Pass rate
Above average — 0.6 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 6,585 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£105
Pass rate
Above average — 0.6 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 6,585 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£105
Most common fault
Brakes
42.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 2.9 points. See every year →
The 2022 Skoda Kamiq MOT pass rate is 92.6% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.1% of what testers record.
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Kamiq does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes make up 42.1% of everything recorded on the 2022 Skoda Kamiq, against 20.9% nationally — 21.2 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
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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Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.1%. The median 2022 Skoda Kamiq in this dataset had covered 22,003 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.6% of the time, April–September 92.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.75% of tests.
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,171 | 93.5% |
| North West | 799 | 94.7% |
| Scotland | 779 | 91.5% |
| East Midlands | 666 | 84.5% |
| West Midlands | 653 | 93.7% |
| Yorkshire | 640 | 93.0% |
| South West | 582 | 93.8% |
| East of England | 557 | 92.5% |
| North East | 375 | 96.0% |
| Wales | 226 | 96.0% |
| London | 137 | 91.2% |
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.
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
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.
Check the windscreen 1.6% 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.
Check the brakes 1.5% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
Check the lights 0.8% 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.
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£105 — and 5% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 6,585 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 →
5 model years on record, from 2019 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 91.4% to 94.3% — a spread of 2.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
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.
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Closest pass rates among 2022 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.
Shares of the 4,426 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 | 1,877 | 42.10% | 20.89% | +21.21 |
| Tyres | 1,476 | 33.10% | 19.76% | +13.34 |
| Non-component advisories | 431 | 9.70% | 4.18% | +5.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 237 | 5.30% | 12.21% | −6.91 |
| Visibility | 203 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Suspension | 90 | 2.00% | 20.98% | −18.98 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 40 | 0.90% | 0.82% | +0.08 |
| Steering | 28 | 0.60% | 2.57% | −1.97 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 23 | 0.50% | 5.52% | −5.02 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 21 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.79% | £30–80 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Major | 0.73% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.52% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.49% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.41% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.39% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.39% | £3–15 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4,997 | 94.1% | 18,618 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,486 | 88.6% | 38,437 mi |
| 60-90k | 92 | 77.2% | 71,444 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 88.9% | 102,509 mi |
Source: 6,585 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.
92.6% of the 6,585 2022 Skoda Kamiq tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 92.1%.
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.75%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.59%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.52%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.1% of the time, falling to 88.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Skoda Kamiq in this dataset had covered 22,003 mi.
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.