate
74.5%
Below average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 447 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£84
2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 268,164 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 75.0% pass
- Avoid 2002 68.8% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 6.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.3%
- Typical mileage
- 268k mi
The 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate is 74.5% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how London Taxis Int Tx Ii does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 4.6× the national share
Steering accounts for 11.8% of everything recorded on the 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii, against 2.6% nationally — 9.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.7%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% 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 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, 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 68.3%. The median 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii in this dataset had covered 268,164 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 62% of tests, with a 72.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.6% of the time, April–September 74.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 6.71% of tests.
- 447 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.5% overall pass rate, 68.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the London Taxis Int Tx Ii, the average is 71.9% — best year 2003 (75.0%), worst 2002 (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
- 447
- Typical mileage (median)
- 268,164 mi
- Make and model
- London Taxis Int Tx Ii
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Tx Ii MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (62% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Tx Ii
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 124 | 83.9% |
| London | 116 | 75.9% |
| North West | 71 | 67.6% |
| West Midlands | 39 | 69.2% |
| East of England | 31 | 77.4% |
| Scotland | 22 | 63.6% |
| East Midlands | 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 2005 Tx Ii
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 2005 Tx Ii
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 suspension joints 6.0% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the battery 4.0% 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 3.4% 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 2005 Tx Ii through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£84 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£84
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: pins
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 447 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 Tx Ii, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2002 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.8% to 75.0% — a spread of 6.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 68.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 75.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2004 71.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 74.5%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 69.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
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 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Mazda Mx-5 74.7%
- Subaru Forester 74.3%
- Toyota Previa 74.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 74.2%
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 74.2%
- Saab 9-5 74.8%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii 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 1,181 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 | 304 | 25.70% | 20.98% | +4.72 |
| Brakes | 212 | 17.90% | 20.89% | −2.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 186 | 15.70% | 12.21% | +3.49 |
| Steering | 139 | 11.80% | 2.57% | +9.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 116 | 9.80% | 5.52% | +4.28 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 78 | 6.60% | 5.57% | +1.03 |
| Tyres | 64 | 5.40% | 19.76% | −14.36 |
| Visibility | 43 | 3.60% | 4.97% | −1.37 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 30 | 2.50% | 0.82% | +1.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 6.7% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.0% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £60–140 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–20 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.9% | £40–120 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 19.0% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £80–180 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 10.3% | £20–55 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.9% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 19,926 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 66.7% | 85,795 mi |
| 90-120k | 14 | 78.6% | 102,085 mi |
| 120k+ | 192 | 76.6% | 272,592 mi |
Source: 447 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.
2005 Tx Ii MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii?
74.5% of the 447 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 68.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (6.71%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (6.04%), ball joint excessively worn (5.15%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 76.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii in this dataset had covered 268,164 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii?
Diesel: 72.8% pass rate across 279 tests. LPG: 77.6% pass rate across 107 tests. Other: 76.5% pass rate across 51 tests. Petrol: 80.0% pass rate across 10 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.