Pass rate
80.4%
Around average — 3.2 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 679 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£58
2012 Perodua Myvi MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 53,971 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
34.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 86.7% pass
- Avoid 2008 75.2% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 11.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.2%
- Typical mileage
- 54k mi
The 2012 Perodua Myvi MOT pass rate is 80.4% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Perodua Myvi does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.6× the national share
Suspension accounts for 34.3% of everything recorded on the 2012 Perodua Myvi, against 21.0% nationally — 13.3 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 77.2% and this one manages 80.4% — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 62% 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 2012 Perodua Myvi compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.2%. The median 2012 Perodua Myvi in this dataset had covered 53,971 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.9% of the time, April–September 81.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 5.15% of tests.
- 679 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.4% overall pass rate, 76.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Perodua Myvi, the average is 79.7% — best year 2013 (86.7%), worst 2008 (75.2%).
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
- 679
- Typical mileage (median)
- 53,971 mi
- Make and model
- Perodua Myvi
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Myvi MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Myvi
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 187 | 80.7% |
| South East | 125 | 79.2% |
| South West | 108 | 79.6% |
| West Midlands | 66 | 89.4% |
| Yorkshire | 50 | 78.0% |
| London | 46 | 91.3% |
| Wales | 30 | 73.3% |
| East Midlands | 28 | 67.9% |
| North West | 22 | 77.3% |
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 2012 Myvi
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 2012 Myvi
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 5.2% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 4.4% 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 wipers and washers 2.4% 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.
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 2012 Myvi through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£58 — and 62% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£58
- 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
- 62%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 679 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 Myvi, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2006 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.2% to 86.7% — a spread of 11.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 75.4% ball joint excessively worn
- 2007 77.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 75.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 80.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 79.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2011 83.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2012 80.4%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2013 86.7% 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 2012 Perodua Myvi 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Verso 80.4%
- Volvo XC70 80.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 80.4%
- BMW 520 80.5%
- London Taxis Int TX4 80.5%
- Peugeot 107 80.1%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Perodua Myvi 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 1,454 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 | 500 | 34.30% | 20.98% | +13.32 |
| Brakes | 271 | 18.60% | 20.89% | −2.29 |
| Tyres | 245 | 16.80% | 19.76% | −2.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 187 | 12.80% | 12.21% | +0.59 |
| Visibility | 88 | 6.00% | 4.97% | +1.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 48 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 46 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 29 | 2.00% | 5.57% | −3.57 |
| Steering | 21 | 1.40% | 2.57% | −1.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 19 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.2% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.4% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £5–20 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.2% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.2% | £3–12 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.1% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–25 |
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 | 14.9% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.7% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.3% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–110 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 9.0% | £35–85 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 98 | 89.8% | 22,071 mi |
| 30-60k | 283 | 82.0% | 44,654 mi |
| 60-90k | 222 | 76.6% | 73,509 mi |
| 90-120k | 62 | 74.2% | 100,870 mi |
| 120k+ | 13 | 76.9% | 163,751 mi |
Source: 679 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.
2012 Myvi MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Perodua Myvi?
80.4% of the 679 2012 Perodua Myvi tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 76.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Perodua Myvi?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (5.15%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.42%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.53%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Perodua Myvi MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.8% of the time, falling to 76.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Perodua Myvi in this dataset had covered 53,971 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Perodua Myvi MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.