Pass rate
67.2%
Below average — 5.3 pts behind the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 64 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £62–£176
2006 Rover Streetwise MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 70,034 mi
Only 64 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.
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Most common fault
Suspension
27.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2005 78.1% pass
- Avoid 2006 67.2% pass · this year
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 10.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 54.3%
- Typical mileage
- 70k mi
The 2006 Rover Streetwise MOT pass rate is 67.2% of its MOT tests — 5.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.1% of everything recorded on the 2006 Rover Streetwise, against 21.0% nationally — 6.1 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.5%; this one manages 67.2% — 5.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 26% 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 Rover Streetwise compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 5.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 54.3%. The median 2006 Rover Streetwise in this dataset had covered 70,034 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 65.6% of the time, April–September 68.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 14.06% of tests.
- 64 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.2% overall pass rate, 54.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Rover Streetwise, the average is 74.6% — best year 2005 (78.1%), worst 2006 (67.2%).
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
- 64
- Typical mileage (median)
- 70,034 mi
- Make and model
- Rover Streetwise
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Streetwise MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 49% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Streetwise
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 19 | 73.7% |
| Wales | 15 | 60.0% |
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 Streetwise
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 Streetwise
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 7.8% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 corrosion 4.7% 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 exhaust and emissions 3.1% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 Streetwise through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £62–£176 — and 26% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £62–£176
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- 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
- 26%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 64 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 Streetwise, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2003 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.2% to 78.1% — a spread of 10.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 75.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 74.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 78.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 67.2%joints constant velocity boot…
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 Rover Streetwise 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
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.3%
- Kia Sportage 67.3%
- Volkswagen Sharan 67.0%
- Chevrolet Kalos 67.5%
- Nissan X-Trail 67.6%
- Ford Ka 66.8%
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 Rover Streetwise 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 180 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 | 49 | 27.10% | 20.98% | +6.12 |
| Brakes | 38 | 21.00% | 20.89% | +0.11 |
| Tyres | 30 | 16.60% | 19.76% | −3.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 21 | 11.60% | 5.57% | +6.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10 | 5.50% | 5.52% | −0.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 5.00% | 12.21% | −7.21 |
| Steering | 8 | 4.40% | 2.57% | +1.83 |
| Visibility | 7 | 3.90% | 4.97% | −1.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 6 | 3.30% | 0.82% | +2.48 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.10% | 4.18% | −3.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 14.1% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 7.8% | £80–250 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 7.8% | £8–22 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.7% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.7% | £60–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.1% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £45–110 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
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 | 23.4% | £45–95 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 20.3% | £180–450 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.6% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.5% | £25–65 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.9% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 75.0% | 16,839 mi |
| 30-60k | 15 | 80.0% | 52,059 mi |
| 60-90k | 28 | 57.1% | 70,984 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 75.0% | 105,397 mi |
| 120k+ | 9 | 66.7% | 132,413 mi |
Source: 64 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 Streetwise MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Rover Streetwise?
67.2% of the 64 2006 Rover Streetwise tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 54.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Rover Streetwise?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (14.06%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.81%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (7.81%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Rover Streetwise MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Rover Streetwise in this dataset had covered 70,034 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Rover Streetwise MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 65.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.