Pass rate
71.4%
Below average — 2.4 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,144 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £86–£249
2000 Skoda Felicia MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 79,580 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
23.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 71.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2000 71.4% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 63.9%
- Typical mileage
- 80k mi
The 2000 Skoda Felicia MOT pass rate is 71.4% of its MOT tests — 2.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Felicia does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.5× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.9% of everything recorded on the 2000 Skoda Felicia, against 5.6% nationally — 8.3 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 23.9%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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 2000 Skoda Felicia compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 2.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 63.9%. The median 2000 Skoda Felicia in this dataset had covered 79,580 mi.
70% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 72.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.1% of the time, April–September 71.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 7.26% of tests.
- 1,144 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.4% overall pass rate, 63.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Skoda Felicia, the average is 71.4% — best year 2000 (71.4%), worst 2000 (71.4%).
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
- 1,144
- Typical mileage (median)
- 79,580 mi
- Make and model
- Skoda Felicia
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Felicia MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (70% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Felicia
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 255 | 71.8% |
| South West | 202 | 63.4% |
| East of England | 177 | 76.3% |
| West Midlands | 123 | 69.9% |
| East Midlands | 90 | 74.4% |
| Wales | 85 | 67.1% |
| North West | 80 | 83.8% |
| Yorkshire | 55 | 74.5% |
| Scotland | 37 | 64.9% |
| North East | 27 | 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 2000 Felicia
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 2000 Felicia
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 corrosion 6.5% 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 windscreen 3.3% 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 exhaust and emissions 3.2% 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 2000 Felicia through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £86–£249 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £86–£249
- Cheapest common item: service brake imbalance across an axle
- £45–£110
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 10%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,144 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 →
Compare the 2000 Skoda Felicia 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Toyota YARIS 71.7%
- Vauxhall Astra 71.7%
- Volkswagen Polo 71.8%
- Vauxhall Corsa 71.9%
- Jaguar S-Type 71.9%
- Volkswagen Golf 72.0%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Skoda Felicia 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 3,826 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 930 | 23.90% | 20.89% | +3.01 |
| Suspension | 888 | 22.80% | 20.98% | +1.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 541 | 13.90% | 5.57% | +8.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 414 | 10.60% | 5.52% | +5.08 |
| Tyres | 346 | 8.90% | 19.76% | −10.86 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 327 | 8.40% | 12.21% | −3.81 |
| Visibility | 113 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 104 | 2.70% | 4.18% | −1.48 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 102 | 2.60% | 1.76% | +0.84 |
| Steering | 61 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
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 | 7.3% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.5% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.6% | £80–250 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £45–110 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.3% | £80–200 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.2% | £45–120 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £80–180 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.9% | £60–250 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.5% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.4% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 30.9% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.8% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.2% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 11.6% | £45–120 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 10.8% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 57 | 78.9% | 21,197 mi |
| 30-60k | 299 | 72.6% | 46,033 mi |
| 60-90k | 347 | 71.5% | 75,103 mi |
| 90-120k | 258 | 70.5% | 104,715 mi |
| 120k+ | 181 | 68.5% | 148,789 mi |
Source: 1,144 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.
2000 Felicia MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Skoda Felicia?
71.4% of the 1,144 2000 Skoda Felicia tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 63.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Skoda Felicia?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (7.26%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.47%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.63%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Skoda Felicia MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 78.9% of the time, falling to 68.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Skoda Felicia in this dataset had covered 79,580 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2000 Skoda Felicia?
Petrol: 72.0% pass rate across 803 tests. Diesel: 70.1% pass rate across 341 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2000 Skoda Felicia MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.