Pass rate
89.8%
Above average — 3.8 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 59 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£110
2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 16,542 mi
Only 59 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
31.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 89.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2015 87.7% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 2.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.5%
- Typical mileage
- 17k mi
The 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto MOT pass rate is 89.8% of its MOT tests — 3.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Niesmann Bischoff Arto does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 3.4× the national share
Visibility accounts for 17.1% of everything recorded on the 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto, against 5.0% nationally — 12.1 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 31.4%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 86.0% and this one manages 89.8% — 3.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% 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 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 3.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.5%. The median 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto in this dataset had covered 16,542 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 8.47% of tests.
- 59 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.8% overall pass rate, 88.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Niesmann Bischoff Arto, the average is 88.8% — best year 2017 (89.8%), worst 2015 (87.7%).
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
- 59
- Typical mileage (median)
- 16,542 mi
- Make and model
- Niesmann Bischoff Arto
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Arto MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Arto
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2017 Arto
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 2017 Arto
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 8.5% 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 lights 5.1% of tests
“srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”
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 leaks 1.7% of tests
“bellows leaking”
Park on clean cardboard overnight. A few drips are an advisory; a steady patch under the engine, gearbox or a shock absorber is a fail. Have the source identified before the test rather than after.
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 2017 Arto through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£110 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£110
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 59 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 Arto, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2015 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.7% to 89.8% — a spread of 2.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2015 87.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2017 89.8%windscreen damaged 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 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Tiguan 89.8%
- Toyota Aygo 89.8%
- Volkswagen Golf 89.7%
- MINI COOPER 89.7%
- BMW X5 89.7%
- BMW I3 89.7%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 35 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 | 11 | 31.40% | 19.76% | +11.64 |
| Visibility | 6 | 17.10% | 4.97% | +12.13 |
| Suspension | 4 | 11.40% | 20.98% | −9.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 11.40% | 12.21% | −0.81 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 8.60% | 5.57% | +3.03 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 8.60% | 0.82% | +7.78 |
| Brakes | 2 | 5.70% | 20.89% | −15.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 8.5% | £80–200 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 5.1% | £3–12 |
| Bellows leaking Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system shield missing where fitted as original equipment creating a risk of fire Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.7% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £30–80 |
| Other suspension component insecurely attached Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp light intensity obviously reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.7% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.7% | £20–80 |
| Stop lamp light intensity obviously reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–95 |
| Bellows damaged or deteriorated and function affected Suspension | Advisory | 1.7% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system silencer insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–120 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.7% | £20–80 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 54 | 90.7% | 17,138 mi |
| 30-60k | 5 | 80.0% | 47,002 mi |
Source: 59 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.
2017 Arto MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto?
89.8% of the 59 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 88.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (8.47%), srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault (5.08%), bellows leaking (1.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.7% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Niesmann Bischoff Arto in this dataset had covered 16,542 mi.