Pass rate
92.2%
Above average — 1.0 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 20,186 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£91
2021 Skoda Karoq MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 27,300 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
38.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
0.7 pts down across model years — 4.2% in 2018, 3.5% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2020 91.8% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 8.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.6%
- Typical mileage
- 27k mi
The 2021 Skoda Karoq MOT pass rate is 92.2% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 38.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Karoq does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 38.3% of everything recorded on the 2021 Skoda Karoq, against 19.8% nationally — 18.5 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 12% 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 2021 Skoda Karoq compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.6%. The median 2021 Skoda Karoq in this dataset had covered 27,300 mi.
95% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 92.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.7% of the time, April–September 91.7%.
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 1.79% of tests.
- 20,186 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.2% overall pass rate, 91.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Skoda Karoq, the average is 92.2% — best year 2024 (100.0%), worst 2020 (91.8%).
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
- 20,186
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,300 mi
- Make and model
- Skoda Karoq
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Karoq MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (95% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Karoq
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 4,167 | 91.5% |
| North West | 2,477 | 92.8% |
| South West | 2,067 | 91.8% |
| East of England | 2,014 | 92.1% |
| Scotland | 2,007 | 91.7% |
| West Midlands | 1,947 | 93.8% |
| Yorkshire | 1,799 | 92.9% |
| East Midlands | 1,375 | 87.5% |
| North East | 1,027 | 95.0% |
| Wales | 803 | 94.1% |
| London | 503 | 93.6% |
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 2021 Karoq
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 2021 Karoq
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 shock absorbers 1.4% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the windscreen 1.3% 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 brakes 0.9% 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.
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 2021 Karoq through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£91 — and 12% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£91
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 12%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 20,186 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 Karoq, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2017 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 91.8% to 100.0% — a spread of 8.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 92.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2018 92.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 92.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 91.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 92.2%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 94.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 95.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2024 100.0% no single leading item
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 2021 Skoda Karoq 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Hyundai Ioniq 92.2%
- Audi A1 92.2%
- MG 5 92.2%
- Land Rover Range Rover 92.2%
- BMW M135I 92.2%
- BMW 5 Series 92.2%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Skoda Karoq 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 15,730 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 | 6,054 | 38.30% | 19.76% | +18.54 |
| Suspension | 3,910 | 24.70% | 20.98% | +3.72 |
| Brakes | 2,832 | 17.90% | 20.89% | −2.99 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,288 | 8.10% | 4.18% | +3.92 |
| Visibility | 694 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 584 | 3.70% | 12.21% | −8.51 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 147 | 0.90% | 0.82% | +0.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 81 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 74 | 0.50% | 5.52% | −5.02 |
| Road Wheels | 66 | 0.40% | 0.75% | −0.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| 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 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £30–75 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.89% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.88% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.75% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.70% | £8–22 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.56% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.53% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.45% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 14.3% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.7% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.6% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 11,674 | 93.7% | 19,719 mi |
| 30-60k | 7,758 | 90.4% | 40,151 mi |
| 60-90k | 629 | 87.0% | 68,924 mi |
| 90-120k | 104 | 84.6% | 99,981 mi |
| 120k+ | 20 | 80.0% | 138,166 mi |
Source: 20,186 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.
2021 Karoq MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Skoda Karoq?
92.2% of the 20,186 2021 Skoda Karoq tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 91.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Skoda Karoq?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.79%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (1.45%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.34%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Skoda Karoq MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.7% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Skoda Karoq in this dataset had covered 27,300 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Skoda Karoq?
Petrol: 92.2% pass rate across 19,252 tests. Diesel: 92.0% pass rate across 934 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Skoda Karoq MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.